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What Happens When the Financial Capital of the World Moves?
What Happens When the Financial Capital of the World Moves? QUESTION: Hi Marty, Knowing that the financial capital will likely move to China after 2032, since that would be the peak of the public wave, where will someone in the US put their capital? Usually, the move from public to private would result in a […]
Bubble 3.0: A Blast From a Bubble Past
BUBBLE 3.0: A BLAST FROM A BUBBLE PAST “Although macroeconomic forecasting is fraught with hazards, I would not interpret the currently very flat yield curve as indicating a significant economic slowdown to come.”–BEN BERNANKE, Former Fed Chairman in a March 20, 2006 speech “It was popular to play down the significance of the inverted yield […]
IceCap: Every Fed Chair Has A Plan, Until…
IceCap: Every Fed Chair Has A Plan, Until… It’s Easy In the world of knitting, stitching and crocheting; threading the needle is easy. Line-up your thread, needle and a good cup of tea and you’re all set. In most other worlds – it can be tricky. If executed perfectly – threading the needle can be rewarding, exhilarating […]
Doug Casey: The Deep State Is the Source of Our Economic Problems
Doug Casey: The Deep State Is the Source of Our Economic Problems Justin’s note: As longtime readers know, Doug Casey says we’re well into what he calls the Greater Depression. America is headed for trouble… and it’s critical to know exactly what’s going on. That’s why today’s essay is so important. In it, Doug explains the source […]
Climate Change Could Trigger Global Financial Crisis
Climate Change Could Trigger Global Financial Crisis A top U.S. financial regulator is worried that climate change could threaten global financial markets. Rostin Behnam, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said that the financial system was at risk from the growing frequency and severity of storms. “The impacts of climate change affect […]
Public v Private Interest Rates & Sovereign Debt Crisis
Public v Private Interest Rates & Sovereign Debt Crisis QUESTION: Dear Martin I have a question for the blog. There has been forecasts for a sovereign debt crisis but recently you have discussed how various governments may manipulate govt bond interest rates down as has happened in Europe and Japan. If Europe and Japan are anything […]
“The Market is Almost Always Wrong About What the Fed Will Do”: Chart
“The Market is Almost Always Wrong About What the Fed Will Do”: Chart The rate cuts for 2019 are a pipe-dream: Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. It now makes two: The chief economists at investment banks Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have warned their clients that the already priced-in rate cuts this year that markets […]
Escalating Trade War Signals More Pain For Oil
Escalating Trade War Signals More Pain For Oil Trump backed off his proposed trade war with Mexico in the face of intense pressure from business groups and even his own party, but his faith in tariffs remains unbowed. In fact, Trump may have internalized a lesson that presents further risks to the global economy and […]
Socialism Rises Due To The Great American Economic Growth Myth
Socialism Rises Due To The Great American Economic Growth Myth There is little denying the rise of “socialistic” ideas in the U.S. today. You can try and cover the stench by calling it “social democracy” but in the end, it’s still socialism. Since 1775, millions of Americans have given their lives in defense of the American “idea.” The tyranny and oppression […]
What Collapsing Orders for Heavy Trucks – Down 71% from a Year Ago – Say about the U-Turn in Trucking
What Collapsing Orders for Heavy Trucks – Down 71% from a Year Ago – Say about the U-Turn in Trucking “When times are tough, the thinking switches to the short-term. Many fleets are just fighting for survival.” Orders for Class-8 trucks – the heavy trucks that haul a large part of the goods-based economy across […]
The US Economy’s Dirty Secret
The US Economy’s Dirty Secret Relatively strong US growth amid sluggishness elsewhere is not what economics textbooks would predict. But persistently low interest rates and weak inflation bring multiple benefits to American firms and consumers, while the adverse impact of the global slowdown on US exports should not be overstated. SAN DIEGO – There is […]
Russia, China Prepare To Dump Dollar, Agree To Bilateral Trade In National Currencies
Russia, China Prepare To Dump Dollar, Agree To Bilateral Trade In National Currencies Just one month after conducting joint military exercises, Russia and China are set to sign an agreement which would boost the use of their national currencies in bilateral and international trade in an attempt to mmove away from the current dollar-denominated financial system, […]
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Going to Stimulate Inflation, Not the Economy (Video)
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Going to Stimulate Inflation, Not the Economy (Video) In December, Peter Schiff predicted that the Federal Reserve was about to hike rates for the last time and that the next step would be rate cuts. Yesterday, Jerome Powell made comments widely interpreted to signal the rising likelihood of a rate cut. The […]
China’s Central Bank: “Everyone, Please Don’t Worry”
China’s Central Bank: “Everyone, Please Don’t Worry” Many unhappy returns. Thirty years ago, British ambassador Sir Alan Donald cabled home his classified report on the bloody goings-on in Tiananmen Square: “Students linked arms but were mown down. Armored personnel carriers then ran over the bodies time and time again to make, ‘pie’, and remains collected […]
