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Fed Assets Eke Out New Record for First Time Since June 10. But Repos, Dollar Liquidity Swaps, SPVs Mothballed
Fed Assets Eke Out New Record for First Time Since June 10. But Repos, Dollar Liquidity Swaps, SPVs Mothballed Only Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are still active. The Fed has now reduced to zero or to near-zero or essentially mothballed and thrown the towel in on three of its five QE and bailout […]
Fourth Turning Election Year Crisis
FOURTH TURNING ELECTION YEAR CRISIS “The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark will catalyze a Crisis mood. Remnants of the old social order will disintegrate. Political and economic trust will implode. Real hardship will beset the land, […]
“Creative Destruction” or Just “Destruction?”
“Creative Destruction” or Just “Destruction?” Under the effects of the Pandemic, consumers and businesses grapple with their own “Reset.” This is the transcript of my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT. We’ve got the weirdest economy ever. A disputed number of people lost their jobs early on in the Pandemic, with figures ranging from […]
LNG in BC Is a ‘Losing’ Bet, Report Finds
LNG in BC Is a ‘Losing’ Bet, Report Finds New analysis calls out rosy job projections for industry ‘misleading’ and unrealistic. BC’s LNG Canada project under construction earlier this year. Photo by Robin Rowland, the Canadian Press. A respected U.S. energy group has criticized a rosy Conference Board of Canada report championing more liquefied natural gas development […]
A simple way to understand what’s happening … and what to do
A simple way to understand what’s happening … and what to do The world seems to be coming apart at the seams. It’s critical to understand why, so that we can avoid the worst and find the best responses so as to move toward the environmentally and socially healthy future we want. It turns out that […]
US Expands Nord Stream 2 Sanctions As Germany Vows Pipeline Completion “Not If, But When”
US Expands Nord Stream 2 Sanctions As Germany Vows Pipeline Completion “Not If, But When” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has long vowed he’ll “do everything” to stop Nord Stream 2, last month indicating the US is building a coalition of countries to fight against it, given Washington sees it as a massive compromise to Russia, giving it […]
World leaders are planning new lock downs to introduce “The World Debt Reset Program” which includes universal basic income and vaccination requirements
World leaders are planning new lock downs to introduce “The World Debt Reset Program” which includes universal basic income and vaccination requirements (Natural News) World leaders are preparing for a second and third wave of covid-19 cases and are fine-tuning their lock down strategies which will be implemented late in 2020 and into 2021. Their planning […]
The Coming Financial Crisis of 2021
The Coming Financial Crisis of 2021 Economist Steve Keen issues new warning Economist Steve Keen predicts that even if the covid-19 health crisis subsides next year, a brewing financial crisis on par with the 2008 Great Recession is in the making. He sees the pandemic as having delivered an “unprecedented shock” to the global economy, […]
Hyperinflation is here
Hyperinflation is here Definition: Hyperinflation is the condition whereby monetary authorities accelerate the expansion of the quantity of money to the point where it proves impossible for them to regain control. It ends when the state’s fiat currency is finally worthless. It is an evolving crisis, not just a climactic event. Summary This article defines […]
Extend-and-Pretend Caused Bankruptcies to Plunge in Germany, France, Spain. Now Central Banks Tell Banks to Prepare for Bankruptcy Surge
Extend-and-Pretend Caused Bankruptcies to Plunge in Germany, France, Spain. Now Central Banks Tell Banks to Prepare for Bankruptcy Surge The “second wave,” if prolonged, could cause bad loans to almost triple, to €1.4 trillion, says the ECB. German banks need to prepare themselves for a sharp spike in corporate bankruptcies early next year, the Bundesbank […]
The Great American Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies Hit New Milestone as Bigger Companies Let Go
The Great American Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies Hit New Milestone as Bigger Companies Let Go The American Oil Boom Was Where Money Went to Die. The amount of secured and unsecured debts, such as loans and bonds, listed in bankruptcy filings in the third quarter by US oil and gas companies, at $34 billion, […]
Analysis shows how the Greens have changed the language of economic debate in New Zealand
Analysis shows how the Greens have changed the language of economic debate in New Zealand When Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support to form a government. Hipkins was also suggesting […]
Japan Embraced Debt As a Way Out of Its Budget Crisis. It’s Not Working.
JAPAN EMBRACED DEBT AS A WAY OUT OF ITS BUDGET CRISIS. IT’S NOT WORKING. The sudden resignation of Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led to evaluations of his so-called Abenomics. Many have praised Abe’s aggressive monetary policy because the long shopping list of the Bank of Japan (government bonds, corporate bonds, ETFs and real […]
Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way
Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way Strangely enough, the limit we seem to be reaching with respect to fossil fuel extraction comes from low prices. At low prices, the extraction of oil, coal, and natural gas becomes unprofitable. Producers go bankrupt, or they voluntarily cut back production in an attempt to force […]
