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BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic
BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic The world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worse BlackRock predicts a lasting fall in living standards for the many, alongside huge profits for the few | Maureen McLean/Alamy Live News The working assumption, for governments and central banks across the […]
Inflation, recession, and declining US hegemony
Inflation, recession, and declining US hegemony In the distant future, we might look back on 2022 and 2023 as pivotal years. So far, we have seen the conflict between America and the two Asian hegemons emerge into the open, leading to a self-inflicted energy crisis on the western alliance. The forty-year trend of declining interest […]
BlackRock: Prepare For Recession “Unlike Any Other”… And What Worked Before “Won’t Work Now”
BlackRock: Prepare For Recession “Unlike Any Other”… And What Worked Before “Won’t Work Now” The world’s largest investment manager has gone all in – and says a global recession is right around the corner. What’s more, the financial tricks deployed by Central Banks in the past ‘won’t work this time.’ According to BlackRock, the global […]
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession https://youtu.be/nBykCZxtICM
#243. The Great Inflexion
#243. The Great Inflexion A SYSTEM UNRAVELS INTRODUCTION As everyone surely knows by now, the global economy has entered a recession which is likely to be both severe and protracted. For the most part, governments and central bankers are concentrating on the task of trying to tame inflation. Their critics tend to argue for more expansionary […]
Europe May See Forced De-Industrialization As Result Of Energy Crisis
Europe May See Forced De-Industrialization As Result Of Energy Crisis European industries including ferroalloys, fertilizer plants and specialty chemicals are shutting down as a result of the ongoing energy crisis. Certain industries may not come back, even if the energy crisis eases. An increasingly tight regulatory environment is another reason for de-industrialization in Europe. The […]
NOPEC Bill Won’t Bring Oil Prices Down
NOPEC Bill Won’t Bring Oil Prices Down Washington responded angrily to OPEC+’s decision to cut output. U.S. legislators have suggested the introduction of a bill called NOPEC in order to reduce OPEC’s power. NOPEC could send oil prices higher and end the dominance of the petrodollar. “Nobody f*cks with a Biden,” said the U.S. president, […]
A historic global bond-market crash threatens liquidation of the world’s most crowded trades, says BofA
A historic global bond-market crash threatens liquidation of the world’s most crowded trades, says BofA ‘If the bond market does not function, then no other market functions, really,’ say Ben Emons of Medley Global Advisors A newspaper headline is shown after the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. Global bonds are in one of […]
OPEC agrees to produce slightly more oil as recession fears loom
OPEC agrees to produce slightly more oil as recession fears loom London (CNN Business)The world’s oil-exporting countries have agreed to a tiny increase in output next month amid fears that a global recession will crimp demand. The Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries and its allies — which includes Russia — also known as OPEC+, said on […]
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, believes the U.S. is in a recession Economists usually say it is a recession when two successive quarters […]
‘The economy is going to collapse,’ says Wall Street veteran Novogratz. ‘We are going to go into a really fast recession.’
‘The economy is going to collapse,’ says Wall Street veteran Novogratz. ‘We are going to go into a really fast recession.’ Veteran investor and bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz’s economic outlook is not rosy Michael Novogratz, founder and chief executive officer of Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP, spoke with MarketWatch on Wednesday ahead of a historically […]
Walking backward into the storm
Walking backward into the storm Are we in a recession? It is an interesting question because nobody can know for sure. A recession is defined as two successive quarters of negative growth. Okay, but how do we know if, in the quarter we are in, the economy is shrinking? Again, we cannot know this. This is because the latest […]
The Inflation Blame Game
The Inflation Blame Game Now inflation is Russia’s fault. Or is it greedy businesses pushing up prices? Maybe a combination of the two. It seems that government officials and central bankers are looking everywhere for a place to pin the blame for inflation except the one place they need to look — in the mirror. […]
2022: Energy limits are likely to push the world economy into recessionIn my view, there are three ways a growing economy can be sustained:
2022: Energy limits are likely to push the world economy into recessionIn my view, there are three ways a growing economy can be sustained: With a growing supply of cheap-to-produce energy products, matched to the economy’s energy needs. With growing debt and other indirect promises of future goods and services, such as rising asset prices. […]
