
Martin Armstrong
Martin Arthur Armstrong is current chairman and founder of Armstrong Economics. He is best known for his economic predictions based on the Economic Confidence Model, which he developed.
December 13th, 2024 | Beware Last 2 Weeks of December – Something is Not Right
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: You said the computer does not support a bullish view of Trump taking office. Do you know why the computer is showing so many indexes are rolling over to the downside? John ANSWER: I strongly suggest that this is the time to pay close attention to Socrates, for this clearly shows that something is seriously […]
December 12th, 2024 | Volkswagen Protests Heat Up
Armstrong Economics - Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume was booed by a crowd of 20,000 employees after stating that the company is not “operating in a fantasy world.” The company already saw 100,000 union members walkout on Monday. “As management we’re not operating in a fantasy world. We are making decisions in a rapidly changing environment,” Blume stated. […]
December 11th, 2024 | Trump Trolls Trudeau – Bank of Canada Takes Note
Armstrong Economics - US-Canada relations under the Trump Administration are beginning on tumultuous footing. Trump has promised to slap Canada with 25% tariffs on ALL imports if it fails to curb illegal immigration and drug trade from the northern border. Trudeau is now threatening to retaliate with tariffs of his own. The Bank of Canada has factored in […]
December 10th, 2024 | Undermining the Debt Creates Recessions and Depressions
Armstrong Economics - Many mistakenly look to the stock market as the leading indication of economic security. The true culprit is the DEBT market, not the stock market, that leads to depressions and recessions. A recession, in comparison to a depression, is merely a minor impact that could be isolated to one nation. Unemployment will typically rise up […]
December 8th, 2024 | Korea Political Crisis
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I first want to thank you for your forecast on South Korea, which you delivered here in Asia. I understand this is the computer. Others would call you a seer. I wonder if you have time to update that forecast since we are as divided here in South Korea as […]
December 7th, 2024 | The Tyranny in Canada Accelerates
Armstrong Economics - The Third Wave of Canada ended in 2022, and we have begun the Fourth Wave, leading to more authoritarianism, and the Trudeau government seeks to retain power. But this immediate 8.6-year wave reaches its peak in 2026.59. There is no question that the centralized government of Trudeau recognizes that the end is near. They are […]
December 6th, 2024 | Volkswagen Protests – The Contagion Begins
Armstrong Economics - Tens of thousands of Volkswagen employees have halted production to protest proposed pay cuts. The German automaker has stated it will need to close three manufacturing plants due to rising labor expenses, material shortages, and, most importantly – the climate change agenda that has demonized fossil fuels. Over 120,000 workers now face a 10% pay […]
December 5th, 2024 | Bitcoin & the End of Money
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I just had to write in to say thank you for explaining that Bitcoin was just a trading asset, not some new currency that would replace the dollar. I understand that money must be elastic to grow with society in economic booms and population. I just read a quote reported by […]
December 4th, 2024 | Trump to Block Japanese Steel Deal and Place Tariffs on Chinese Steel
Armstrong Economics - Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, has offered to buy US Steel for $14.9 billion, yet both President Joe Biden and president-elect Donald Trump strongly oppose the deal. Both men believe it is vital to keep the historic company domestic. But why has America’s steel industry become less competitive? Demand for steel fell 0.4% YoY […]
December 3rd, 2024 | California’s Energy Surplus
Armstrong Economics - Californians pay a fixed rate for their energy grid, but the state has been harvesting a surplus to the point that operators are forced to offload the energy to neighboring states that purchase it at a discount or even receive it free of cost. Governor Gavin Newsom praised California for advancing its energy storage […]
December 2nd, 2024 | Why Hunter’s Pardon Can Take Down Biden Himself
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: Biden said he would not pardon Hunter, and then he did. Was this not a slap in the face to the Democratic Party that will contribute to its breakup, as you have warned? JM ANSWER: It is worse than you think. This could backfire, for it was not a pardon for Hunter as much as it […]
December 1st, 2024 | Canada’s Migrant Crisis Costs Rise to $16 Billion Annually
Armstrong Economics - I have warned that there will be an exodus of migrants fleeing the United States for Canada in the wake of Trump’s presidency. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada said that the sheer volume of asylum seekers has spiked to the highest on record, with the number of cases rising from 60,000 annually to […]
November 28th, 2024 | Mexico Threatens Retaliatory Tariffs on US
Armstrong Economics - Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum is asking Trump to use a bit more common sense when threatening to implement tariffs before a tit-for-tat game ensues. “One tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” Sheinbaum said. It would come as no surprise if the […]
November 27th, 2024 | Trump: Secure the Borders or Pay Tariffs
Armstrong Economics - Donald Trump wants to ensure that America’s neighbors to the north and south help him fight the migrant crisis, announcing that he will punish both Canada and Mexico with a 25% tariff on goods until migrants stop crossing into America from their lands. Justin Trudeau reportedly called Donald Trump within two hours of his […]
November 26th, 2024 | Regulating Crypto Under Premise of Climate Change
Armstrong Economics - Governments are enacting subtle regulations over crypto. Texas has come out to demand that crypto miners report their power usage to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The state claims they need this information to regulate its volatile power grid. Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) Chairman Thomas Gleeson stated that miners must provide […]
November 25th, 2024 | Keystone XL Pipeline Revival?
