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China Soars Most Since 2009 After Government Threatens Short Sellers With Arrest, Global Stocks Surge
China Soars Most Since 2009 After Government Threatens Short Sellers With Arrest, Global Stocks Surge Here is a brief sample of some of the measures the Chinese government and the PBOC have unleashed in just the past ten days to prop up the crashing market include: a ban on major shareholders, corporate executives, directors from […]
Global Trade Dives Most since the Financial Crisis
Global Trade Dives Most since the Financial Crisis How great was the global economy in the first quarter? We know the US economy was crummy. The revised GDP estimate will likely sink into red mire. Hence the heated proposals these days, including at the Fed, to apply “a second round of seasonal adjustment” that would “correct” […]
Global Financial Markets Go Nuts
Global Financial Markets Go Nuts The global economy has, let’s say, some issues, including a slight demand problem. Growth has shifted into low gear in China and has stumbled in the US so far this year, while Europe has trouble wading out of the mire. But stock markets jubilated last week: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng soared a stunning […]
The Global Economy’s “Impeccable Logic”
The Global Economy’s “Impeccable Logic” Ever since the Occupy movement coined the terms “the 1%” and “the 99%” to point out disparities of wealth and power, the gap between rich and poor has received a lot of attention. In his highly-regarded 2014 book,Capital in the Twenty-first Century, for example, Thomas Piketty’s central thesis is that […]
What Happens to the Stock Market if the U.S. Follows the World into Recession?
What Happens to the Stock Market if the U.S. Follows the World into Recession? History is rather unkind to blind faith in central banks, just as the rising U.S. dollar and stagnant sales are being very unkind to corporate profits. The quasi-religious faith that central banks can push stock markets ever higher regardless of real-world […]
Global Debt Is MORE THAN TWICE AS BIG As the Entire World Economy … What Does It Mean?
Global Debt Is MORE THAN TWICE AS BIG As the Entire World Economy … What Does It Mean? The Guardian reports that global debt has grown by $57 trillion dollars – to $199 trillion dollars – since the 2008 financial crisis. How much is that? It’s a big number … but what does it actually mean? The Guardian notes that […]
How Many More “Saves” Are Left in the Central Bank Bazookas?
How Many More “Saves” Are Left in the Central Bank Bazookas? Very few, it seems The master narrative of the global economy shifted six years ago from “China will push global growth for decades to come” to “the central banks can push global growth for decades to come.” Time after time we’ve witnessed enfeebled global […]
The global financial system stands on the brink of second credit crisis
The global financial system stands on the brink of second credit crisis The world financial system stands on the brink of a second credit crisis as interbank lending shows increasing risk The world economy stands on the brink of a second credit crisis as the vital transmission systems for lending between banks begin to seize […]
What does $200 trillion of debt really mean for the global economy?’
What does $200 trillion of debt really mean for the global economy? A few years ago, in the depths of the recession caused by the financial crisis, I began an investigation into the consequences of several economic trends that I thought were bound to put a permanent end to the boom times that my generation, […]
Paul Singer Warns “The Consequences Of Monetary Manipulation Are Unknowable”
Paul Singer Warns “The Consequences Of Monetary Manipulation Are Unknowable” The world believes it is in a sweet spot. There is global consensus that central banks know what they are doing and are in control, and that if economies falter, a bigger dose of QE or ZIRP or NIRP (negative interest rate policy – we just […]
Could The Oil Bust Last?
Could The Oil Bust Last? The oil industry has experienced boom and busts before, but the depths to which oil prices have plunged have surprised everyone. Could the bust now persist much longer than many think? It is not just oil that has seen a bust. Over the last decade and a half, the global […]
Global Economy At Risk From Oil Price Dive
Global Economy At Risk From Oil Price Dive NEW HAVEN: Oil shocks four decades ago transformed the world economy and geopolitical landscape, and the latest oil crisis threatens to do the same. The price of oil hovered near $100 per barrel during the past three years, and the recent vertiginous fall in price to near […]
SAYONARA GLOBAL ECONOMY
SAYONARA GLOBAL ECONOMY “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.” –Ludwig von […]
Peak Oil Review – Dec 22
Peak Oil Review – Dec 22. 1. Oil and the Global Economy Oil prices were volatile last week with New York futures trading around $55 a barrel and around $60 in London with little change at week’s end. In the absence of any solid news on supply or demand, traders jumped in and out of […]
