In the United States there is now a sense of fear for the future.

Most people feel worse off now than they were two years ago.

Food stockpiling is quietly happening.

Prices are going up rather fast.

Unemployment is still incredibly high, and not enough jobs are being made to even keep up with the birth rate.

There is so much unfunded pension funds in Government circles (California a great example) as to beggar the imagination

People are stocking up in physical gold (like a co-worker of mine who has gold and silver)

The market reacts with change in hysteria ups and downs.

Europe is ripe for a fall if another nation cannot keep up with it's debt (economic fall dimwits!)

N. Korea is more aggressive now than since before Reagan was president. (A weak president is an easy guess of war)

What tidings have you seen?