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LEAKED (Denied then Confirmed): ECB Not Sure If Greek Banks Can Open Monday
LEAKED (Denied then Confirmed): ECB Not Sure If Greek Banks Can Open Monday There seems to be a growing willingness in the Eurozone to get this over with, to let Greece default and go from there – with all the options that this might entail. But even if a last-minute bailout agreement materializes, one thing […]
Starvation Is The Price Greeks Will Pay For Remaining In The EU
Starvation Is The Price Greeks Will Pay For Remaining In The EU Syriza, the new Greek government that intended to rescue Greece from austerity, has come a cropper. The government relied on the good will of its EU “partners,” only to find that its “partners” had no good will. The Greek government did not understand […]
Europe Warns Of “State Of Emergency” As Greek Stalemate Drags On
Europe Warns Of “State Of Emergency” As Greek Stalemate Drags On Talks between Greece and creditors collapsed on Sunday after Athens once again refused to compromise on a the pension cuts and VAT hike the troika insists are necessary if the country is to receive the final tranche of aid from its second bailout program. We noted […]
ECB Press Release this Wednesday Could End Extortion Racket over Greece – à la Cyprus 2013
ECB Press Release this Wednesday Could End Extortion Racket over Greece – à la Cyprus 2013 It was Greece’s “last chance,” again. But Sunday, it too fell apart, as they always do. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker broke off his attempts to mediate between Greece and its creditors. The differences were too large, a spokesperson […]
How The IMF Can Save Greece And Itself
How The IMF Can Save Greece And Itself There’s a Reuters article by Paul Taylor today that’s thought provoking, but not along the same line of thought that the writer follows (or the twist he gives to it). Taylor concludes that the IMF would love to wash its hands off Greece, but can’t because it’s […]
Russia, China and the Battle Against Dollar Hegemony
Russia, China and the Battle Against Dollar Hegemony The Internal Contradictions of US Foreign Policy The Saker: We hear that the Ukraine will have to declare a default, but that it will probably be a “technical” default as opposed to an official one. Some say that the decision of the Rada to allow Iatseniuk to […]
Greece: It’s Time For Your Default And Debt Restructuring
Greece: It’s Time For Your Default And Debt Restructuring For some reason, people think a sovereign default, and a subsequent debt restructuring such as Greece’s government faces, is something that is conceivable – the proverbial asteroid hitting the earth – but which has never actually happened. Sometimes, raw data says more than words. According to […]
Stay Out Of Harm’s Way—-The Casino Is Fixing To Blow
Stay Out Of Harm’s Way—-The Casino Is Fixing To Blow Shock waves have been rumbling through the global bond market in the last few days. On April 17 the yield on the 10-year German bund pierced through the 5bps level, but yesterday it tagged 100bps. That amounted to a 20X move in 39 trading days. It also amounted to total annihilation if you […]
Get Used to Selloffs, Central Bankers Say as They Fret about the Terrifying Moment When Liquidity Evaporates
Get Used to Selloffs, Central Bankers Say as They Fret about the Terrifying Moment When Liquidity Evaporates Axel Weber, president of the Bundesbank and member of the ECB’s Governing Council until he quit both in 2011 to protest the ECB’s bond purchases, quickly landed a new gig: chairman of UBS. WHIRR went the revolving door. From this […]
Greece Admits It Will Not Make IMF Payment On Friday, No Deal Expected Wednesday
Greece Admits It Will Not Make IMF Payment On Friday, No Deal Expected Wednesday For days, Greek officials have been insistent that the country will make a €300 million payment to the IMF this Friday and thus avoid a default. Last month, we heard the same rhetoric out of Athens and as it turns out, […]
Alexis Tsipras: The Bell Tolls for Europe
Alexis Tsipras: The Bell Tolls for Europe This is a letter From Greek PM Alexis Tsipras in today’s Le Monde. I have little to add, his eloquence needs few comments at this moment. One thing is certain: the negotiations will never be the same. And neither will Europe. Straight from the Prime Minister’s offical website: : Alexis […]
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation”
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation” RFID Technology fur Use in Currency Becomes More Sophisticated The 500 euro banknote barely circulates in Europe – this is to say, it is rarely seen in everyday commerce. However, it does exist, and makes the handling of large amounts of cash easier. Not surprisingly, it is said to […]
Pray For Graccident—–It Will Trigger The Demise Of The ECB And The World’s Toxic Regime Of Keynesian Central Banking
Pray For Graccident—–It Will Trigger The Demise Of The ECB And The World’s Toxic Regime Of Keynesian Central Banking It is not surprising that in a few short months Yanis Varoufakis has proven himself to be a thoroughgoing Keynesian statist. After all, what would you expect from an economics PhD who co-authored books with Jamie Galbraith? […]
Mario Draghi’s Slippery Downward Slope
Mario Draghi’s Slippery Downward Slope Mario Draghi made another huge faux pas Thursday, but it looks like the entire world press has become immune to them, because it happens all the time, because they don’t realize what it means, and because they have a message if not a mission to sell. But still, none of […]
Schäuble Warns of “Sudden” Greek Default
Schäuble Warns of “Sudden” Greek Default The governments of Greece – new and old – screwed up. Other debt-sinner countries are able to borrow at near-zero or negative interest rates, simply taking money from investors with a promise to return it on a given day in the future if investors give it new money to […]
