
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.
February 12th, 2025 | DOGE Turns Attention to the DoD
Armstrong Economics - The Pentagon has never passed an audit nor has been expected to pass one. The government has spent hundreds of millions on conducting audits that they knew the Pentagon would not pass. DOGE has set its focus on eliminating waste from one of America’s untouchable branches – the Department of Defense. The DoD […]
February 11th, 2025 | Canada Becoming the 51st State – When?
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: What do you think of Trump’s proposal that Canada become the 51st State? Rob ANSWER: If we are talking about economics, then yes, it would be better for Canada to merge with the USA for its own benefit. The provinces in Canada have trade barriers among each other. That would be illegal under […]
February 10th, 2025 | Store Nothing in the Cloud – EVER!!!!!!!!!
Armstrong Economics - The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties. This works because once the UK seizes your data, […]
February 8th, 2025 | Attack Rapidly, Ruthlessly, Viciously, without Rest
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: Would you comment on Trump’s agenda? Paul ANSWER: Those in Washington have lived a privileged life. During the Mortgaged Backed Security Crisis, when real estate declined, it did not decline by much at all in Washington because the government is like a broken gun without a firing pin – it won’t work, and you can’t fire […]
February 7th, 2025 | China Implements 15% Tariff on US Coal
Armstrong Economics - China is hitting back with 15% tariffs on US coal. America sent 11.6 million tons of coal to China, with 6.46% of all US coal imports flowing into China. Climate zealots are cheering the move, and those on the far left are pleased that this will disproportionately hurt red states. The majority of the […]
February 6th, 2025 | Distributive Bargaining
Armstrong Economics - Distributive bargaining is a competitive negotiation approach where one party aims to maximize its share from a limited pool of resources. This strategy is often called zero-sum negotiation, as the total amount of resources available remains constant. Some call this the win-lose method, as compromise is not the goal. David Honig, an attorney and adjunct […]
February 5th, 2025 | Canadian Tariffs Delayed – WHY?
Armstrong Economics - Canada has followed Mexico in a recent move to expand border security to temporarily delay tariffs. Justin Trudeau announced that $1.3 billion will go into a border plan, including new technology, equipment, and personnel. Trudeau said he will be appointing a Fentanyl Czar to oversee drug enforcement and will spend C$200 million on a […]
February 4th, 2025 | Panama Aligns with the US Against China – Panama Exits BRI
Armstrong Economics - Panama was presented with an ultimatum to control foreign Chinese influence in the Panama canal or face retaliatory measures. While retaliatory measures were not specified, the State Department said that Panama was violating the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, and the US would move to protect itself. Secretary of […]
February 3rd, 2025 | Zelensky says 58% of Money from US is Missing
Armstrong Economics - Zelensky is preparing for DOGE. We are going to need a new crop of conspiracy theories. They are all coming true one by one.
February 2nd, 2025 | CalExit
Armstrong Economics - COMMENT: My question is about your forecast that the separation of the United States would begin with California and that 2022 would be the turn in your model. Please explain how you came to the 2022 target and how this separation will develop. DVS ANSWER: The target 2022 was 172 years (2 x 8.6) […]
January 31st, 2025 | Democrats Vow to Take Fight Against Trump to the Streets
Armstrong Economics - The Trump Administration rescinded the freeze on federal programs, vowing to eliminate woke agencies in the coming weeks. The Democrats have become outraged over the president’s numerous, swift measures to undo the damage caused under Biden. The left believes in democracy when it suits them. The Dems lost control of both chambers of Congress […]
January 30th, 2025 | Global Debt Reaches 326% of GDP
Armstrong Economics - Total global debt has peaked to 326% of global GDP, adding an additional $12 trillion of debt in the last three quarters of 2024, according to the Institute of International Finance. This figure surpasses what we saw amid the pandemic and is expected to continually rise and governments continue to borrow with no intention […]
January 29th, 2025 | US Seeks to Boost Semiconductor Chip Manufacturin
Armstrong Economics - The chip shortage has been at the top of mind over the last week after the launch of DeepSeek, a novel AI service intended to compete with ChatGPT. Semiconductor manufacturers have left the US and previous plans to attract domestic production have failed. President Donald Trump has proposed a new idea to force production […]
January 28th, 2025 | Tariff Threats Successful – Colombia to Accept Returned Citizens
Armstrong Economics - Tariffs never work, but threats often do when it is known they will be carried out. Donald Trump threatened Colombia with massive tariffs, sanctions, and travel bans if the nation refused to take back thousands of illegal Colombian migrants. Within ONE HOUR, Colombia agreed to all terms and conditions. Two repatriation flights to Colombia […]
January 27th, 2025 | Biden’s Pardons are Unconstitutional
Armstrong Economics - COMMENT: Dear Marty I read your article about Fauci’s pardon being unconstitutional, but I have something to add. The basis for pre-emptive pardons being unlawful can be found in ancient English constitutional law, see the Prince of Orange’s 1688 Declaration of Reason that preceded England’s 1688 Bill of Rights. This carries over to USA via […]
January 26th, 2025 | Is 666 also the Number of the Universe?
