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Buiter: Only “Helicopter Money” Can Save The World From The Next Recession
Buiter: Only “Helicopter Money” Can Save The World From The Next Recession It is to be expected that economists – even economists working for the same team – have different views about the likelihood of different future outcomes. Economics isn’t rocket science, and even rockets frequently land in the wrong place or explode in […]
Don’t Forget China’s “Other” Spinning Plate: Trillions In Hidden Bad Debt
Don’t Forget China’s “Other” Spinning Plate: Trillions In Hidden Bad Debt To be sure, there’s every reason to devote nearly incessant media coverage to China’s bursting stock market bubble and currency devaluation. The collapse of the margin fueled equity mania is truly a sight to behold and it’s made all the more entertaining (and tragic) […]
The 8 Trillion Black Swan: Is China’s Shadow Banking System About To Collapse?
The 8 Trillion Black Swan: Is China’s Shadow Banking System About To Collapse? “Wealth management products in China have come under the spotlight after a series of missed payments raised concerns over the shadow banking sector that often directs credit to firms shut out from bank lending or capital markets,” Reuters said in February, after reporting […]
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles
Fed Admits Economy Can’t Function Without Bubbles In short, the dot-com bust was the last chance for the Fed to pivot and liberate the American economy from the corrosive financialization it had fostered. A determined policy of higher interest rates and renunciation of the Greenspan Put would have paved the way for a return to current […]
This Coal Mine Valued At $630 Million In 2011 Just Sold For One Dollar
This Coal Mine Valued At $630 Million In 2011 Just Sold For One Dollar The following photos are from Australia’s Isaac Plains coking-coal mine. Why is Isaac Plains relevant? Well, in 2011 at the height of the Australian mining boom, Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo thought it has spotted a bargain, and a SMH reports, it approached […]
It’s Not Just Margin Debt: Presenting The Complete Chinese Stock Market Ponzi Schematic
It’s Not Just Margin Debt: Presenting The Complete Chinese Stock Market Ponzi Schematic Late last month in “The Biggest Threat To Chinese Stocks: Shadow Lending Crackdown“, we suggested that the pressure on Chinese equities – which at that point had only begun to build – was at least partially attributable to an unwind in the […]
Shadow mortgage lending on the rise as house prices soar
Shadow mortgage lending on the rise as house prices soar Shadow lending represents about 4 to 5 per cent of Canada’s mortgage market Canada’s housing boom is increasingly driving homebuyers to seek mortgages from private lenders, who demand rates that can be more than five times higher than those charged by the nation’s banks. Canadian […]
The 75 Trillion Dollar Shadow Banking System Is In Danger Of Collapsing
The 75 Trillion Dollar Shadow Banking System Is In Danger Of Collapsing Keep an eye on the shadow banking system – it is about to be shaken to the core. According to the Financial Stability Board, the size of the global shadow banking system has reached an astounding 75 trillion dollars. It has approximately tripled in size […]
