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The Unique Ways Oil Companies Are Looking To Avoid Bankruptcy
The Unique Ways Oil Companies Are Looking To Avoid Bankruptcy Many U.S. shale firms have cruised through the past couple of years by borrowing money and drilling new wells, making the United States the world’s top crude oil producer. The strategy worked for a while, especially when oil prices were around $60 a barrel. But […]
The Fed Needs Your Help
The Fed Needs Your Help It’s hard work keeping an asset bubble inflated. This is the biggest one in human history. The Fed needs your help. And you’re not doing your part. For starters, you can’t go hoarding cash every time you get worried. The Fed tried to make this clear by pulling large bills […]
“Stupid And Ridiculous”: Rabobank Says The Fed Will Cause Everything To Come Crashing Down In Epic Ruin
“Stupid And Ridiculous”: Rabobank Says The Fed Will Cause Everything To Come Crashing Down In Epic Ruin Powell Play “Central banks carry out a nation’s monetary policy and control its money supply, often mandated with maintaining low inflation and steady GDP growth. On a macro basis, central banks influence interest rates and participate in open […]
Insanity? Markets continue disconnect from economy and society
Insanity? Markets continue disconnect from economy and society It’s hard to ignore the protests on the streets of the world’s cities of late. Those protests are coming from a populace who knows that the system they live under long ago stopped benefiting them. While the focus has been the senseless killing by police of an […]
Unstoppable: The Greatest Depression and the Reverse Wealth Effect
Unstoppable: The Greatest Depression and the Reverse Wealth Effect We are entering The Greatest Depression because there is no exit. I’ve endeavored to explain why The Greatest Depression is unstoppable in recent posts: The Covid-19 Dominoes Fall: The World Is Insolvent March 16, 2020 Pandemic Pandemonium: The Tides of Globalization and Financialization Reverse March 31, 2020 Here’s […]
Incubation Phase: Gradually and then Suddenly
Incubation Phase: Gradually and then Suddenly Key points 1) The May jobs “shocker” was largely a reflection of CARES coverage of corporate payrolls. 2) The gap between Wall Street and Main Street appears similar to the “incubation phase” of other major downturns. 3) Federal support remains essential, but is best targeted toward preserving the “circular flow” of the […]
Soaring Food & Energy Costs Spark Rebound In Producer Prices
Soaring Food & Energy Costs Spark Rebound In Producer Prices Producer Prices rebounded MoM in May with headline Final Demand PPI rising 0.4% (against +0.1% exp) but it left PPI YoY still down 0.8%… Some serious dispersion in the various sector’s price swings… This rebound was driven by a record surge in food prices… Two-thirds of […]
The Chilling Things Delta Said about the Airline Business, the 90% Collapse in Q2 Revenues, and Why Some Demand Destruction May Be “Permanent”
The Chilling Things Delta Said about the Airline Business, the 90% Collapse in Q2 Revenues, and Why Some Demand Destruction May Be “Permanent” Shares go to heck after the mother of all revenue-warnings, plunge 20% in two days, including 7% after hours. Its disclosure confirms Buffett’s decision to dump his airlines in mid-crash. Delta Airlines […]
No, The U.S. Economy Will Definitely Not Be Returning To “Normal”. In Fact, Things Will Soon Get Even Worse.
No, The U.S. Economy Will Definitely Not Be Returning To “Normal”. In Fact, Things Will Soon Get Even Worse. 2020 has been quite a year so far. It has been one nightmare after another, and yet the economic optimists continue to insist that economic activity will soon snap back to normal levels somehow. So the […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 11 2020: The illusion wears thin
Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 11 2020: The illusion wears thin “It is the system that deserves to be blamed. What those who wish to perpetuate the system deserve is another question.” The Fed did exactly what was expected – nay, demanded! Asset purchase volumes will be maintained while rates will remain near zero for […]
The $USD is Warning Us That Something Big is Coming
The $USD is Warning Us That Something Big is Coming Things are beginning to get out of control in currency land. The $USD is collapsing. Astute chart readers will note that the $USD has already experienced two sharp drops in the last few months (blue rectangles in the chart below). They occurred in late February […]
There’s a Crisis in US Capitalism
There’s a Crisis in US Capitalism Capitalism has always had business cycles. The capitalist enterprises that produce goods and services are distinctively organized around the conflicted relationship of employer and employees and the competitive relationship of markets. These central relationships of capitalism together generate cyclical instability. Wherever capitalism became a society’s economic system over the […]
Lower Highs, Lower Lows, Eventual Dow 5,000 – Charles Nenner
Lower Highs, Lower Lows, Eventual Dow 5,000 – Charles Nenner Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner called the top of this market just 2% from the top in late January. Nenner predicted the stock market could go down as much as 40%. It went down about 38%. After much money printing and to […]
Governments Have Crippled the World’s Economies. Revolution May Soon Follow.
GOVERNMENTS HAVE CRIPPLED THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES. REVOLUTION MAY SOON FOLLOW. The world seems to be on fire. A couple of months ago, the economic upswing was still firmly established, production expanded, and unemployment was declining. It all changed with the advent of the coronavirus or, to be precise: things turned really sour with the politically […]