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: Hi Martin, I am unsure if I have informed you of a little thing I noticed about the ECM a while back that I was recently reminded of and you may find interesting. I’ll keep it simple. The square root of 666 is 25.8069….. / 3 = 8.6023…. coincidence or relation? […]
January 25th, 2025 | Has Trump Propelled Us Into World War III?
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: What happened to Trump and his claim he would end the war with Ukraine instantly? What does your computer have to say about this boast? SL ANSWER: I think Trump’s post on Truth Social was a HUGE MISTAKE, and I am very, very, very disappointed. He slapped Vladimir Putin across the face, and what […]
January 24th, 2025 | Trump Outlaws CBDC – Telling Schwab and the WEF to Stuff It!
Armstrong Economics - President Trump Signs Executive Order To Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). As I have been warning and appeared in the movie CBDC, the End of Money, that it would have been unconstitutional for the Federal Reserve to create a CBDC, and my sources had confirmed that the Fed would not make a CBDC. This […]
January 23rd, 2025 | Could the US Drop Canada as a Trade Partner? Trump Threatens FREE Trade
Armstrong Economics - Donald Trump is prepared to drop Canada as a trade partner based on his recent comments in Davos at the World Economic Forum. “We don’t need them to make our cars, and they make a lot of them. We don’t need their lumber because we have our own forests,” he continued. “We don’t need their […]
January 22nd, 2025 | Why Biden’s Pardons Are Unconstitutional and VOID
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: YOu said that Biden’s pardons are probably unconstitutional. Please explain this since nobody in the press has taken that position. Thank you for your insight LD ANSWER: The only pardon that has any real validity is that for Hunter. All of these “preemptive” pardons are not valid. The Supreme Court made this issue […]
January 21st, 2025 | Canada Created its Own Trade Barriers
Armstrong Economics - Stéfane Marion, chief economist of the National Bank of Canada, has urged the Canadian government to reconsider their own trade barriers amid criticism of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in a 2019 study that Canada’s own restrictions are “regarded as the most comprehensive analysis of internal trade barriers.” Rather […]
January 20th, 2025 | Listening to Fools
Armstrong Economics - COMMENT: I had assumed you were just a Trump supporter. It has been emphasized that I was wrong and that you are in the middle of forecasting the events economically. I was told you recently said that Trump could go down as Herbert Hoover and that he cannot prevent the recession from occurring. Would […]
January 19th, 2025 | Why Macron Wants to Create World War III – For a Dictatorships
Armstrong Economics - A reader from France elaborated on the real motives behind Macron’s wanting to send troops into Ukraine, knowing this would start World War III. He looks at this from a personal power perspective, like any dictator fearing a loss of power. The reader wrote: “To follow up on the Post “Macron Considers Sending Troops to […]
January 18th, 2025 | The DEEP STATE – Exposed
January 17th, 2025 | Roosevelt Also Confiscated Silver in 1933
Armstrong Economics - QUESTION: I made a bet that a friend was wrong that Roosevelt also confiscated silver. I never heard of that, only gold. He said I should write to you and you will decide who wins. Thanks FD ANSWER: Sorry, you lose. He must have been at one of my conferences when we discussed that […]