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An Exasperated Tsipras Calls For Syriza Referendum On Bailout Cancellation
An Exasperated Tsipras Calls For Syriza Referendum On Bailout Cancellation Anyone who thought Greece’s third bailout program was a done deal or that, at the very least, the market would get a few months of respite before having to grapple with daily Grexit headlines again, got a rude awakening late last week when reports of […]
Eurozone Debt Just Keeps Rising—–What Austerity?
Eurozone Debt Just Keeps Rising—–What Austerity? The eurozone is supposedly in a state of recovery. However, in spite of that recovery, public debt and debt-to GGP levels are still rising. Austerity is difficult to find in any realistic sense. Please consider Eurozone Borrowing Rises to Record as Recovery Remains Weak. The European Central Bank’s programme of […]
UBS’s Puerto Rico Bond Funds Implode, “Collateral Value” Drops to Zero, Investors Screwed
UBS’s Puerto Rico Bond Funds Implode, “Collateral Value” Drops to Zero, Investors Screwed “We believe that the probability of default is approaching 100 percent, and that losses given default are substantial,” Moody’s wrote on Wednesday about Puerto Rico’s $72 billion in bonds that were stuffed into numerous conservative-sounding bond funds spread across America’s retirement portfolios. […]
“Something Revolutionary Is In The Air”: Grexit By “Insurrection” Is The “Most Probable” Outcome
“Something Revolutionary Is In The Air”: Grexit By “Insurrection” Is The “Most Probable” Outcome A week ago, we said the following about the situation faced by Greek PM Alexis Tsipras when he and his new finance minister arrived in Brussels for the final round of bailout negotiations earlier this month: …the entire world looked on in horror […]
42 Billion Reasons Why Putin’s Time May Be Running Out
42 Billion Reasons Why Putin’s Time May Be Running Out Russian municipal bond risk is surging once again (at 6-week highs) heading towards crisis-levels asBloomberg reports numerous regions (including Chukotka – across from Alaska, Belgorod -near Ukraine, and three North Caucus republics) are prompting concerns as debt-to-revenue levels top 100% (144% in the case of Chukotka). Risk is on the rise […]
Debt Crisis Central: Let’s Not Forget About America
Debt Crisis Central: Let’s Not Forget About America As the situation in Puerto Rico has recently revealed, Greece is not alone. The world is filled with debt laden nations, many of which may never be able to pay down their liabilities. All told, the world is $200 trillion in debt, of which $57 trillion was accumulated in the past […]
Greece Is Now A Full-Blown Humanitarian Crisis – In 9 Charts
Greece Is Now A Full-Blown Humanitarian Crisis – In 9 Charts The people of Greece are facing further years of economic hardship following a Eurozone agreement over the terms of a third bailout. The deal included more tax rises and spending cuts, despite the Syriza government coming to power promising to end what it described as […]
Agency to Enslave Greeks Is Established
Agency to Enslave Greeks Is Established Late on Thursday, July 16th, German Economic News headlined “Greece: Debt Restructuring Through the Back Door,” and reported that, “The majority of Greece’s national debt is to be moved in the next three years gradually to the euro bailout fund ESM [European Stability Mechanism], so that the IMF will continue to remain as […]
Greece Surrendered: But to Whom Exactly?
Greece Surrendered: But to Whom Exactly? On July 12, Greece surrendered abjectly and totally. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who had promised to combat the austerity measure that are driving the Greek people to ruin, poverty and suicide, betrayed all his promises, denied the will of the people expressed in the July 5 referendum, and led […]
All Hail Our Banking Overlords!
All Hail Our Banking Overlords! We work for them, plain & simple You really have to be paying attention to see what’s truly going on these days. The keepers of the system, that is the banking elites, now openly control everything — though you’d never know that by listening to the media. Consider this: Eurozone backs […]
The Curse Of The Euro: Money Corrupted, Democracy Busted
The Curse Of The Euro: Money Corrupted, Democracy Busted The preposterous Gong Show in Brussels over the weekend was the financial “Ben Tre” moment for the Euro and ECB. That is, it was the moment when the Germans—–imitating the American military on that ghastly morning in February 1968——set fire to the Eurozone in order to save it. Some day history will […]
Greece May Not Get Bailout, Grexit “The Better Way”, Schaeuble Says
Greece May Not Get Bailout, Grexit “The Better Way”, Schaeuble Says Last Saturday, the EU finance ministers who gathered in Brussels in a last ditch effort to keep Greece in the eurozone were forced to confront a rather inconvenient truth. A bailout for Athens would likely cost nearly €80 billion, far more than the €53 […]
The Curse Of The Euro: Money Corrupted, Democracy Busted
The Curse Of The Euro: Money Corrupted, Democracy Busted The preposterous Gong Show in Brussels over the weekend was the financial “Ben Tre” moment for the Euro and ECB. That is, it was the moment when the Germans—–imitating the American military on that ghastly morning in February 1968——set fire to the Eurozone in order to save it. Some day history will […]
UK Furious At Proposed €7 Billion Greek Ponzi-Perpetuating Bridge Loan
UK Furious At Proposed €7 Billion Greek Ponzi-Perpetuating Bridge Loan The two most important stories out of Greece on Tuesday were: 1) the IMF’s leaked report on Greek debt sustainability, and 2) the race to secure between €7 and €12 billion in bridge financing to hold Greece over until the ESM gets off the ground. […]
IMF Declares War On Germany: In “Secret” Report Lagarde Says Greece Will Need Massive Debt Relief
IMF Declares War On Germany: In “Secret” Report Lagarde Says Greece Will Need Massive Debt Relief A divide between the IMF and Europe (read: Germany), regarding writedowns on Greece’s debt to the EU has been brewing for quite some time and recently returned to the international spotlight when, a few months back, the Fund indicated […]
