(Year 2009)

Charles Hugh Smith provides his Intersection of Four Major Concurrent Trends or Cycles

US debt graph, used for the purposes of visual contrast indicated by the massive and obvious incline.

A chart showing the downward trend in US government tax receipts and the inverse increase in expenditures.

Inflation adjusted graph of oil and its steepest drop ever (2008). Oil has subsequently regained price strength and is over $70 USD as of this writing.

This chart provides the increase and decrease in home prices in relation to the previous year for all major US cities.

A month by month indicator of home sales from 2003 to 2009 in the United States.

Rate of mortgage delinquincy in the United States since 1979.

A comparison between individual and corporate tax receipts collected by the US Gov. since 1980. Notice the steep decline now in progress for both corporate and individual.

A staggering display of the growth of the US monetary base.

A map of economic trends as regards government statistics per region. Notice the region of southeast Asia....