Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 10042 • Iron Workers retirees get bad news on pension cuts • Retirement Savings and Enhancement Act (portability and lifetime) • Former Fed Advisor: State Pensions Time Bomb Spells Disaster For The US • Puerto Rico’s Warning for States, Cities: You Might Be Next • Britain: Pension Age May Be About to Rise Again, Says Former Minister • Greece Pensioners Receive Controversial Christmas Bonus Payment • David Cullum’s 2016 Year in Review: Pensionse Insurance Companies: • John Hancock Withdrawing From Long- Term Care Market • Collapse of Long-Term Care Insurer Re- flects Deep Industry Woes (Subscription Only) • A Second Zurich Insurance Executive has Committed Suicide Bankruptcies and Failures: • The Titanic of Retail: Sears Is ‘Set To Sink’ As Stores Close, Executives Flee, and The CFO Admits the Brand is Falling Short Financial Hot Potatoes • Negative & Low Interest Rates – Global Debt With Negative Rates Reaches 12 Trillion – Divided Fed Holds Fire, Signals 2016 Rate Increase Still Likely – The 35 Year Bond Bull is on It’s Last Legs 2. The Debt Growth Model is Dying The War on Cash: • India Confiscates Gold, Even Jewelry, in Raids on Hidden Money • 86% Of Indian Currency Void: Master- stroke Or Big Blunder • David Collum’s 2016 Year in Review – War on Cash • Revealed: The Hidden Agenda of Davos 2016 • Where to Stash Your Cash: 1st Quarter Wrap Up The End of the Bond Bull: • ‘Trump Thump’ Whacks Bond Market for $1 Trillion Loss • Planet Debt: 1st Quarter Wrap Up 2015 • “Central Banks Now Own $25 Trillion Of Financial Assets” • Unanswered Questions About Wells Fargo: Are Phony Mortgages on the Fed Balance Sheet? Negative Interest Rates Turn to Rising Interest Rates: • Negative-Yielding Bonds Jump to Almost $12 Trillion • Federal Reserve Caps Off 2016 With Interest Rate Hike US Dollar Rising: • Is the U.S. Dollar Set to Soar? • Why is the US Dollar Rising? • $50 Trillion Sideline Cash Conundrum? • China’s Central Bank Is Facing a Major New Headache The Future of the Euro: • 3 Reasons 2017 Will Be a Pivotal Year for the Euro Inflation: • Solari Report: The Real Rate of Inflation • The Burrito Index: Consumer Prices Have Soared 160% Since 2001 US Budget Hot Potato: • Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) Chair of the Social Security Subcommittee Proposes Social Security Means Testing • McConnell, Warning of ‘Dangerous’ Debt, Wants Tax Cut Offsets • Coming Clean Beyond the Fiscal Cliff by Catherine Austin Fitts B. Inside the Pressure Cooker: Will We Expand or Shrink the Pie? 1. Return on Investment to Taxpayers: Will It Turn Positive Or More Negative? • Special Solari Report: Can America Be Great Again? Framing the Vision Productivity Growth: Labor vs. Human Productivity: IV. News Trends & Stories PLEASE NOTE: All the news articles listed in this section can be accessed by going to the online version of this Wrap Up at: www.Solari.com then use the search func- tion to locate the items.