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S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks”
S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks” When it comes to estimating China’s total outstanding debt, there has long been confusion about the real number with most putting the debt/GDP at around 250%, while the IIF last year calculated China’s debt load as high as 300% of GDP. Now, China […]
Opinion: Powell has lost his North Star, and the Fed is flying blind
Opinion: Powell has lost his North Star, and the Fed is flying blind The Fed risks raising interest rates too much as the compass spins wildly STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty ImagesStars appear to rotate around Polaris, the North Star, in this time exposure of the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell […]
St Louis Fed Discloses More Free Money: A Carry Trade in Liquidity
St Louis Fed Discloses More Free Money: A Carry Trade in Liquidity Not only do banks earn free money on excess reserves, they can borrow money and make guaranteed free money on that. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis discusses the Carry Trade in Liquidity. The IOER [interest on excess reserves] has been the […]
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy With China and Russia named as the two greatest threats to continuing American hegemony end of last year, the velvet gloves have come off the Washington establishment, baring their knuckles against the Middle Kingdom in plain view of […]
The Credit Cycle is on the Turn
THE CREDIT CYCLE IS ON THE TURN We are on the verge of moving into an era of high interest rates, so markets will behave differently from any time since the early-1980s. There are enough similarities with the post-Bretton Woods era of the 1970s to give us some guidance as to how markets are likely […]
Ten Years After the Last Meltdown: Is Another One Around the Corner?
Ten Years After the Last Meltdown: Is Another One Around the Corner? September marked a decade since the bursting of the housing bubble, which was followed by the stock market meltdown and the government bailout of the big banks and Wall Street. Last week’s frantic stock market sell-off indicates the failure to learn the lesson […]
World Finance Leaders Scramble For A Solution To Escalating Trade War, Rising Rates
World Finance Leaders Scramble For A Solution To Escalating Trade War, Rising Rates The main takeaway from the IMF and World Bank Group annual meeting in Bali, which hosted financial ministers and central bank governors from around the world this weekend, was that global trade tensions were having a profound effect on global growth and […]
Zero-Down Subprime Mortgages Are Back, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Zero-Down Subprime Mortgages Are Back, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, banks are once again taking bets on the same type of loans that nearly collapsed the economy amid a flurry of emergency bailouts and unprecedented consolidations. Bank of America has backed a $10 billion program from Boston-based brokerage […]
Forget Oil, Here’s Saudi Arabia’s Other ‘Weapons’
Forget Oil, Here’s Saudi Arabia’s Other ‘Weapons’ There are not one, not two, but three ‘weapons’ on the “nuclear option” menu for Saudi Arabia to strike back at any US sanctions stemming from its alleged murder and dismemberment of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in what is now being reported as a “botched interrogation.” The first […]
Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User
Smartphones and tablets give you access to information wherever you are. Whenever you use a device connected to the internet you are leaving a digital footprint of personal data that tech companies are likely harvesting and selling. (rawpixel/pixababy) Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance […]
Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations
PODCAST Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations Which triggers are driving the action? What’s next? Every week at PeakProsperity.com, we record a podcast exclusive for our premium subscribers titled Off The Cuff, where Chris and a weekly expert discuss the notable developments of the week. Every once in a while, we’ll share one […]
Weekly Commentary: Rude Awakening Coming
Weekly Commentary: Rude Awakening Coming Please join Doug Noland and David McAlvany this Thursday, October 18th, at 4:00PM EST/ 2:00pm MST for the Tactical Short Q3 recap conference call, “Market Contagion is Back.” Click here to register. There’s little satisfaction writing the CBB after a big down week in the markets. Motivation seems easier to […]
The ECB on the Verge of Collapse?
The ECB on the Verge of Collapse? The European Central Bank (ECB) will NOT aid Italy with an EU rescue program if the country or its banks are in financial turmoil. The Italian government is taking the view that Italy has become an “occupied” country and that Germany has conquered Europe imposing austerity and […]
