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Inflation Alert: The Velocity Of Money Has Finally Bottomed

Inflation Alert: The Velocity Of Money Has Finally Bottomed Forget the Trump tax cuts, the Senate budget deal, the Fed’s Quantitative Tightening and the collapse in foreign buying of US Treasuries: after years of dormancy, the biggest catalyst for a sharp inflationary spike has finally emerged, and it is none of the above. Behold: the […]

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“This Won’t End Well” – Mortgage Rates Spike To 4-Year Highs

“This Won’t End Well” – Mortgage Rates Spike To 4-Year Highs Growth? Inflation? Be careful what you wish for, as the surge in Treasury yields has sent mortgage interest rates to their highest in four years, flashing a big red warning light for affordability and home sales in 2018… The U.S. weekly average 30-year fixed […]

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Peak Gold: Global Gold Supply Flat In 2017 As China Output Falls By 9%

Peak Gold: Global Gold Supply Flat In 2017 As China Output Falls By 9% – China gold production falls by 9% to 420.5t in 2017 – Chinese gold demand rose 4% to 953.3t in same period – China is largest producer and accounts for 15% of global gold production – China does not export gold. Increasing foreign […]

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Steve Keen: “Why Did It Take So Long For This Crash To Happen?”

Steve Keen: “Why Did It Take So Long For This Crash To Happen?”  As originally written at RT, outspoken Aussie economist Steve Keen points out that everyone who’s asking “why did the stock market crash Monday?” is asking the wrong question; the real question, Keen exclaims, is “why did it take so long for this […]

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Should we Restore the Gold Standard?

Should we Restore the Gold Standard? Would it make sense to rebuild an international gold standard like the one we had in the late 1800s? Larry White says the idea has merit, David Glasner believes it isn’t worth the risk. Over the years I’ve followed the back-and-forth between these two blogging economists, each of whom has done an admirable […]

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WTI/RBOB Sink After US OIl Production Hits Record High, Surpassing Saudi

WTI/RBOB Sink After US OIl Production Hits Record High, Surpassing Saudi WTI/RBOB held on to gains after last night’s surprise crude draw from API, but quickly tumbled after DOE reported a 1.9mm crude build (2nd week in a row) and significant gasoline and distillate builds. However, US crude production’s massive spike to 10.25m b/d was […]

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ECB “In Touch With Market Participants” Over Market Crash; White House “Concerned”

ECB “In Touch With Market Participants” Over Market Crash; White House “Concerned” In a double whammy of panic about the fate of the artificial “wealth effect” created thanks to $20 trillion in central bank liquidity, officials at both the White House and Europe’s largest hedge fund expressed concerns about the market rout that saw the […]

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“Euphoria Turns To Terror”: Dow To Open 750 Points Lower As VIX Eruption Accelerates

“Euphoria Turns To Terror”: Dow To Open 750 Points Lower As VIX Eruption Accelerates Update: VIX SURGES ABOVE 50 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST 2015 * * * It’s a bloodbath, with the Dow set to open 750 points lower “thanks” to the +377 fair value… … but it could have been much worse, with […]

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Global Market Rout Resumes: Asian Bloodbath Spills Over Into Europe, US Sharply Lower

Global Market Rout Resumes: Asian Bloodbath Spills Over Into Europe, US Sharply Lower  Global markets were routed for the second day in a row on Monday, with Asian and European indexes opening lower and bond yields rising as resurgent U.S. inflation raised the possibility central banks would tighten policy more aggressively than had been expected. […]

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Carmot Capital: “The Next Crisis Won’t Be A Flash Crash; It Will Be A Flash Flood”

Carmot Capital: “The Next Crisis Won’t Be A Flash Crash; It Will Be A Flash Flood” THE STRAIGHT FLUSH CRASH AN ILLUSION OF SIMPLICITY, AN ENTANGLEMENT OF COMPLEXITY Lately, there has been talk of so-called “elevated” markets. Equity markets, real estate markets and bond markets are indeed reaching new highs regularly. But how long will […]

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“The Market Is On The Edge Of Chaos, A Zone Where Rare Events Become Typical”

“The Market Is On The Edge Of Chaos, A Zone Where Rare Events Become Typical”  According to Fasanara Capital, which has long argued  that the market’s systemic fragility is approaching its breaking point, markets stand at a critical juncture, ready to snap, as the following note from Fasanara’s Francesco Filia lays out. * * * […]

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“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean

“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean Before the 1970s, the United States and other nuclear-armed countries conducted more than 500 atomic weapons tests in the atmosphere. During these tests, radioactive debris and gases were flung up into the atmosphere and traveled around the world. The Centers […]

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Greenspan Warns: “We Have A Stock Market Bubble”

Greenspan Warns: “We Have A Stock Market Bubble” US equity markets stumbled notably as former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan told Bloomberg TV that “we have a stock market bubble.” Greenspan stuck to his usual discussion topics of low productivity and fiscal doomsday inevitability… “Productivity has been dead in the water for the past 10 years… […]

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US, Turkish Troops Headed For Military Showdown In Syria

US, Turkish Troops Headed For Military Showdown In Syria Two days after we reported that Turkey valiantly demanded that US forces vacate military bases in the Syrian district of Manbij, when Turkey’s foreign minister Melet Cavusoglu also said that Ankara is calling upon the US to cease any and all support to Syrian Kurdish forces […]

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“There’s Anger Building Out There” – One Man’s Message To Davos Elites

“There’s Anger Building Out There” – One Man’s Message To Davos Elites One man went to Davos and dared to say what Pepe Escobar thought no one would – that “it’s the inequality, stupid.” Amid all the back-slapping exuberance of record high global stock markets and record high global net worth, John McDonnell, the U.K. […]

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