Financial Survival Network
2,724 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 31 ratingsA show about how to thrive in the New Economy. It's All About What's Next!
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The Repo Market - Pawn Shop for Banks - Darryl Schoon #4531
October 16, 2019 13:01 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBLet’s face it, the global financial system is now receiving home hospice care, compliments of the Federal Reserve. With the implosion of the Repo Market, the Fed has been trying to keep the lid on a pot that wants to boil over. Could this be a repeat performance of 2008-09. Darry and I agree that there’s probably one or more banks around the globe that have either failed or failing. What's happening now is strikingly similar to what happened then. Now we're all a decade wiser and understand t...
Miami Luxury Housing Crash - Harris "Kuppy" Kupperman #4530
October 16, 2019 13:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBWe talked with Miami hedge fund manager and blogger came on the show for his first time. He's seeing economic storm clouds on the horizon. After all, how long can the good times go on for? The Miami luxury condo and housing market is already starting to fall apart. The carrying costs are too high and there's and the greater fools from other countries have fled the market. So look out below. Similar things are happening in NYC, San Francisco, LA, etc. Oh and don't go expecting the China Deal t...
Battling Back from Financial Ruin - Heather Havenwood #4529
October 15, 2019 13:01 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBHeather Havenwood was always different. While her friends in Texas were simply looking to get married and have a family, she always wanted to be an entrepreneur. She teamed up with a person she thought was trustworthy. They were succeeding beyond her expectations and then the unthinkable happened. Her partner absconded with all their company's assets, leaving Heather holding the bag. This led her to bankruptcy and couch surfing for many months. Finally, she went to an old mentor and asked the...
The Continuing Adventures of Adam “Shifty” Schiff - Karen Kataline #4528
October 15, 2019 13:00 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBThe latest revelation in the ongoing saga to get President Trump is that Adam Schiff conferred with the so-called "whistleblower" before the complaint at issue was ever made. This is something Schiff lied about on national television; he said he had never spoken directly with the whistleblower. That’s just one lie in a string of lies that never seems to matter if you’re a Democrat or if you’re out to destroy the President. Perhaps most vexing is that these lies and coordinated attacks are oft...
Q4 Gold Blast-Off - Eric Hadik #4527
October 14, 2019 13:01 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBEric Hadik has been right about the price of gold for years now. He's forecasting a late Q4 Gold Rally that will continue well into March 2020. The cycles are aligning. He's think that a US Dollar correction is possible but not assured. The interest rate should see a final peak in bonds and low in interest rates in mid 2020. Up from there. Between now and then a six month low in bond prices. Crude bottomed around 50 and surged to 63 on Iranian attack on the Saudis. Seems to be range bound for...
Unemployment Down, Economy Up, But For How Long - Jeff Socha #4526
October 14, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBUnemployment hit 3.5% a low not seen since the 1960’s. The economy while slowing is still pretty strong. Lay-offs appear to be picking up. Jobs are plentiful. Anyone who really wants one can find one quickly. Pay is also picking up. But for how long? Debt is escalating and trillion dollar deficits are becoming the norm. And just why is the Fed cutting interest rates?
Elizabeth Warren's Pack of Lies - Chris Markowski #4525
October 11, 2019 13:01 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBFirst time guest Christopher Markowski says, "Prostitutes are much more honorable than many American businesses that bend over for China. Elizabeth Warren gets caught on video lying about her past and making up sob stories again. More Ukrainegate nonsense. The deficit is the highest in seven years and nobody cares. The media fuels investment rip-offs, then reports on them like they had nothing to do with their unwarranted rise after they collapse. The UAW strike. Economic numbers. Trump doing...
Achieving Podcast Goals - Lunide Louis #4524
October 11, 2019 13:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBLunide Louis has a gift and she decided to share it with an audience. But she didn't have one. So she started a podcast with very ambitious audience goals and so far she's exceeded. But her morning wake-up and goal setting program looks like a winner and that's why we're bringing here to you. We're trying some of her specific action steps. If you do too, please let us know how they work out for you.
