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Emerging Market Crisis Spreads To The Core, Central Banks Face Catch-22
Emerging Market Crisis Spreads To The Core, Central Banks Face Catch-22 One of the things giving “data-driven” central banks wiggle room on their pledge to tighten monetary policy is the fact that there are several definitions of inflation. In the US the thing most people think of as inflation is the consumer price index, or […]
Could Germany Fracture?
Could Germany Fracture? All sorts of centralized organizations that appear rock-solid may well melt into air as the disintegrative dynamics gather momentum. Rising political and social discord that is generally being attributed to “populism” may actually be the re-emergence of ancient geographic and cultural fault lines. An often-overlooked manifestation of this might be the nation-state […]
Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions
Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions Trump’s vise on the EU started with steel, progressed to cars, then to Iran, and now to a gas pipeline vital to the EU. The story of the day, not discussed in mainstream media, involves Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline between Russia […]
Trump’s Trade Tantrum: On Tipping Points and Authoritarian Peril
Trump’s Trade Tantrum: On Tipping Points and Authoritarian Peril Photo by Graham C99 | CC BY 2.0 The Tangerine Tosser’s triple trade tiff – with China, the European Union, and the United States’ NAFTA partners (Canada and Mexico) – has the potential to spark an American and global economic meltdown. Classic signs of a coming […]
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe The predictions have come true about the emergence of a new defense group that will change the European security environment. On June 25, the defense chiefs from nine EU countries signed off on the creation of a new force called the European Intervention Initiative (EII), which […]
EU Globalists and Chinese Communists Team Up To Protect NWO
EU Globalists and Chinese Communists Team Up To Protect NWO On Monday, European Union leaders announced that officials from the EU and China were coming together to strengthen and protect their international trade relations from Trump’s “America First” agenda. Jyrki Katainen (shown, left), the vice-president of the EU’s ruling and unelected European Commission, said during […]
The Biggest Monetary Experiments in History: Part 1
The Biggest Monetary Experiments in History: Part 1 … and all at the same time. Last week was a humdinger. Three things happened: One Firstly, our pasta-eating friends, after having experienced firsthand a blizzard of accelerating violent crime… and watching their previously gentrified neighbourhoods reconfigured into ghettos resembling the Maghreb, decided enough was enough and said […]
Referendums in Europe: Tool for Civic Engagement or Carnivalesque Prop?
REFERENDUMS IN EUROPE: TOOL FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OR CARNIVALESQUE PROP? “The Roman carnival is not really a festival given for the people but one the people give themselves. At a given signal, everyone has leave to be as mad and foolish as he likes, and almost everything, except fisticuffs and stabbing, is permissible. The difference […]
Italy and the Repricing of European Government Debt
ITALY AND THE REPRICING OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT DEBT The yield spread between 10yr BTPs and Bunds widened 114bp in May Populist and anti-EU politics were the catalyst for this repricing of risk Spain, Portugal and Greece all saw yields increase as Bund yields declined The ECB policy of OMT should help to avoid a repeat […]
Italy challenges the Western order
Italy challenges the Western order The EU is under a lot of strain With a massive influx of immigrants from across Africa and the Middle East, and growing poverty, Italy voted in a populist government representing policies which would seem to virtually overturn the postwar European order. The austerity measures which have been imposed upon […]
“Can’t Work With That Woman Anymore”: Merkel Handed A Two-Week Ultimatum On Her “D-Day”
“Can’t Work With That Woman Anymore”: Merkel Handed A Two-Week Ultimatum On Her “D-Day” Adding insult to injury, one day after Germany’s historic loss to Mexico (which resulted in a man-made earthquake in USA’s southern neighbor), Europe’s most important country is facing the “Destiny Day” to a political crisis like no other in its recent […]
The Gently Rotting Debt-Ridden EU
The Gently Rotting Debt-Ridden EU The EU as a political construction is in a state of terminal decay. We know this for one reason and one reason alone: its core principle is the state is superior to its people. A system of government can only work over the longer term if it recognises that it […]
What The “Doomsday Brexit Plan” Document Says Should Frighten Us All
What The “Doomsday Brexit Plan” Document Says Should Frighten Us All This is the first paragraph of The Times article (paywall) regarding Britain’s now famous Doomsday Brexit plan. “Britain would be hit with shortages of medicine, fuel and food within a fortnight if the UK tries to leave the European Union without a deal, according to a Doomsday Brexit […]
US Treasury Dept Warns Allies Against Accidentally Trading With Iran
US Treasury Dept Warns Allies Against Accidentally Trading With Iran Companies ‘face substantial risks’ if they’re caught trading with Iran The US Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a statement directed at allied governments, and private companies operating out of allied countries, warning them against any trade with Iran, warning they “face substantial risks” if they […]
