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What does $200 trillion of debt really mean for the global economy?’
What does $200 trillion of debt really mean for the global economy? A few years ago, in the depths of the recession caused by the financial crisis, I began an investigation into the consequences of several economic trends that I thought were bound to put a permanent end to the boom times that my generation, […]
Paul Singer Warns “The Consequences Of Monetary Manipulation Are Unknowable”
Paul Singer Warns “The Consequences Of Monetary Manipulation Are Unknowable” The world believes it is in a sweet spot. There is global consensus that central banks know what they are doing and are in control, and that if economies falter, a bigger dose of QE or ZIRP or NIRP (negative interest rate policy – we just […]
More euro-tragedy
More euro-tragedy Despite the uncertainties ahead of the Greek general election, the European Central Bank (ECB) went ahead and announced quantitative easing (QE) of €60bn per month from March to at least September 2016. What makes this interesting is the mounting evidence that QE does not bring about economic recovery. Even Jaime Caruana, General Manager […]
ECB Euro QE Won’t Succeed
ECB Euro QE Won’t Succeed The European Central Bank (ECB) leaked the information beforehand to test the waters and this time followed through on their promise: Money printing galore in the form of 60 billion euros per month ($69 billion). ECB president Mario Draghi has been talking about it since 2012 and now finally got […]
Occupied by Wall Street – The Latest TARP Taxpayer Screw-Job is Revealed
Occupied by Wall Street – The Latest TARP Taxpayer Screw-Job is Revealed The Treasury-created market has benefited a few savvy investors, while saddling taxpayers with a loss. Three private funds, which the report didn’t name, have won almost half the shares available at auction, often netting either a profit on paper or on the resale, according […]
The Lemmings of QE
The Lemmings of QE NEW HAVEN – Predictably, the European Central Bank has joined the world’s other major monetary authorities in the greatest experiment in the history of central banking. By now, the pattern is all too familiar. First, central banks take the conventional policy rate down to the dreaded “zero bound.” Facing continued economic […]
Junk-Bond Bubble Implodes Beyond Energy, Deals Scuttled, Yields Soar, Suddenly “Insufficient Demand”
Junk-Bond Bubble Implodes Beyond Energy, Deals Scuttled, Yields Soar, Suddenly “Insufficient Demand” The year 2015 has just started, and already there have been two junk-bond casualties: the first on Thursday, and the second one today. They weren’t energy companies. Energy companies don’t even try anymore. They’ve been locked out. Both deals had to be scuttled […]
More reasons for the financial markets to worry
More reasons for the financial markets to worry Five tests of unity that the eurozone will face this week. In the wake of Sunday’s election in Greece, the unity of the eurozone will come under close scrutiny this week. The financial markets were already in a state of excitement over the launch of quantitative easing […]
Freedom, Where Are You? Not in America or Europe
Freedom, Where Are You? Not in America or Europe When the former Goldman Sachs executive who runs the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that he was going to print 720 billion euros annually with which to purchase bad debts from the politically connected big banks, the euro sank and the stock market and Swiss france shot […]
“QE Benefits Mostly The Wealthy” JPMorgan Admits, And Lists 8 Ways ECB’s QE Will Hurt Everyone Else
“QE Benefits Mostly The Wealthy” JPMorgan Admits, And Lists 8 Ways ECB’s QE Will Hurt Everyone Else Over the past 48 hours, the world has been bombarded with a relentless array of soundbites, originating either at the ECB, or – inexplicably – out of Greece, the place which has been explicitly isolated by Frankfurt, that […]
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka PARIS (Reuters) – After the surprises from central banks which rocked markets at the start of the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve will be watched as closely as ever this week to see that it doesn’t stray from its own policy path. The atmosphere will already be […]
Carney Says QE Can Encourage Excessive Risk-Taking in Markets
Carney Says QE Can Encourage Excessive Risk-Taking in Markets Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned easy monetary policy could prompt excessive risk-taking in financial markets. Two days after the European Central Bank announced a 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.23 trillion) quantitative-easing program, Carney said six years of sustained monetary stimulus was justified on an economic basis, […]
Axel Merk: Why Asset Prices Must Return To Lower Levels
Axel Merk: Why Asset Prices Must Return To Lower Levels It’s the price you pay for forcing capital to speculate Saying it’s been a busy week and half on the central bank front is perhaps a sizeable understatement. First, the Swiss National Bank stunned the world (and its brethren central banks) by removing its peg […]
Even Central Bankers Now Admit QE Doesn’t Work
Even Central Bankers Now Admit QE Doesn’t Work Even As European Central Bank Is Set to Unleash a Massive Round of Quantitative Easing, Central Bank Heads Admit QE Doesn’t Work The former head of the Bank of England – Mervyn King – said today that more QE will not help the economy: We have had the biggest […]
