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ECB Suffers from “Corporate Capture at its Most Extreme”
ECB Suffers from “Corporate Capture at its Most Extreme” Many of these banks are implicated in the biggest financial crimes. No single institution has more influence over the lives of European citizens than the European Central Bank. It sets the interest rates for the 19 Member States of the Eurozone, with a combined population of […]
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets Bank shares plunge. Money is already on the move. Spain’s biggest political crisis of a generation, which has led to the complete breakdown of communication and understanding between its government in Madrid and the separatist region of Catalonia, is finally beginning to take its toll on the […]
World’s Biggest Ever Junk Bond Bubble in Pictures: What Hath Draghi Wrought?
World’s Biggest Ever Junk Bond Bubble in Pictures: What Hath Draghi Wrought? In regards to ECB QE bond purchases, inquiring minds may be asking: What hath ECB president Mario Draghi wrought? I can explain in one picture. The answer in words: The world’s biggest junk bond bubble. I prefer gold. On August 4, I commented on […]
ECB v the Federal Reserve – Different Animals Altogether
ECB v the Federal Reserve – Different Animals Altogether QUESTION: Do you you really think Trump would let the Central Banks Default? He said we would write off PoteRicos debt maybe he plans to write everything off can he do that? If this really did happen wouldn’t the dollar be worthless? S ANSWER: It seems […]
ECB Negative Rate Experiment May Lead to the Worst Financial Crisis in Modern History
ECB Negative Rate Experiment May Lead to the Worst Financial Crisis in Modern History QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Your proposition that the quantity of money theory is dead seems to be a true earth shattering proposition. It certainly disproves the Austrian School and the events post 2008 support your statement. The European Central Bank is supposed […]
European Banking Crisis
European Banking Crisis Perhaps this period will be looked back upon ass the Draghi Deflation. After nearly 10 years of this failed policy, the European banking industry is contracting on every possible level. The merger of Commerzbank to Merge with French BNP is one possibility. Commerzbank is a takeover candidate or shotgun wedding candidate, for good reasons. Its […]
Fed’s Asset Bubbles Now At The Mercy Of The Rest Of The World’s Central Bankers
Fed’s Asset Bubbles Now At The Mercy Of The Rest Of The World’s Central Bankers “Like watching paint dry,” is how The Fed describes the beginning of the end of its experiment with massively inflating its balance sheet to save the world. As former fund manager Richard Breslow notes, however, Yellen’s decision today means the […]
Why Quantitative Easing In The Eurozone Will Be Extended
Why Quantitative Easing In The Eurozone Will Be Extended The staff of the European Central Bank has now released the new macro-economic projections for the Eurozone and whilst the introduction sounds optimistic about an ever-increasing GDP and a relatively stable GDP growth rate, reading between the lines suggests we could see an extended Quantitative Easing […]
The world’s most powerful bank issues a major warning
The world’s most powerful bank issues a major warning In 1869, a 48-year old Jewish immigrant from the tiny village of Trappstadt in Germany’s Bavaria region hung a shingle outside of his small office in lower Manhattan to officially launch his new business. His name was Marcus Goldman, and the business he started, what’s now […]
Central Bankers’ Shifting Goalposts
Central Bankers’ Shifting Goalposts BRUSSELS – The theme of this year’s meeting of the world’s central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, had little to do with monetary policy. “Fostering a Dynamic Global Economy” is, of course, an important topic. But it is telling that the European Central Bank chose, for its own annual gathering, a […]
ECB – Draghi & Tapering
ECB – Draghi & Tapering The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to begin reducing its bond purchases gradually tampering its stimulation program of Quantitative Easing (QE). Nevertheless, reliable sources tell of the ECB being extremely cautious fearing what will happen if buyers do not appear and rates begin to rise sharply. The difference between […]
Bill Blain: “I’ve Got October 12th As The Day The Big Equity Crash Occurs”
Bill Blain: “I’ve Got October 12th As The Day The Big Equity Crash Occurs” Submitted by Bill Blain of Mint Partners The big risk? The ECB taper… what follows? “It will not always be summer; build barns.” Today’s sermon is about complacency. Yesterday, I read in a Fixed Income analyst comment something about the: “robust […]
Draghi: Trillions In QE Have Made Economies “More Resilient”
Draghi: Trillions In QE Have Made Economies “More Resilient” When last night we previewed this week’s annual Jackson Hole symposium at which Mario Draghi is scheduled to speak just before the market close on Friday, we said that the ECB head is warming up for the trip by speaking at the Lindau economics symposium in […]
How Capitalist Central Banks Have Been Creating the Next Financial Crisis
How Capitalist Central Banks Have Been Creating the Next Financial Crisis As central bankers, finance ministers, and government policy makers head off to their annual gathering at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this August, 24-26, 2017, the key topic is whether the leading central banks in North America and Europe will continue to raise interest rates this […]
Zombie Corporations Litter Europe, Kept Alive by ECB
Zombie Corporations Litter Europe, Kept Alive by ECB Bank of America says 9% of European firms have subpar interest coverage. Bloomberg covers the story in its report Zombie Companies Littering Europe May Tie the ECB’s Hands for Years. Watch out for the zombies. The plethora of companies propped up by the European Central Bank will limit policy […]