Ned Schmidt - The Truth About Fake Meat #4523
October 10, 2019 13:01 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBNed Schmidt, one of the foremost agricultural commodity and stock analysts is extremely skeptical about plant-based burgers. They've been around for a long time but only recently has their taste improved. While Ned believes that eventual human demand for grains will put a major damper on beef production, we're not there yet. Could these fake meats just be another Millennial corporate scam?
Ned Schmidt - When Repos Fail and Chinese Run Out of Dollars #4522
October 10, 2019 13:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBSomething crazy is hitting the markets. Why can't Johnny sell repos anymore. Has QE4 already started? Has the Fed lost control? Lot's of questions and not many answers. But we do know that gold's quantity is physically limited, while fiat currency knows no such boundaries. The world's awash in sovereign debt with no end in site: until fiscal sanity again prevails, if ever. Things have been working so well, why change them?
John Rubino - Volatility Rising #4521
October 09, 2019 13:01 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBHouston we have a problem. Chinese and Hong Kong banks are running out of dollars. But I thought we had too many of them floating around the world. Guess not. There's plenty more where they came from. It's just another example of the glue that holds together the world financial system coming apart at the seams. First it was the staid repo market. Now it's foreign banks running out of the reserve currency. As Martin Armstrong often explains, 70% of the 100 dollar bills in circulation are held ...
Matthew Vadum - Schiff's Deep State Collusion #4520
October 09, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBLeftist conspiracy-monger Adam Schiff was aware of select details of the Ukraine-Biden allegations against President Trump before a lying CIA snitch reportedly involved in the case filed a complaint under a whistleblower law, according to the intermittently reliable New York Times. It has been widely reported that the CIA official’s complaint was based on a July 25 telephone conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the said stoolie somehow learned about. Trum...
John Grace - What Investors Can Learn From Impeachments in Emerging Markets #4519
October 07, 2019 13:01 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBEmerging markets have had their own impeachment episodes in the likes of South Korea, South Africa and Brazil. Amid mounting talk of the potential impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, one analyst said investors may want to look abroad to gain insight into the market implications of presidential impeachments. Craig Botham, senior emerging markets economist at U.K. asset manager Schroders, said one problem with studying how markets responded to a presidential impeachment was the lack o...
John Rubino - How Far will the Economy Drop? #4518
October 07, 2019 13:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBThe recent economic numbers are starting to have a decidedly negative bent to them. Manufacturing is down, the stock market is heading down and nobody knows where it will stop. Trump has been haranguing the Fed to rapidly lower rates and now it appears that he'll have his wish. Another rate cut is in the offing. Will we go totally negative or just hit zero? That's the question.
David Erfle - Gold is Consolidating #4517
October 04, 2019 13:01 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBDavid Erfle is extremely encouraged about the recent price movements of the yellow metal. He believes it was due for a breather and it appears to be getting one. After all, the tree does not grow to the sky. $1450 has become support and $1550 has become resistance. Probably later in the year, late Q4, he expects to see a resumption of the bull move and that it's anyone's guess where it will wind up.
TG Watkins - Trump Trade-War Win #4516
October 04, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBIn what looks like another trade-deal victory for the Trump Administration, Apple announced on Monday that it would manufacture its Mac Pro Desktop at a factory in Austin, Texas. After the US government approved tariff waivers on 10 key components for the Mac Book Pro that the company sources from China. "Manufacturing of the new model was made possible after the US government approved on Friday Apple’s request for a waiver on 25% tariffs on 10 key components imported from China." Some ana...
Danielle Park - Low Rates are the Disease not the Cure #4515
October 03, 2019 13:01 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MBThe current low rate environment is creating malinvestment and economic anomalies wherever you look. From 8-9 year auto loans, to distorted real estate markets, it's all over the economic landscape. The cure is coming and it may well be worse than the disease, at first anyway. Transitions to new economic systems are always disruptive and often unpleasant. But change is coming and you can either go with it and prosper or go down fighting it. The choice is yours.