Armstrong Economics - Do you recall when America was energy independent? One must only think back a few short years before Joe Biden entered the White House and suppressed the nation’s ability to generate energy in the name of climate change. There were increased regulatory burdens, halts on new oil and gas leases, and a shift to […]
November 24th, 2024 | DEA Suspended from Robbing Airline Passengers
Armstrong Economics - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been criminalizing airline passengers since the Patriot Act gave them the permission to treat everyone as a suspected terrorist. The Justice Department has finally suspended the DEA from most passenger searches after an investigation revealed that the DEA was perhaps violating the Constitution with illegal and warrantless searches. […]
November 22nd, 2024 | European Leaders Determine to Destroy Europe – There Goes The Euro
Armstrong Economics - The skies are darkening over Europe’s economy and politics, all thanks to their determination to wage war against Russia. The euro is plummeting to its lowest level in two years. Will the Euro stop at 85 cents in the year ahead? European leaders know that the Eurozone is crumbling, and instead of reform, they have […]
November 21st, 2024 | Former CDC Director Claims COVID Originated in the USA
Armstrong Economics - Former CDC director Robert Redfield, an outspoken critic of Antony Fauci, believes COVID-19 had sinister origins. We know the NIH was funding gain-of-function research under Fauci at a lab in Wuhan, China. However, Redfield believes the virus leaked from a domestic lab located at the University of North Carolina. Redfield believes Dr. Ralph Baric was […]
November 20th, 2024 | Simplify the Tax Code
Armstrong Economics - The incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is tackling a serious problem – the complex tax code. Donald Trump has also expressed a keen interest on simplifying the process and fixing our “broken tax code.” The Internal Revenue Service was multiplied and armed with weapons under Biden-Harris. The administration […]
November 19th, 2024 | Pentagon Missing $824 Billion
Armstrong Economics - The Pentagon, funded by you—the taxpayer—has truthfully NEVER passed an audit. Washington uses the Pentagon and Department of Defense as perhaps its favorite money laundering tool. Countless funds and supplies vanish year after year, and no one is ever investigated or punished. The corruption is blatantly in our faces. The most recent gimmick of […]
November 18th, 2024 | Advice to RFK and Trump They will Not Listen Anyway
Armstrong Economics - Prague Memorial Victims of Communism QUESTION: Since you said at the WEC that RFK and Trump will not listen to you or Socrates, they appear to be deer in headlights, powerless to prevent Biden and his Neocons from launching World War III before January. Besides my deep disappointment in their lack of respect for […]
November 17th, 2024 | Taxing Crypto to Fund Climate Change
Armstrong Economics - The elite gathered at the UN’s COP29 in Azerbaijan to discuss how to extort the people to fund their climate change agenda. Numerous nations believe that cryptocurrencies and plastics must be levied from developed nations who are deemed the highest polluting economies. The “expert’s” assumption is that $5.2 billion could be generated by taxing cryptocurrencies due to […]
November 15th, 2024 | The Computer Forcast The Demise of the Democratic Party
Armstrong Economics - The Democrats are in a bear market trend, and they have failed to comprehend that their policies are anti-free society and human nature. The major peak for the Democrats, measured as a percent of the combined Senate and House, was 1823, when they were part of Slavery. Then, it collapsed into the late 19th century […]
November 14th, 2024 | Neocons in Overdrive to Aid Ukraine Before January
Armstrong Economics - The neocons are working overtime to release countless aid to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes over in January. Bloomberg has reported that the Biden Administration The Biden administration is committed to ensuring “every dollar we have at our disposal,” in a message championed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken rushed to Brussels […]