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More To Ruble’s Collapse Than Meets The Eye
More To Ruble’s Collapse Than Meets The Eye. The ruble is dying, and fast. In what is now being dubbed ‘Black Monday’ the ruble’s value to the dollar dropped nearly 15 percent. Tuesday brought no respite and the ruble fell another 10 percent. The ruble’s collapse follows a similar – though by no means as […]
BBC News – China’s manufacturing activity contracts at year-end
BBC News – China’s manufacturing activity contracts at year-end. China’s factory activity is in contraction, based on a private survey, reinforcing calls for more stimulus. The HSBC/Markit manufacturing purchasing manager’s index’s initial reading fell to 49.5 in December from November’s final reading of 50. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below 50 points […]
Norway Central Bank, Slammed By Oil Plunge, Warns Of “Severe Downturn”, Unexpectedly Cuts Rates | Zero Hedge
Norway Central Bank, Slammed By Oil Plunge, Warns Of “Severe Downturn”, Unexpectedly Cuts Rates | Zero Hedge. The governor of Norway’s central bank says western Europe’s biggest oil producer is facing a major economic slowdown as crude prices continue to plunge. As Bloomberg reports, Oeystein Olsen said today in an interview after a press conference in Oslo, “our […]
This Time Is The Same: Like The Housing Bubble, The Fed Is Ignoring The Shale Bubble In Plain Sight | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
This Time Is The Same: Like The Housing Bubble, The Fed Is Ignoring The Shale Bubble In Plain Sight | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. We are now far advanced into the third central bank generated bubble of the last two decades, but our monetary politburo has taken no notice whatsoever of its self-evident leading wave.Namely, […]
Central Bank Credibility, the Equity Markets and Gold
Central Bank Credibility, the Equity Markets and Gold. Central bank credibility is at all-time highs. As a consequence, we suggest, equities are near all-time highs too while gold is scraping multi-year lows. A change though may be in the offing with all three. Not today, nor tomorrow. But perhaps sooner than most think. Here’s how […]
Ukraine Bank Runs Begin As Poroshenko Plans To Sever Socio-Economic Ties With Separatist-Held Regions | Zero Hedge
Ukraine Bank Runs Begin As Poroshenko Plans To Sever Socio-Economic Ties With Separatist-Held Regions | Zero Hedge. In what the pro-Russian separatists call “an act of genocide,” Ukraine’s President Poroshenko signed a decree Friday that will explicitly withdraw state support for the regions within a month. While appearing to implicitly recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk […]
Global shares jump, yen slumps as BOJ cranks up stimulus | Reuters
Global shares jump, yen slumps as BOJ cranks up stimulus | Reuters. (Reuters) – World shares jumped and the yen fell to a seven-year low against the dollar on Friday as the Bank of Japan surprised financial markets by significantly expanding its massive stimulus program. In a rare split decision, the BOJ’s board voted 5-4 […]
Central Banker Admits Central Bank Policy Leads To Wealth Inequality | Zero Hedge
Central Banker Admits Central Bank Policy Leads To Wealth Inequality | Zero Hedge. Six years after QE started, and just about the time when we for the first time said that the primary consequence of QE would be unprecedented wealth and class inequality (in addition to fiat collapse, even if that particular bridge has not […]
How The Federal Reserve Is Purposely Attacking Savers – Chris Martenson | Peak Prosperity
How The Federal Reserve Is Purposely Attacking Savers – Chris Martenson | Peak Prosperity. There’s something we ‘regular’ citizens wrestle with that the elites never seem to: a sense of moral duty. For example, following the collapse of the housing bubble, many people struggled with mortgages they could no longer afford to pay, fearing the shame […]
Did An Obscure IMF Document Start A Global Bail-In Revolution? by Daniel Amerman
Did An Obscure IMF Document Start A Global Bail-In Revolution? by Daniel Amerman. When revolutions start, it’s not uncommon for almost nobody to notice. It may take years or even decades before historians can look back, point a finger and say “that’s where it really began.” An obscure International Monetary Fund “Staff Discussion Note” may […]
