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Macron’s pledge to wipe out coal is just as meaningless as Trump’s plan to revive it
Macron’s pledge to wipe out coal is just as meaningless as Trump’s plan to revive it In a speech at the 2018 World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “make France a model in the fight against climate change” and promised to shut all coal-fired power plants by […]
Happy Landings
Happy Landings The blow-off orgy in the stock markets is supposedly America’s consolation prize for what many regard as the electoral bad acid trip of the Trump presidency. Sorry to tell you, it’s just another hallucination, something you’re going to have to come down from. Happy landings! While the markets have roared parabolically up, in […]
Ken Rogoff Warns “China Will Be At The Center Of The Next Global Financial Crisis”
Ken Rogoff Warns “China Will Be At The Center Of The Next Global Financial Crisis” Having warned in Davos today that: “If interest rates go up even modestly, halfway to their normal level, you will see a collapse in the stock market,” “I don’t know how everything from art and bitcoin to stock prices will […]
These Are The Top Global Risks For 2018 According To The World Economic Forum
These Are The Top Global Risks For 2018 According To The World Economic Forum As the World Economic Forum scrambles to accommodate the additional security measures necessitated by president Donald Trump’s decision to break with presidential tradition and attend Davos this year, the organization has released what’s become an annual tradition: Its report of what […]
What is this ‘Crisis’ of Modernity?
What is this ‘Crisis’ of Modernity? Workmen next to the screws of the RMS Titanic at Belfast shipyard, 1911The people at Conflicts Forum, which is directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me an unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. Since I like his […]
Don’t listen to the ruling elite: the world economy is in real trouble
Don’t listen to the ruling elite: the world economy is in real trouble Andy Xie says those attending the G20, Davos and other wasteful meetings are wrong to try to pin the blame for the turmoil on people’s psychology; all signs point to a prolonged period of global stagnation and instability The G20 working group […]
According To Morgan Stanley This Is The Biggest Threat To Deutsche Bank’s Survival
According To Morgan Stanley This Is The Biggest Threat To Deutsche Bank’s Survival Two weeks ago, on one of the slides in a Morgan Stanley presentation, we found something which we thought was quite disturbing. According to the bank’s head of EMEA research Huw van Steenis, while in Davos, he sat “next to someone in policy […]
Revealed: The Hidden Agenda of Davos 2016
Revealed: The Hidden Agenda of Davos 2016 “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it!” I’m often reminded of these words, spoken by the great comedian George Carlin, when I read about the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. That’s where the global power elite gather to discuss the big issues […]
“The Fed Suspended The Laws Of The Market In Order To Save It” – What Happens Next
“The Fed Suspended The Laws Of The Market In Order To Save It” – What Happens Next That the Fed has been boxed in by unleashing destructive monetary policies to “fix” decades of prior policy mistakes, is something we have been warning about since our first day. And, with every passing day that the Fed […]
“Pandora’s Box Is Open”: Why Japan May Have Started A ‘Silent Bank Run’
“Pandora’s Box Is Open”: Why Japan May Have Started A ‘Silent Bank Run’ As extensively discussed yesterday in the aftermath of the BOJ’s stunning decision to cut rates to negative for the first time in history (a decision which it appears was taken due to Davos peer pressure, a desire to prop up stock markets and to […]
The Disturbing Reasons Why The Bank Of Japan Stunned Everyone With Negative Rates
The Disturbing Reasons Why The Bank Of Japan Stunned Everyone With Negative Rates As we noted earlier, in a paradoxical U-turn, one which caught everyone by surprise as a result of Kuroda’s own promise just one week ago not to engage in NIRP… … and two months after the ECB’s December 3 disappointing announcement led to a historic surge in the […]
Is China About To Drop A Devaluation Bomb?
Is China About To Drop A Devaluation Bomb? Though she had no intention of being funny, we laughed out loud, as undoubtedly many did with us, when incumbent and wannabe IMF head Christine Lagarde said last week in Davos that China has a communication issue. Of course, Lagarde knows full well that Beijing has much […]
Clueless in Davos
Clueless in Davos Making their annual pilgrimage to the exclusive Swiss ski sanctuary of Davos last week, the world’s political and financial elite once again gathered without having had the slightest idea of what was going on in the outside world. It appears that few of the attendees, if any, had any advance warning that […]
Chasing the Wild Goose in Davos
Chasing the Wild Goose in Davos Despite the reformers endless efforts to encircle mankind, some persist beyond the broad extent of their casted net. In the backwaters of the new Republic, for instance, the distant rumble and flicker of Saturday night hootenannies still befall yonder the mighty oak groves. In defiance of all things good […]
Italy Races To Defuse €200 Billion Bad Loan Time Bomb With “Bad Bank”
Italy Races To Defuse €200 Billion Bad Loan Time Bomb With “Bad Bank” When Portugal “surprised” senior Novo Banco bondholders with a €2 billion bail-in late last month, the market got an unwelcome reminder that euro periphery banks are far from “solid.” Novo was supposed to house the “good” assets salvaged from the wreckage of […]