Robert Curry - Time to Reclaim Common Sense #4514
October 03, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBReclaiming Common Sense: Finding Truth in a Post-Truth World is the one book every American patriot should read - both Democrat and Republican. Robert Curry's new follow-up to the great "Common Sense Nation" is an urgent reminder that we all need to rethink our positions in the 21st Century and know our history.
Mickey Fulp's Monthly Major Market Review (September 2019)
October 02, 2019 13:01 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBStock markets continued their upward trajectory in September with DJIA up almost 2%. Dollar was way up getting to 99.4. Euro down to 109. Bitcoin crashed to 8625. Metals were down with gold losing 3.3% and silver losing 17.4%. Palladium shot up to 1655. WTI down 2%. Uranium basically flat. Pt to Pd at an all time low of .53. Gold to silver back up to 86.7. Till next month! DJIA 9/30/19 26917 1.90% S&P 500 9/30/19 2977 1.70% NASDAQ 9/30/19 7999 0.5...
Triple Lutz Report - More Repo Madness and Impeachment Insanity - Episode #473
October 02, 2019 13:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBThe Repo Market has been distressed for two weeks now. The Fed keeps on injecting more money to keep it liquid. Why? They're just going to have to keep on doing it until something else happens. Don't impeachment. It's not going anywhere. And it can't. But that's not going to stop Pelosi and the wicked out Squad. Humiliation is there's. State pension funds going bust. 10 are good. Another 12 are okay and the rest are toast, especially NJ, Kentucky, Illinois and 7 others.
Join Jason Hartman and Kerry Lutz for Orlando's Profits in Paradise #4513
October 01, 2019 18:00 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBOn October 26-27 Jason Hartman will be holding another Profits in Paradise in Orlando Florida. This is must see event. Along with Jason's usual all-star cast of guests, he'll be introducing new opportunities for new and current investors. The future of turn-key cash-flowing single family homes has never been brighter. We are giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the 3rd and 6th email respondents. So write us soon at [email protected]. Otherwise go to JasonHartman.com and sign up now! See you in Or...
Kenneth Ameduri - Impeachment Distraction Follies Underway#4512
October 01, 2019 13:01 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBThe Dems have been after President Trump since before his inauguration. It's one thing after another and the public is getting fatigued by the onslaught of unproven allegations. How many times can the "Boy Cry Wolf?" Credibility is being lost as we speak. The impeachment and removal from office is never going to happen. In other news, the world financial system continues to crumble, but that's okay. Nothing to worry about escalating government debt. We have nothing to fear but debt.
James Hirsen - Lawyers and Vaping Can be Hazardous to Your Health #4511
October 01, 2019 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBThe nation's trial lawyers are in control and protecting you from harmful vaping companies like Juul. No matter that 8 million people have quit smoking using this device. I guess they'd be better off smoking tobacco, after all you might only get lung cancer. And the Trump Impeachment saga gets a new lease on life. Thank you all whistleblowers. We hear you!
Al Caicedo - No Return to Normalcy #4510
September 30, 2019 13:01 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Fed pumps another $75 billion into markets — its 3rd straight daily injection.The Federal Reserve jumped into financial markets for a third straight day on Thursday in another attempt to keep interest rates from moving higher.The central bank has injected a total of $203 billion into markets this week — $75 billion on both Wednesday and Thursday, and $53 billion on Tuesday. This week marked the first time the central bank has taken such steps since the global financial crisis 10 years ago...
Charles Nenner - $2500 Gold Coming Next Year #4509
September 30, 2019 13:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBCharles Nenner has been calling for higher gold/precious metals prices for a while now. The market has finally caught up with his forecast. Gold will start rising again next year and eventually hit the $2500 mark. Look for a much more volatile VIX index, lower energy and food prices and a hastening of the deflationary trend. Strong dollar, low rates and higher bond prices. It's going to get interesting real soon, real fast. For more go to www. FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com.
