David Stevenson, Associate Editor at MoneyWeek, UK, offers his analysis of the current state of British Banks and the implications for the global economy for the next few years.

Bill Bonner, co-author of The New Empire of Debt, brings us his analysis of the current market bubble, the current trends in commercial lending and the future of the ‘recovery’ for The Daily Reckoning, UK Edition.

Natural gas prices have plummeted. Natural gas storage is at a maximum. Producible gas reserves are up 35% in the United States. Demand for natural gas is down because of the economy.

Then suddenly a new-found U.S. natural gas producible reserve is suggesting that the U.S. in fact will be self-sufficient or close to it as soon as 2030.

Why are all of these things happening?

A bit of it, of course, is due to the drop in the overall economy, but it has a lot to do with the concept of gas shale, and that’s really what we are going to focus on today.

Chuck Butler, President of  EverBank® World Markets and author of The Daily Pfenning newsletter, offers his analysis of this week’s currency trends – and their implications for the global economic recovery – at The Daily Reckoning.

Chuck Butler (The Daily Reckoning):

Japanese Canaries in a U.S. Economic Coal Mine

Yesterday I told you how the overnight markets were selling dollars, and the NY traders were buying them, causing these swings in the currencies. The trading ranges aren’t huge in any sense of the imagination, but, they do cross significant levels each time… For instance, the euro (EUR) has crossed back and forth through the 1.51 level four times this week, and the Swiss franc (CHF) has crossed back and forth through parity a few…

Dan Denning is the author of 2005’s best-selling The Bull Hunter, analyzes current moves in the gold market for Whiskey & Gunpowder.

Resident GoldBug at The Daily Reckoning, UK Edition, Bill Bonner offers his analysis of gold, the stock market and the end of the depression.

James Howard Kuntsler, author of The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, analyzes the Dubai Debacle for Whiskey & Gunpowder.

After a relaxing Thanksgiving break, I anticipated to return to work in a lighter frame of mind. However, the following item from FOX News crushed that hope right away:

Lawmakers Propose ‘War Surtax’ to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan…

Chuck Butler, President of EverBank® World Markets, reviews this week’s currency exchange situation – including the state of gold, the Brazilian real, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s upcoming meeting and the position of China’s renminbi – for The Daily Reckoning.

Bill Bonner, resident Cassandra at The Daily Reckoning, UK, analyzes the potential impacts of last week’s announcement from Dubai World on the world’s economies.