The dollar correction for this Year from Political Hell is still in motion, but there is no major change in trend that is at hand. In the British pound, the Monthly Bullish Reversal stands at 13485 level on cash.  In the Euro, the Monthly Bullish remains up at 12885 with a Minor Monthly Bullish at 12570. In the Canadian dollar futures the Monthly Bullish stands at 88360 with a Minor Monthly Bullish at 80040.

In gold, the number has not change and is still 1362. We have a Minor Monthly Bullish at 1358. In Silver the Monthly Bullish remains at 2310 with a Minor Monthly Bullish at 2024.

In the Dow, support lies at 2099400 and only a monthly closing beneath that would signal a short-term correction is at hand of any importance. Meanwhile, our key resistance level remains intact at the 23000 level. Despite the reactionary rally in the Euro, the European share markets are in a bit of trouble. The high in the DAX took place on June 20th, 2017 at 1295154. Here we have already elected two Weekly Bearish Reversals and we look to 1185000 as the next critical weekly level for any support. On the monthly level, the DAX did an Outside Reversal to the Downside on a monthly level leaving the May target as indeed the highest monthly closing. This warns that the critical support lies at 1147975 on a monthly closing basis.

This Year from Political Hell has actually been extended probably into February 2018. The Italian elections should have come in during this September. However, if they took place then, the MPs who were elected would not be eligible for their pensions for the timing would be too short. Therefore, the elections will most likely be extended into February. It will be Italy that could still break with the Euro. The Italians do not share the same concerns about preventing European war as is the case in France and Germany. The Italians have been on both sides whereas the fight has been three times in a row between Germany and France. The Italians are more along the lines of what are you doing for me lately. The Greeks may have just given up all hope of breaking away right now and will have to suffer even more before they rise up. What may bring Greece to its knees is actually the Refugee Crisis. Where Greece was the popular spot for vacations for the Northern Europeans, because of the refugees the hot spot has shifted to Portugal. Greece needs tourism and so does Italy. In both cases, the refugees are deterring tourism which both countries need desperately.

The Monetary Crisis still seems ready for its turn, but most likely following the first quarter 2018. We intend to update the Monetary Crisis Cycle report in the months ahead.

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I believe you once said at your conference that you were surprised when you were asked to fly to Beijing to meet with the central bank because you were not an academic, but a trader. I think you said when you got there they were traders working in the bank, not academics. Did I recall that story correctly?

ANSWER: Yes. The central bank had sent staff to work on trading desks around the world in Tokyo, New York, and London. They then returned to run the bank. When the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis hit, I was very surprised that they asked me to come and not some academic. When I got there, I discovered that they were traders and we spoke the same language.

When I returned to the States, people I knew in the Fed and in Treasury called to ask me my opinion after these meetings with the Chinese government. I responded: It was great. They only hired people with experience!

I understand so many people think China does whatever I say. I think the real story is they may take what I say, but they see it through the eyes of a trader rather than an academic. Hence, they adopt it quickly but never blindly. They have a good nose for trends themselves.

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Is Google really violating European antitrust laws to warrant such a huge fine or is this really a trade war?

KQ

ANSWER: It’s a trade war. Granted, the EU hit Google with a record-breaking fine of €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion, £2.1 billion) by European regulators who accused the California-based technology giant of abusing its dominant position and promoting its own shopping service in its search results over those of its competitors.

The European Union Commission claims this is the culmination of a multiyear investigation into Google’s business practices dating back nearly a decade. This in itself proves this is nonsense for the past decade has witnessed a dramatic change in how products are being sold. Amazon has been growing tremendously in sales putting many stores out of business like Sears.

Things are changing. The beginning of this whole antitrust violation took place with the Sherman Antitrust Act passed in the USA back in 1890. The theory was you had all these small railroad companies and they were merging into large regional railroads. The politicians called this a monopoly that put people out of jobs as companies merged and eliminate duplication.

Once again we have dramatic changes to the retail industry. The politicians behind this nonsense of fining Google are just (1) greedy and (2) ignorant. Amazon is already starting to create showrooms where you can go at look at products and then it will be delivered to you in days. This is the way retail is changing. Here is a search I entered for a Sony Laptop. Yes at the top it come up with Google shopping and it says sponsored. However, it shows competitive brands. At the bottom of the page is Amazon. Yes they are competing against Amazon. Does that warrant a huge fine or are politicians just trying to come up with creative means to get more money because they are dead broke?