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A $20 Trillion Problem: More Than Half Of China’s Banks Fail Central Bank Stress Test
A $20 Trillion Problem: More Than Half Of China’s Banks Fail Central Bank Stress Test In our latest look at the turmoil among China’s small and medium banks, which included not only the recent bailouts and nationalizations of Baoshang Bank , Bank of Jinzhou, China’s Heng Feng Bank, but also the two very troubling bank runs at China’s Henan Yichuan […]
China Central Bank Warns Downward Pressure On Economy Increasing
China Central Bank Warns Downward Pressure On Economy Increasing Several weeks ago, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would “increase counter-cyclical adjustments” to prevent downward pressure on the economy. Now the PBOC is warning that it might not be able to ward off these downward pressures in the short term, reported Reuters. The PBOC’s […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the Fed Boosts the 1%, as Told by the Fed
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the Fed Boosts the 1%, as Told by the Fed Even the upper middle class loses share of household wealth to the 1%. The bottom half gets screwed.
The Fed’s Dilemma Is Our Problem!
The Fed’s Dilemma Is Our Problem! Pundit Bill Bonner predicts: “Most likely, the stock market will crash sometime before the 2020 election. We can’t know when. …. The end of the stock market boom, too, is unpredictable. But each passing day brings us a day closer to when it will crash and burn.” Bonner’s prediction is […]
Fed Goes Nuts with Repos & T-Bills but Sheds Mortgage Backed Securities
Fed Goes Nuts with Repos & T-Bills but Sheds Mortgage Backed Securities The fastest increase in assets for any two-month period since the post-Lehman freak show in late 2008 and early 2009. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet, released today, jumped by $94 billion over the past month through November 6, to $4.04 trillion, after […]
BOJ To Start Lending ETF Shares To Prevent Market Freeze
BOJ To Start Lending ETF Shares To Prevent Market Freeze While most central banks are contemplating how to gently break it to the public that since they are out of ammo with interest rates at all time low, and $15 trillion in global sovereign debt is now yielding negative – a financial abortion which suggests […]
Central Bank Issues Stunning Warning: “If The Entire System Collapses, Gold Will Be Needed To Start Over”
Central Bank Issues Stunning Warning: “If The Entire System Collapses, Gold Will Be Needed To Start Over” It’s not just “tinfoil blogs” who (for the past 11 years) have been warning that a monetary reset is inevitable and the only viable fallback option once trust and faith in fiat is lost, is a gold standard (something […]
As Hong Kong ATMs Run Out Of Cash, Central Bank Steps In To Prevent “Panic Among The Public”
As Hong Kong ATMs Run Out Of Cash, Central Bank Steps In To Prevent “Panic Among The Public” As the violence in Hong Kong escalates with every passing week, culminating on Friday with what was effectively the passage of martial law when the local government banned the wearing of masks at public assemblies, a colonial-era law […]
The Fed Created The Everything Bubble And A Liquidity Crisis – What Happens Next?
The Fed Created The Everything Bubble And A Liquidity Crisis – What Happens Next? It’s an interesting dynamic that the Federal Reserve has conjured in the decade after the 2008 credit crash. They spent several years using artificial stimulus measures to inflate perhaps the largest financial bubble in the history of the US, and then […]
Dollar Liquidity Crisis Accelerates As Month-End Nears, Record $92 Billion Demand
Dollar Liquidity Crisis Accelerates As Month-End Nears, Record $92 Billion Demand As month-end looms, demand for dollar liquidity is accelerating dramatically with today’s Fed operation oversubscribed – with around $92 billion of demand for The Fed’s $75 billion offering… This is the heaviest demand yet for this new Fed liquidity spigot… As we noted previously, […]
Forget the Russians: It’s the Federal Reserve Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections
Forget the Russians: It’s the Federal Reserve Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning of America’s founding, the […]
The Precog Fed: Vice Chair Clarida Says Fed Shouldn’t Wait For Economy To Turn Down To Cut Rates
The Precog Fed: Vice Chair Clarida Says Fed Shouldn’t Wait For Economy To Turn Down To Cut Rates There was something bizarre in yesterday’s latest Beige Book: it painted an unexpectedly strong picture of the economy. Here, again, are the key points we pulled from the summary of various regional Feds’ takes on the current state of […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows To “Significantly” Cut Rates As Trump Set To Roll Out Sanctions Over S-400 Purchase
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows To “Significantly” Cut Rates As Trump Set To Roll Out Sanctions Over S-400 Purchase Lately not a week passes without some dismal news involving Turkey hitting the tape, and yet the lira continues to levitate, blissfully ignorant of the storm clouds headed for Ankara, levitating on hopes the Fed will cut rates […]
Gold Will Rise Even If The Fed Doesn’t Cut Interest Rates
Gold Will Rise Even If The Fed Doesn’t Cut Interest Rates There has been much speculation lately on the Federal Reserve and its ongoing tightening policy. If you were to only read mainstream economic news you would think the Fed had already reversed course and “capitulated”, but this is not the case. The Fed continues […]
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen?
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen? Global bank heads say urgent action needed to prevent a ‘Minsky moment’ collapse in asset prices. They may find themselves feeling just a little shaky, however, after a recent open letter written by Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, with Banque […]
