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Why Mario’s Got A Bee In His Bonnet
Why Mario’s Got A Bee In His Bonnet Mario had a bee in his bonnet this morning. Apparently, the chorus of German voices pointing to the obvious—- that his policies are killing savers, insurance companies, pension funds and banks—-got his dander up: “We have a mandate to preserve price stability for the whole of the euro […]
Central Banks Are Trapped – Are Higher Interest Rates the Only Answer?
Central Banks Are Trapped – Are Higher Interest Rates the Only Answer? COMMENT: Marty, well it looks like you have done it. The central banks are going to start raising interest rates right in line with your model. It is interesting how your computer puts the entire world before you to see. Keep up the good […]
“We Cannot Afford another Draghi”: Germany Attacks ECB
“We Cannot Afford another Draghi”: Germany Attacks ECB Negative interest rates, helicopter money trigger Clash of Titans. Relations between the government of Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, and Europe’s most powerful financial institution, the European Central Bank, have soured to the point of curdling. The latest volley of barbed remarks came from Germany’s dour Finance Minister […]
What’s Wrong With Negative Rates?
What’s Wrong With Negative Rates? NEW YORK – I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. And, as has happened repeatedly over the last decade, a few months into the year, […]
Peak Negative-Interest-Rate Absurdity? Hilarity Ensues
Peak Negative-Interest-Rate Absurdity? Hilarity Ensues Among the goodies: “reverse Yankee” landmines. When a central bank like the ECB imposes negative interest rates along with QE on its bailiwick, funny things start to happen. Investors become so eager to get any kind of visible yield that they will do the craziest things. They’re now chasing €3 […]
The Catastrophic Mismanagement of the Economy & The Coming Meltdown
The Catastrophic Mismanagement of the Economy & The Coming Meltdown We are finishing up the “Pension Crisis – The Next Nightmare,” which is a special report outlining the next global meltdown. Germany’s Federal Finance Minister Schaeuble is now openly blaming Mario Draghi for the electoral success of the AFD in Germany, which is the Alternative for Germany (In German: Alternative für […]
Schauble Throws Up All Over Mario Draghi: “The ECB Is Causing Extraordinary Problems”
Schauble Throws Up All Over Mario Draghi: “The ECB Is Causing Extraordinary Problems” Following this weekend’s snafu in which Spiegel said that Germany is considering suing the ECB if it launched QE, Mario Draghi reportedly made attempts to “mollify” Germany with promises that this won’t happen (it will) and that it was willing to meet […]
Former IMF Chief Economist Admits Japan’s “Endgame” Scenario Is Now In Play
Former IMF Chief Economist Admits Japan’s “Endgame” Scenario Is Now In Play Back in October 2014, just after the BOJ drastically expanded its QE operation, we warned that the biggest risk facing the BOJ (and the ECB, and the Fed, and all other central banks actively soaking up securities from the open market) was a lack […]
Quantitative to Qualitative–Is Unelected Nationalisation Next?
QUANTITATIVE TO QUALITATIVE – IS UNELECTED NATIONALISATION NEXT? Last year, in a paper entitled The Stock Market Crash Really Did Cause the Great Recession – Roger Farmer of UCLA argued that the collapse in the stock market was the cause of the Great Recession:- In November of 2008 the Federal Reserve more than doubled the monetary base […]
German and Dutch objections to ECB QE are ignored
German and Dutch objections to ECB QE are ignored From today’s Open Europe news summary: ECB Minutes show deep divisions over stimulus measures Minutes of the March meeting of the ECB governing council, released on yesterday reveal deep divisions amongst its members over the latest round of ECB stimulus. The Dutch and German members were […]
German and Dutch objections to ECB QE are ignored
German and Dutch objections to ECB QE are ignored From today’s Open Europe news summary: ECB Minutes show deep divisions over stimulus measures Minutes of the March meeting of the ECB governing council, released on yesterday reveal deep divisions amongst its members over the latest round of ECB stimulus. The Dutch and German members were […]
Helicopter Money “Not on the Table,” ECB Swears Furiously
Helicopter Money “Not on the Table,” ECB Swears Furiously But it’s already here! It has finally sunk in: what everyone really wants is helicopter money. Central banks, instead of transferring trillions of newly created dollars or euros or whatever to the banks should just hand them directly to the people, like dropping bank notes from […]
JPM, ECB Hint At Arrival Of “Helicopter Money” In Europe Following Next “Significant Downturn”
JPM, ECB Hint At Arrival Of “Helicopter Money” In Europe Following Next “Significant Downturn” Moments ago, ECB governing council member and Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco had some very troubling comments. He said that while helicopter money is not currently part of the discussion in the Governing Council that “no policy tool within our mandate […]
ECB Losing Control
ECB Losing Control In Naples, Italy, riots against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resulted in clashes between police and demonstrators. Italy’s government had to address the plight of Italian banks which now seems to be significant as both houses of parliament voted to create a state fund for bad loans. On Tuesday, the government announced that they planned to […]
Yanis Varoufakis Issues a Major Warning to the Greek People
Yanis Varoufakis Issues a Major Warning to the Greek People Varoufakis said that Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister and the architect of the deals Greece signed in 2010 and 2012, was “consistent throughout”. “His view was ‘I’m not discussing the program – this was accepted by the previous [Greek] government and we can’t possibly allow an […]
