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Why Banks & Governments Hate Cash: Bank Runs
Why Banks & Governments Hate Cash: Bank Runs The photos from Greece showing long lines at ATMs are astonishing. Even after the deposit outflows from Greek banks over the past weeks, there are still large numbers of people who are trying to get their money out of the banking system. With the banks closed, ATMs […]
Greece Rejects “Totally Unaccepetable” IMF Counterproposal Demanding Pension Cuts, VAT Hike
Greece Rejects “Totally Unaccepetable” IMF Counterproposal Demanding Pension Cuts, VAT Hike As reported earlier and as tipped here on Monday, markets will have to call off the party for now because the focus of the Greek debt deal negotiations has now shifted back to Brussels after all eyes had turned briefly to Athens on Tuesday […]
“The Collateral Has Run Out” – JPM Warns ECB Will Use Greek “Nuclear Option” If No Monday Deal
“The Collateral Has Run Out” – JPM Warns ECB Will Use Greek “Nuclear Option” If No Monday Deal (via Corriere) Although estimates vary, Kathimerini, citing Greek banking officials, puts Friday’s deposit outflow at €1.7 billion. If true, that would mark a serious step up from the estimated €1.2 billion that left the banking system on Thursday and serves […]
“Bank Holiday” Preparations Begin In Greece, Lines Form At Athens ATMs
“Bank Holiday” Preparations Begin In Greece, Lines Form At Athens ATMs The writing has been on the wall for quite sometime. Deposit flight from Greece’s ailing banking sector has been running north of €500 million per day this week as the threat of capital controls casts a pall over the Greek government’s efforts to reassure […]
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes In what is perhaps the most glaring instance of central bank intervention yet,Reuters today captured the market mood as follows: “Calm ruled Europe’s stock and currency markets on Friday as Greece inched closer to a default later this month….the euro was down just 0.3 percent […]
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 […]
Inciting Bank Runs as a Negotiating Tactic
Inciting Bank Runs as a Negotiating Tactic The troika of Greek creditors has gone into full-frontal morals-be-damned attack mode, handpicking arms from a weapons arsenal we haven’t seen used before, and that we never should have seen in an environment that insists – and prides – on presenting itself as a union, both in name […]
Macedonia Central Bank Blocks Greek Bank Withdrawals “In Case Of Grexit”
Macedonia Central Bank Blocks Greek Bank Withdrawals “In Case Of Grexit” The bank runs (and capital controls) begin. Macedonia Central Bank Governor Bogov states: *GREEK BANKS IN MACEDONIA CAN’T WITHDRAW CASH: BOGOV *MACEDONIAN BANKS PROTECTED IN CASE OF GREXIT: BOGOV How long before the rest of Europe follows suit and a bank holiday is declared […]
Greek Banks On Verge Of Total Collapse: Bank Run Surges “Massively” As Depositors Yank €700 Million Today Alone
Greek Banks On Verge Of Total Collapse: Bank Run Surges “Massively” As Depositors Yank €700 Million Today Alone While the Greek government believes it may have won the battle, if not the war with Europe, the reality is that every additional day in which Athens does not have a funding backstop, be it the ECB […]
EU and Greece Running Out of Time – As Bank Runs Intensify, Bail-Ins Likely
EU and Greece Running Out of Time – As Bank Runs Intensify, Bail-Ins Likely – EU and Greece running out of time as talks end “in disarray” – again – Greece warns Merkel of ‘impossible’ debt – Concerns Greece out of money by end of April – Friday’s “agreement” in Brussels falls apart hours later […]
Russell Napier: “The Most Dangerous Thing In Finance Is The Thing That Never Ever Moves – Until It Moves”
Russell Napier: “The Most Dangerous Thing In Finance Is The Thing That Never Ever Moves – Until It Moves” The PBOC – How to fail in business without really flying “Terrain seems a bit unstable…and there seems to be no sign of intelegent life anywhere” – Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) “That wasn’t flying…that was falling […]
Belarus In Full-Blown Hyperinflation Panic: Blocks News, Online Stores; Bans All FX Trading For 2 Years | Zero Hedge
Belarus In Full-Blown Hyperinflation Panic: Blocks News, Online Stores; Bans All FX Trading For 2 Years | Zero Hedge. “We have to do something with these Belarussian rubles,” exclaims one Belarussian as she shops to turn worthless rubles (BYR) into physical assets. As AFP reports, The Belarussian currency was dragged down by the slide of the Russian ruble […]
