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11 Reasons Why So Many Experts Believe That A U.S. Economic Crisis Is Imminent
11 Reasons Why So Many Experts Believe That A U.S. Economic Crisis Is Imminent The numbers are telling us that we have never been closer to the next recession than we are right now. The storm clouds that were gathering on the horizon are now directly above us, and suddenly the mainstream media is filled with […]
Barron’s Nonsensical Idea: Cut Rates Like Mad to Avoid Recession
Barron’s Nonsensical Idea: Cut Rates Like Mad to Avoid Recession Barron’s writer Matthew Klein proposes to stop the recession by cutting interest rates like it’s 1995. Klein says How to Avoid a Recession? Cut Interest Rates Like It’s 1995. One of the most reliable harbingers of U.S. recession—short-term interest rates on U.S. Treasury debt higher than […]
Aussie Reserve Bank, Considering “Extreme Measures”, Admits “We’re Almost Out Of Ammo”
Aussie Reserve Bank, Considering “Extreme Measures”, Admits “We’re Almost Out Of Ammo” At least one reserve bank globally is starting to ponder the question that many central banks across the world will soon inevitably be asking: what happens if we cut to zero and the economy continues to falter? This has led Australia to start considering QE, […]
Bankruptcy Filings Rise Among US Energy Producers, Report
Bankruptcy Filings Rise Among US Energy Producers, Report According to a new report from law firm Haynes and Boone LLP, bankruptcies in the upstream sector are increasing this year as energy spot prices remain subdued amid a cyclical downshift in the economy. So far, 26 exploration and production (E&P) firms have filed for bankruptcy through mid-August, with debts […]
CONfidence
CONfidence Markets are subject to a giant con game. The game of CONfidence. Confidence must be maintained under all circumstances or we’re heading into a global recession first and then a US recession to follow. Consider the macro context here: Nine major economiesare either in recession or on the verge of it. This includes Germany, UK, Italy, […]
Will Governments ever Listen Before there is Blood in the Streets?
Will Governments ever Listen Before there is Blood in the Streets? COMMENT: Thank you for ‘Why Private Blogs’. You should get goose bumps once in a while about your work~,the project is massive in scale, certainly worthy of my respect and everyone else in readerville and your employ as well. This piece is well written and […]
Writing on the Wall
Writing on the Wall Not Adding Up One of the more disagreeable discrepancies of American life in the 21st century is the world according to Washington’s economic bureaus and the world as it actually is. In short, things don’t add up. What’s more, the propaganda is so far off the mark, it is downright insulting. Coming […]
12 Reasons Why Negative Rates Will Devastate The World
12 Reasons Why Negative Rates Will Devastate The World It has been a thesis over 20 years in the making, but with every passing day, SocGen’s Albert Edwards – who first coined the term “Ice Age” to describe the state of the world in which every debt issue ends up with a negative yield as […]
The CPI Understates Inflation Skewing Our Expectations
The CPI Understates Inflation Skewing Our Expectations The purpose of the consumer price index (CPI) is to reflect just how much inflation is eating into both our incomes and our savings. Consumer inflation has been estimated since the 1700s, by measuring price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods. This method was seen as a […]
Major Recession Alarm Sounds
Major Recession Alarm Sounds Red, red, in every direction we turn today… red. The Dow Jones shed 800 scarlet points on the day. Percentage wise, both S&P and Nasdaq took similar whalings. The S&P lost 86 points. And the Nasdaq… 242. And so the market paid back all of yesterday’s trade-induced gains — with heaps […]
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Current conditions represent a political emergency of sorts, meaning that ways of solving environmental and social problems will either be worked out or circumstances, led by the environment, will assume a life of their own. Given that these conditions are the result of historical processes that […]
Weekly Commentary: Comeuppance
Weekly Commentary: Comeuppance The Chinese Credit machine sputtered in July. Growth in Total Aggregate Financing dropped to $144 billion, almost 40% below consensus estimates. This was less than half of June’s $320 billion increase and the slowest expansion since February. The sharp slowdown was beyond typical seasonality, with the month’s growth in Aggregate Financing 18% […]
Difference Between Hyperinflation and Currency Inflation
Difference Between Hyperinflation and Currency Inflation QUESTION: What is the difference between asset inflation and hyperinflation? I believe you are saying that from Jan 2020 we will see inflation which I understand to be asset inflation?ThanksFL ANSWER: Asset inflation is typically a reflection of a decline in the value of the currency, but this can be 50% […]
The Battle of the ‘Flations has Begun
The Battle of the ‘Flations has Begun Inflation? Deflation? Stagflation? Consecutively? Concurrently?… or from a great height (apologies to Tom Stoppard). We’ve reached a pivotal moment where all of the narratives of what is actually happening have come together. And it feels confusing. But it really isn’t. The central banks have run out of room […]
