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The Next Level of John Law Type Central Planning Madness
The Next Level of John Law Type Central Planning Madness Cries for Going Totally Crazy are Intensifying What are the basic requirements for becoming the chief economist of the IMF? Judging from what we have seen so far, the person concerned has to be a died-in-the-wool statist and fully agree with the (neo-) Keynesian faith, […]
Petrodollar Reflux to Hit Treasuries, Other Assets
Petrodollar Reflux to Hit Treasuries, Other Assets Oil-producing countries dump assets to fill budget holes. Executive Report with ISA Intel, Oil & Energy Insider: The collapse in oil prices is draining oil-exporting countries of revenue. With substantially lower oil revenues, many of the world’s sovereign wealth funds are dropping in value, which has ramifications for the […]
The Federal Reserve: Illusion of Understanding, Illusion of Control
The Federal Reserve: Illusion of Understanding, Illusion of Control The net result is nonsensical policies that fail to achieve their stated objectives. We live in an era of illusion: the illusion of understanding, and the illusion of control. Few institutions reflect these illusions better than the Federal Reserve, though the Pentagon, Congress, the Imperial Presidency, the […]
Thousands reject the extractivist logic at the World Bank-IMF meeting in Peru
Thousands reject the extractivist logic at the World Bank-IMF meeting in Peru The annual governors’ meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank opened on October 5 in Peru’s capital city. In the meeting, an estimated 800 representatives from 188 countries were negotiating the shape of the world’s soon-to-be renovated finance infrastructure. While […]
Pension “Armageddon” Got Closer Today
Pension “Armageddon” Got Closer Today The IMF fears underfunded pension funds could be encouraged to chase returns through riskier investments such as direct credit exposure or by engaging in securities lending in order to improve their funding ratios….The IMF’s comments echoed similar warnings from the OECD in May, when the Paris-based body said pension funds’ move towards […]
The Trouble With Financial Bubbles
The Trouble With Financial Bubbles Very soon after the magnitude of the 2008 financial crisis became clear, a lively debate began about whether central banks and regulators could – and should – have done more to head it off. The traditional view, notably shared by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, is that any […]
Saudi Arabia’s fiscal break-even oil price to be around $US 100 mark for the foreseeable future
Saudi Arabia’s fiscal break-even oil price to be around $US 100 mark for the foreseeable future The latest IMF Article IV consultation report on Saudi Arabia was published on 9 September 2015. http://www.imf.org/external/country/sau/ Extract: Government spending has increased substantially in recent years. Consequently, the breakeven oil price rose to $106 a barrel in 2014 from $69 […]
The Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun
The Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun The biggest bank in the western world has just come out and declared that the global economy is “already in a recession”. According to British banking giant HSBC, global trade is down 8.4 percent so far this year, and global GDP expressed in U.S. dollars is […]
IMF Warns That We Have a New Crisis Coming
IMF Warns That We Have a New Crisis Coming QUESTION: Marty; You mentioned that you met with a board member of the IMF. It certainly seems you are having a much larger impact than you may realize. The IMF is now warning of a crash. Do you think you can help reverse the trend if given […]
IMF: $3 trillion in “Over-Borrowing Now Threatens To Unleash a Wave of Defaults”
IMF: $3 trillion in “Over-Borrowing Now Threatens To Unleash a Wave of Defaults” The next great financial crisis may be only a short time away. As readers know, SHTF has routinely covered the bleak warnings and predictions of market insiders and critics of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve. Now, there is yet another indication […]
The Hidden Debt Burden of Emerging Markets
The Hidden Debt Burden of Emerging Markets As central bankers and finance ministers from around the globe gather for the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings here in Peru, the emerging world is rife with symptoms of increasing economic vulnerability. Gone are the days when IMF meetings were monopolized by the problems of the advanced economies […]
Why Are The IMF, The UN, The BIS And Citibank All Warning That An Economic Crisis Could Be Imminent?
Why Are The IMF, The UN, The BIS And Citibank All Warning That An Economic Crisis Could Be Imminent? The warnings are getting louder. Is anybody listening? For months, I have been documenting on my website how the global financial system is absolutely primed for a crisis, and now some of the most important financial institutions in […]
IMF downgrades Canadian growth outlook to 1% for 2015
IMF downgrades Canadian growth outlook to 1% for 2015 Risks for the world include low commodities prices, China’s slowdown and rate hikes The IMF has downgraded its outlook for Canadian growth to one per cent this year because of the impact of lower oil and commodities prices. It also has revised its expectations for global […]
High Priests of Global Finance Stoke Emerging Market Fears
High Priests of Global Finance Stoke Emerging Market Fears Two of the most important guardians of global finance, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the IIF (Institute of International Finance), gave their verdict on the current state of the global economy this week. And their message could not be clearer: beware the dreaded fate of […]
