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The IMF Tells a Half-Truth
The IMF Tells a Half-Truth On May 18 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report titled “How Large are Global Energy Subsidies?” The question is a bit misleading: most readers, when they see the word subsidy, probably tend to think of tax breaks or cash gifts to specific industries. The report, however, uses the term mostly […]
4 Factors Signaling Volatility Will Return With A Vengeance
4 Factors Signaling Volatility Will Return With A Vengeance Buckle up. It’s going to get bumpy. No one could have predicted the sheer scope of global monetary policy bolstering the private banking and trading system. Yet, here we were – ensconced in the seventh year of capital markets being buoyed by coordinated government and central […]
Greece Says That It Will Default On June 5th, And Moody’s Warns Of A ‘Deposit Freeze’
Greece Says That It Will Default On June 5th, And Moody’s Warns Of A ‘Deposit Freeze’ The Greek government says that a “moment of truth” is coming on June 5th. Either their lenders agree to give them more money by that date, or Greece will default on a 300 million euro loan payment to the […]
Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?
Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus? Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU? In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private bank accounts. Well, the nation of Greece is now […]
Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?
Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus? Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU? In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private bank accounts. Well, the nation of Greece is now […]
China and the Gold Bugs
China and the Gold Bugs A Popular Myth One of the most persistent story lines among gold bugs and market participants who foresee the collapse of the dollar goes something like this: China and many emerging markets including the other BRICS are looking for a way out of the global fiat currency system. That system […]
The IMF Leaks Greece
The IMF Leaks Greece Whenever secret or confidential information or documents are leaked to the press, the first question should always be who leaked it and why. That’s often more important than the contents of what has been leaked. And since there’s been a lot of hullabaloo about a leaked document the past two days, […]
Shape Of Greek Endgame Emerges: IMF Discussed “Cyprus-Like” Plan After Tsipras Warned Of Looming Default
Shape Of Greek Endgame Emerges: IMF Discussed “Cyprus-Like” Plan After Tsipras Warned Of Looming Default As we said over the weekend, it’s all about Riga again for Greece. EU leaders will meet on Thursday and Friday in Latvia where PM Alexis Tsipras will try to secure a more favorable outcome than did FinMin Yanis Varoufakis who, last […]
Greece Will Default On June 5 Without Deal, IMF Leaks
Greece Will Default On June 5 Without Deal, IMF Leaks Another week came and went with no breakthrough in negotiations between Greece and its creditors. The IMF is now fed up and has reportedly refused to be a part of any new bailout program for Greece, after Athens drew down its SDR reserves to makes its latest […]
“Brazil Just Getting Worse and Worse”
“Brazil Just Getting Worse and Worse” The “B” in the falling BRICS… Brazil is in a tough spot. Led by weak investment and plummeting confidence, growth, after slowing markedly since mid-2013, came to a virtual halt in 2014. This largely reflects the impact of diminished competitiveness, the erosion of policy credibility, owing to a persistent […]
Europe Preparing Greek Bankruptcy Loan “In Event Of Grexit”
Europe Preparing Greek Bankruptcy Loan “In Event Of Grexit” Earlier today, we learned that, contrary to what Greek government officials had been implying for the better part of a week, Athens did not have enough money to make a €750 million payment to the IMF on Tuesday. Instead, Greeceborrowed most of the money (€650 million according […]
Greece Is Now Just A Political Issue
Greece Is Now Just A Political Issue Greece paid off the IMF yesterday with its IMF reserves. Is that a big deal? Whatever you may want to read into this, it’s been obvious for years that Greece needs major debt restructuring if it wants to move forward and have a future as a country -let […]
Greece Effectively Defaults To IMF Using SDR Reserves To “Repay” Fund; 1 Month Countdown Begins
Greece Effectively Defaults To IMF Using SDR Reserves To “Repay” Fund; 1 Month Countdown Begins When Monday’s Eurogroup meeting concluded without an agreement between Greece and its creditors, it should have been game over for Athens. With pensioners at their breaking point and with local governments reluctant to comply with a decree mandating a sweep […]
IMF Preparing Greek Default Contingency Plan
IMF Preparing Greek Default Contingency Plan The biggest slow motion trainwreck in history, one that everyone knows how it ends just not when (especially since the “when” is about 5 years overdue), that of the Greek sovereign default may just got a bit more exciting earlier today when the WSJ reported that the IMF can no longer lie – like Mario Draghi […]
