Currency wars may have been a recurring theme in 2010, but as quantitative easing and spiralling debt crises roll into the New Year, here are some predictions for 2011.

LONDON, England - January 3, 2011 - Fighting currency talk hit the headlines in 2010, with Barack Obama taking an uncharacteristic jibe at China’s currency policy, while China joined Germany in criticizing Amerika’s money printing policy.

NEW YORK - January 3, 2011 - Over the holidays, many lenders put foreclosures on hold. But that temporary freeze is over now. Industry watchers are expecting thousands of foreclosed properties to hit the market in the weeks and months ahead.

Home foreclosure sales slowed down at the end of 2010 for two reasons: the regular holiday foreclosure freezes, and the remnants of the so-called robo-signing scandal.

WASHINGTON - January 3, 2011 (PNN) - The U.S. Treasury website today reported that as of last Friday, the last day of 2010, the National Debt stood at $14,025,215,218,708.52.

It took just 7 months for the National Debt to increase from $13 trillion on June 1, 2010 to $14 trillion on Dec. 31. It also means the debt is fast approaching the statutory ceiling $14.294 trillion set by Congress and signed into law by illegitimate President Obama last February.

NEW YORK - December 29, 2010 - U.S. single-family home prices fell for a fourth straight month in October pressured by a supply glut, home foreclosures and high unemployment, data from a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas declined 1.0% in October from September on a seasonally adjusted basis, a much steeper drop than the 0.6% fall expected by economists.

NEW YORK - December 28, 2010 - The former president of Shell Oil said he believes Amerikans could be paying $5 for a gallon a gas by 2012.

"I'm predicting actually the worst outcome over the next two years which takes us to 2012 with higher gasoline prices," John Hofmeister said in a recent interview with Platts Energy Week television.

U.S. firms created 1.4 million jobs abroad in 2010, compared to less than 1 million at home.

NEW YORK - December 28, 2010 - Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring?

Actually, many Amerikan companies are - just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.

NEW YORK - December 28, 2010 - Copper futures rose to a record in New York for a second straight day on speculation that supply will remain tight as demand in China and India continues to grow.