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Wealth-Destroying Zombies
WEALTH-DESTROYING ZOMBIES The hot topic in monetary economics today (hah, if it’s not an oxymoron to say these terms together!) is whither interest rates. The Fed in its recent statement said the risk is balanced (the debunked notion of a tradeoff between unemployment and rising consumer prices should have been tossed on the ash heap […]
Argentina Seeks IMF Financing Following Yesterday’s Hike in Rates to 40%.
Argentina Seeks IMF Financing Following Yesterday’s Hike in Rates to 40%. Argentina once again seeks help from the IMF following yesterday’s 40% interest rate hike. Last year, Argentina was a favorite destination for investors. This year, Argentina is facing yet another currency crisis. A run on the Peso started last month as investors soured on […]
Expectations and the Austrian Business Cycle Theory
EXPECTATIONS AND THE AUSTRIAN BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY According to the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) the artificial lowering of interest rates by the central bank leads to a misallocation of resources because businesses undertake various capital projects that prior to the lowering of interest rates weren’t considered as viable. This misallocation of resources is commonly […]
Fed Chair Powell To Emerging Markets: You Are On Your Own
Fed Chair Powell To Emerging Markets: You Are On Your Own Over the weekend, when commenting on the ongoing rout in emerging markets, Bloomberg published an article titled “Rattled Emerging Markets Say: It’s Over to You, Central Bankers.” Well, overnight the most important central banker of all, Fed Chair Jay Powell responded to these pleas […]
Is the US Exporting a Recession?
IS THE US EXPORTING A RECESSION? The Federal Reserve continue to raise rates as S&P earnings beat estimates The ECB and BoJ maintain QE Globally, corporations rely on US$ financing, nonetheless Signs of a slowdown in growth are clearer outside the US After last week’s ECB meeting, Mario Draghi gave the usual press conference. He confirmed […]
Russell Napier: The Rising Dollar Will Trigger The Next “Systemic Banking Crisis”
Russell Napier: The Rising Dollar Will Trigger The Next “Systemic Banking Crisis” Fresh off his successful call earlier this year that the US dollar would strengthen in the coming months, macroeconomic strategist and market historian Russell Napier joined MacroVoices host Erik Townsend to discuss why he favors deflation and why he has such a bullish […]
Market Plummets if Global Central Banks Pull Plug – Nomi Prins
Market Plummets if Global Central Banks Pull Plug – Nomi Prins Two time best-selling book author Nomi Prins says the rescue policies of the 2008 financial crisis are still with us today. Prins is out with a brand new book called “Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World.” The enormity of our current global debt […]
Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond Market Collapse
Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond Market Collapse It may be time to cry for Argentina… The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) just hiked its 7-day repo reference rate to 40.00% – up a stunning 1275bps in a week – in a desperate attempt to stall the collapse of the peso (and […]
Taking the Pulse of a Weakening Economy
Taking the Pulse of a Weakening Economy Corporate buybacks provide the key analogy for the economy as a whole. Central banks have been running a grand experiment for 9 years, and now we’re about to find out if it succeeds or fails. For 9 unprecedented years, central banks have pushed the pedal of monetary stimulus […]
Wave of Corporate Bankruptcies Coming: GE Warns About its Subprime Mortgage Unit
Wave of Corporate Bankruptcies Coming: GE Warns About its Subprime Mortgage Unit Earlier today I commented to a friend about corporate bankruptcies. A few hours later, another friend Emailed about GE. Earlier today a friend pinged me with this story: U.S.Personal Spending Outpaces Income Growth For 26th Straight Month. He commented: “Hey, a lot of […]
There is Over $7.5 Trillion In Debt That’s Highly Vulnerable To Rising Rates – Here’s What To Expect
There is Over $7.5 Trillion In Debt That’s Highly Vulnerable To Rising Rates – Here’s What To Expect The 10-year interest rate hit the critical level of 3% this morning. And this is the highest level it’s been since 2014 – four years ago. . . A couple months back, I highlighted the correlation of […]
Fox in the Hen House: Why Interest Rates Are Rising
Fox in the Hen House: Why Interest Rates Are Rising On March 31stthe Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the sixth time in 3 years and signaled its intention to raise rates twice more in 2018, aiming for a fed funds target of 3.5% by 2020. LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate) has […]
Oh Canada! Canadians Starting To Feel The Pain of Debt.
Oh Canada! Canadians Starting To Feel The Pain of Debt. Many Canadians are facing the consequences of spiraling debt. The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate three times since last summer, prompting some of Canada’s larger banks to raise their prime lending rates. Forty-seven percent of Canadians are feeling the pinch, indicating they […]
Lesson From Canada: There Really Are No Rate Hike Targets
Lesson From Canada: There Really Are No Rate Hike Targets Despite an inflation spike in Canada, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says “Rate hikes Aren’t Mechanical.” Bloomberg reports Poloz Says Canadian Inflation Spike Doesn’t Violate 2% Target. Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said he’s not worried about inflation temporarily rising above the 2 […]
Belief in Inflation (And 4 or More Rate Hikes in 2018) Picks Up
Belief in Inflation (And 4 or More Rate Hikes in 2018) Picks Up Investors Increasingly believe the Fed may hike four or more times in 2018. The inflation scare is picking up steam. Due to Federal Reserve Beige Book regional reports, investors increasingly believe the Fed will go on a rate hike spree this year. […]