Kevin Price - Making "New Rich" Books Work for You #4508
September 27, 2019 13:01 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBKevin Price says, "So you have read Four Hour Work Week, The E Myth Revisited, and Rich Dad Poor Dad, but have little to show for it but a good read. Kevin Price, host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business radio show, explains why this happens and what one can do about it in his compelling book, Making New Rich Books work for You. It is based entirely on his own struggles." Robert Kiyosaki author of the mega bestselling "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and frequent guest on the Price of Business...
Michael Pento - Fear the Repo Man #4507
September 27, 2019 13:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBSince debt was created, the Repo Man was there to handle defaulting debtors. There's a new Repo Man in town and that's the Federal Reserve. They are there to turn bank's paper into cash and bank's cash into paper. Since 1917, it all worked very well except for a few noteworthy events, like 9/11 and 2008, when the markets seized up. Now it's happening again. Why is there no liquidity? Where did all the buyers go? Michael Pento understands where the economy is headed, but he believes you should...
Triple Lutz Repare - The Fed Repo Man and Trump's Reverse Wrap-up Smear Trojan Horse - Episode #472
September 26, 2019 13:01 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBThe usually staid Repo (repurchase agreement) market was anything but staid last week, with rates rising from 2.25% to 10% literally overnight. For those of you not in the know, banks will sell off their treasuries and other triple AAA government securities to others for one or two nights in exchange for cash. Then, if all goes well, which it almost always, does except in 2001 and 2008, the transaction automatically unwinds in 24 to 48 hours. It's a mainstay of the financial system. The fact ...
Otis Gold Corp Finding Gold in Idaho #4506
September 26, 2019 13:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBOtis Gold Corp. has been acquiring & developing high quality precious metal deposits in the Western USA. Its flagship Kilgore Project is in Idaho. Agnico Eagle is a key strategic investor. Its preliminary economic assessment for Kilgore revealed a rich IRR at over 50%. We discussed Otis's prospects with CEO Craig Lindsay and head geologist Alan Roberts and why they're so upbeat about its future. CEO Craig Lindsay worked for 20 plus years in finance, investment banking and business developmen...
Joel Gilbert - At Last the End of the Trayvon Hoax #4505
September 25, 2019 13:01 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBTrayvon Martins life came to an unfortunate early end. But the hoax about his death has lived on. Until now. Moviemaker Joel Gilbert has blown the lid off of corrupt prosecutors, opportunistic race baiters and a complicit media. While the trial exonerated George Zimmerman from criminal culpability in the case, race hustlers like the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Benjamin Crump fielded a false witness and completely divided the nation in the process. Race relations have been straight down hill...
John Rubino - Beware of the Fed Repo Man #4503
September 25, 2019 13:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBDebt keeps on increasing at increasing rates. That should be good news for the repo market. And yet, Fed's Repo man is in a quandary. How could chaos reign in a stodgy market that's been around since 1917. The premise is simple. Buy securities to loosen liquidity. Sell securities to tighten liquidity. But Houston, we have a problem. This market broke down and no one has really explained why. That's what happens in an over indebted society. Markets breakdown, almost at random.
John M. Pafford - Author "The Accidental President" #4502
September 24, 2019 17:09 - 23 minutes - 32 MBNo man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted. ”A rich, New Yorker who never held an elected position in his life was thrust into the highest office in America: President of the United States. Because of his background in machine politics, the country groaned when he became president—expecting him to fail. Instead, he surprised them all by reforming deep-set corruption in The Swamp. It’s probably not the president you think it was. In Chester A. Arthur: The Accidental...
Chris Martenson - Eveything is Speeding Up!#4504
September 23, 2019 18:08 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBIt’s not just the change that gets you, but the change in the changes. People don’t get what’s happening. Mass bird die off. People demanding a green new deal that they don’t really want. Imagine a world with no planes and autos. But what is obvious is that the chaos quotient is getting higher. You just have to look around and you'll see what's really going on.
