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The Austrian School Warned, the ECB Didn’t Listen
The Austrian School Warned, the ECB Didn’t Listen Looking at the current situation, one can easily perceive that our economic environment is not in the best condition. The whole of Europe is suffering from an economic stagnation, if not in some countries even a slowdown, that could very well turn into an economic recession sooner […]
ECB Official: Can Use Portfolio To Combat Climate Change
ECB Official: Can Use Portfolio To Combat Climate Change Central banks have been making all kinds of ridiculous climate change statements in the last several quarters. Some monetary authorities have even said, they could also expand balance sheets to purchase climate-related financial investments. Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board and Governing Council of the […]
Weekly Commentary: Whatever It Takes to Never Give Up
Weekly Commentary: Whatever It Takes to Never Give Up Any central bank head that passes through an eight-year term without once raising rates has some explaining to do. To leave monetary policy extremely loose for such an extended period comes with major consequences (can we at least agree on that?). So, what went wrong? How […]
Central Banks Begin to Panic
Central Banks Begin to Panic After rapidly reversing policy in 2019, does it seem to you that the global central banks have moved into full panic mode over the past several weeks? To that point, consider some of the headlines that have appeared over just the past few days. Let’s start with Count Draghi and […]
The Fed is Lying to Us
The Fed is Lying to Us “When it becomes serious, you have to lie” The recent statements from the Federal Reserve and the other major world central banks (the ECB, BoJ, BoE and PBoC) are alarming because their actions are completely out of alignment with what they’re telling us. Their words seek to soothe us […]
For The First Time Ever, Greece Issues Negative Yielding Debt
For The First Time Ever, Greece Issues Negative Yielding Debt As armies of fixed income strategists battle over whether US Treasuries are facing higher or lower yields, Greece has no such qualms and in a historic shift today, the former bond market pariah and Eurozone’s most indebted nation, joined the exclusive club of negative-yielding European […]
ECB “Whistleblowers” Emerge: Former Central Bankers Cry Out Against Draghi’s Monetary Insanity
ECB “Whistleblowers” Emerge: Former Central Bankers Cry Out Against Draghi’s Monetary Insanity It’s not just disgruntled CIA officials that have decided the best way to stage a coup is by way of “whistleblowing” – former central bankers are using a similar approach when it comes to the root cause of all of society’s ills: failed […]
What the Hell is the ECB Doing?
What the Hell is the ECB Doing? Danielle DiMartino poses an interesting question regarding the ECB. I have a set of answers. What is the ECB Doing? I started thinking about that question weeks ago. I have a set of answers and even started writing this post before DiMartino brought it to the forefront. There […]
The Disaster of Negative Interest Rates
The Disaster of Negative Interest Rates The dollar strengthened against the euro in August, merely in anticipation of the European Central Bank slashing its key interest rate further into negative territory. Investors were fleeing into the dollar, prompting President Trump to tweet on Aug. 30: The Euro is dropping against the Dollar “like crazy,” giving […]
‘Vaguely Troubling’: BIS Warns Of Financial Disaster Amid $17 Trillion In Negative-Yield Debt
‘Vaguely Troubling’: BIS Warns Of Financial Disaster Amid $17 Trillion In Negative-Yield Debt When the central bank for central banks publishes its quarterly review, the world should take note. Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the BIS, published the BIS Quarterly Review, September 2019on Sunday, revealing how the increasing acceptance of negative interest […]
Stunning Consensus Emerges: Fed May Announce Launch Of QE In Just A Few Hours
Stunning Consensus Emerges: Fed May Announce Launch Of QE In Just A Few Hours It was back on August 6, in an article titled “Forget China, The Fed Has A Much Bigger Problem On Its Hands“, where we explained why in response to the coming dollar funding shortage and liquidity crunch (we warned about this […]
Will the Bank of England join the loose money bandwagon?
Will the Bank of England join the loose money bandwagon? As the year of the 325th anniversary of the Bank of England’s foundation, and as the month of one of the Bank’s more important rate-setting decisions since 2008, September provides a congruous occasion on which to reflect on the history of the BoE and consider […]
Turkey Exposes Central Bank Incompetence
Turkey Exposes Central Bank Incompetence Last year I asked whether Turkey would be “City Zero in Global Contagion.” That question was based on the crisis unfolding in the Turkish lira which materially threatened a number of major European banks, especially those in Italy. This week highlighted something really interesting for me that, I think, sets […]
US Equity Futures Trade Near All Time High After ECB Goes All In
US Equity Futures Trade Near All Time High After ECB Goes All In If it was Powell’s intention to have the S&P trade at an all time when he cuts rates by another 25bps next Wednesday, he achieved it. S&P futures rose alongside Asian and European stocks as shares globally headed for a third weekly […]
Trump Praises ECB For “Depreciating The Euro”, Slams The Fed For Doing Nothing
Trump Praises ECB For “Depreciating The Euro”, Slams The Fed For Doing Nothing When discussing the barrage of easing unleashed by the ECB moments ago, we said that as “we prepare for the ECB press conference in 30 minutes, that will be nothing compared to the angry twitter tirade we expect by president Trump who will […]