Jim Welsh - Fed Cuts to Oblivion #4501
September 23, 2019 13:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBThe Fed did it again, cutting rates another 25 basis points. Jim believes they’re cutting to head off poor economic news. If the news doesn’t come, then Jim believes they won’t cut at the next meeting. The Fed has some wiggle room. Perhaps it’s a move to keep the dollar from going higher to help exports. Reasonableness is no longer a factor in any discussions or actions about the economy. Maybe that will change.
Paul Gibbons - On Being a 21st Century Renaissance Man #4500
September 21, 2019 13:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBPaul Gibbons is a fellow podcaster using science and philosophy to further his audience's knowledge. He's opinionated and very secure in his beliefs, but that doesn't mean he's not open-minded. He's willing to look at the facts and change his opinion when required. We talked about why media figures on the right succeed while those on the left fail. As I stated, "It's not the message, it's the messenger." People connect with their favorite media figures and may or may not buy into their messag...
Heye Daun - A Mining Superstar in the Making #4499
September 20, 2019 13:01 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBHeye Daun has over 20 years experience working in mining and finance. His two most recents forays resulted in discoveries, company sales and big profits for shareholders. Could the third time be the real charm? Heye and his team are advancing yet another successful mining venture, Osino Resources, which just-released highly encouraging drill results that show evidence of a very significant gold discovery. Heye was born to a ranching family in Namibia. Career-wise he had a choice: ranching o...
Nick Santiago - Gold Takes a Breather #4498
September 20, 2019 13:00 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBOur good friend Nick Santiago is still very bullish on the yellow metal and the shiny metal too. He sees a period of consolidation followed by more gains, likely before year's end. He's also seeing an end to Fed easing, no more rate cuts, for better or worse. Interest rates have bottomed and should see some increases ahead. Oil is right around where it should be and will probably stay close to its current level, barring a new MidEast war. One further note, Nick says buy the dips on gold and e...
Jeff Berwick - Economic System Collapse Inevitable #4497
September 19, 2019 13:01 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBAccording to our good friend Jeff Berwick, reality is completely upside down and reversed. Like in Orwell's novel 1984, ignorance is strength, slavery is freedom etc. People in America believe they're completely free, when in reality the opposite is becoming more true by the day. Jeff's prescription is anarcho-capitalism, free trade in the absence of any government. Whether it's workable or not is anyone's guess. Regardless, Jeff believes that you need cryptos and gold to help weather the com...
Debbie Bloyd -Americans Want Denmark's Negative-Interest Mortgages #4496
September 19, 2019 13:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBTwo weeks ago Jyske Bank, Denmark’s third-largest bank, shocked the world by offering mortgages with a negative interest rate. Put simply, the bank would effectively pay customers to borrow money. It’s a bit more complicated than that, however, as borrowers have to pay fees that offset the savings. The news got loads of attention, as people struggled to wrap their heads around being paid for something they are supposed to be purchasing. Consumers around the world wanted in on the action. Th...
John Rubino - Trump the Master Debaser #4495
September 18, 2019 13:01 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBMissiles are flying in the Middle East, Saudi oil production has been halved and we're worrying about negative interest rates. Trump is proving to be the Master Debaser. Lower interest rates will cure all the world's ills. Precious metals can't accommodate all the world's flight capital. Therefore, the US stock markets have become the home for scared money. What other choice is there?
Danielle Park - What's the Repo Market Trying to Tell You? #4494
September 18, 2019 13:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBRepurchase agreements or Repos are a cornerstone of today's leveraged economic system. They've been around since 1917. It's a way for banks to eke out a few more basis points on their bond holdings. Just yesterday the interest rate shot up from 2.25% to 10% overnight. This situation is unheralded. When things start going wrong in this market, there's likely major problems ahead. It's a market based on trust and certainty of repayment by banks and other major financial institutions. When they ...
Meet Byron Browne - The Anti-Lawyer Lawyer #4493
September 17, 2019 13:01 - 25 minutes - 34.3 MBWhen it comes to dealing with attorneys, the average person is at a loss. If you've gotten injured or have a case, it can be very difficult to connect with a lawyer. Byron is trying to change all that. He's a regular guy who wears tank tops and shorts to the office. He's covered in tattoos and speaks the language of the common man. But Byron is a fighter and he knows when to stand his ground. In today's crazy dysfunctional world, Byron could be the right anti-layer for you.
Arch Crawford - Stars Are Lining Up For Gold and Silver #4492
September 17, 2019 13:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBArch Crawford finally saw gold's new ascendancy and made the call before it broke out of it's near decade doldrums. According to Arch there's more to come. We'll be looking ahead to lower stock prices, softening of real estate markets and continued decrease of interest rates. We're living in interesting times.
Greg Crowe - Moving Forward at Silver One Resources #4491
September 13, 2019 18:23 - 13 minutes - 12 MBGreg Crowe was enjoying a peaceful retirement and was in the middle of a bike ride through Vancouver's Stanley Park, when he got the call to take over the helm at Silver One Resources. Dressed in his bike garb, he rode over to the recruitment meeting and was immediately offered the position. Now he's biking less, as he's totally committed to building Silver One Resources. The Nevada Candelaria Project had a remarkable run as a high grade silver producer. It shut down in the late '90's when $5...
John Rubino - Things Are Getting Interesting #4489
September 13, 2019 13:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBWe’re truly in Bizarro Land. Negative interest rates are the death knell of a financial system. In Sweden they’re giving negative rate mortgages. The system cannot function for long in this current state. A breakdown is inevitable. It’s just a matter of when. It’s a page right out of 1984. Ignorance is strength. You can’t reward savers with negative rates and not expect extremely anomalous behavior to emerge. When debtors get paid to borrow and savers get charged to save, the system is stood ...
Rob Kirby - Precious Metals Price Suppression Continues #4490
September 12, 2019 21:54 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBWhile the powers that be's control over gold and silver has diminished they still manage to exert undue influence over the market. Gold hit $1550 and silver was heading towards $20. This state of affairs could not be allowed to continue. On a given day da Boyz still have the power to bring the market down. But the affects are only limited, lasting for just a few days. The canary in the coal mine has come back to life. And that's a good thing.
Peter Grandich - The Last Bull Market #4488
September 12, 2019 13:01 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBOur good friend Peter Grandich is back in the rotation. He believes that he’ll never see another bull market in stocks during his life time. And Peter’s not that old. He’s all in on gold and precious metals. And he did that last year, just in time for the emergent precious metals bull. Timing truly is everything in life.
Daniel McAdams - There's Hope for Millennials #4487
September 12, 2019 13:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBDaniel McAdams runs the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. At a recent event for your adults, he was shocked. His audience was intelligent, dressed well and very engaged. When we hear stories such as these, there's definitely cause for optimism about the leaders of tomorrow. We reviewed the current state of world affairs and how President Trump is turning out to be the ultimate non-interventionist. But the forces of the Deep State are lined up against him and opposing his every poli...
Frank Vernuccio - China's Military More Powerful than the Press Believes #4486
September 11, 2019 13:01 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBA number of leading political figures have consistently downplayed both the economic and military threat from China. Democrat presidential front-runner Joe Biden stated earlier this year, referring to China, "What are we worried about?" It was a follow up to a comment he made in 2018, when he stated "China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man!" The Reuters news service notes that "...neither Warren, Sanders nor other candidates have made dealing with China, one of the biggest issues facing...
Brad Williams - Jobless Claims Climb 4,000 to 215,000 in Late August #4485
September 11, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBThe numbers: The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in late August rose slightly to 215,000, but layoffs remain remarkably low more than 10 years after the last recession and show little sign of rising even as the economy faces stiffer headwinds. Initial jobless claims, a rough way to measure layoffs, increased by 4,000 to 215,000 in the seven days ended Aug. 24, the government said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch estimated new claims would total a seasonally...