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Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem”
Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem” The Global Monetary Architecture: Change is on the Horizon There is no better way to descibe the international monetary system today than through the statement made in 1971 by U.S. Treasury Secretary, John Connally. He said to his counterparts during a Rome G-10 meeting in […]
Will the Fed Have to Save Emerging Markets with QE4?
Will the Fed Have to Save Emerging Markets with QE4? The risk-off tide is rising, and sand castles of QE will only hold the tide back for a brief period of apparent calm. A funny thing happened on the way to permanently expanding global markets: unintended consequences. Borrowing cheap, abundant U.S. dollars seemed like a good […]
Why The Great Petrodollar Unwind Could Be $2.5 Trillion Larger Than Anyone Thinks
Why The Great Petrodollar Unwind Could Be $2.5 Trillion Larger Than Anyone Thinks Last weekend, we explained why it really all comes down to the death of the petrodollar. China’s transition to a new currency regime was supposed to represent a move towards a greater role for the market in determining the exchange rate for the yuan. […]
The Great Unwind, China Begins Dumping Treasuries
The Great Unwind, China Begins Dumping Treasuries charts from: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/150204/chart-us-foreign-debt Behind the scenes is an event unfolding that has the market shaking in its boots. Yet you don’t hear this discussed by the mainstream media, let alone investment bankers. The reason? It is an event that has been talked about throughout China’s rise to prominence. It […]
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is facing a set of complex problems and decisions going forward. At first blush, the collapse of oil prices and the resiliency of U.S. […]
Enjoy Canada’s low dollar while you can: Don Pittis
Enjoy Canada’s low dollar while you can: Don Pittis There’s not much you can do about the low loonie, so just look on the bright side The low Canadian dollar is hurting John Stiles at Calgary-based Planet Foods. His company distributes natural foods and healthy snacks across Canada. The cost of his U.S. imports is […]
Global Markets to Fed: No Rate Hike, the Strong Dollar Is Killing Us
Global Markets to Fed: No Rate Hike, the Strong Dollar Is Killing Us Global markets are puking at the prospect of higher yields in the U.S. There are many reasons for global markets to melt down, but one that doesn’t get enough attention is the strong dollar. In effect, global markets are telling the Federal Reserve: don’t […]
The Global Economy Is Officially Melting Down
The Global Economy Is Officially Melting Down As much as the financiers on Wall Street and the officials at the Fed would like the party to keep going, it looks it’s finally about to stop. Years of bailouts and monetary expansion have created one of the most inflated and artificial economic booms in history, and […]
Canada “Getting Clocked” by Something Far Bigger than Oil
Canada “Getting Clocked” by Something Far Bigger than Oil Canada is likely in a technical recession, after the economy shrank for the first five months of the year. It’s heavily dependent on commodities. The oil bust and the broader commodity rout have been blamed liberally. The theory goes that the problem is contained. The oil […]
More Trouble In Turkey As Lira Plunges To New Lows, Bond Yields Soar
More Trouble In Turkey As Lira Plunges To New Lows, Bond Yields Soar On Monday, Turkey’s lira plunged to new lows against the dollar as coalition talks between prime minister and AK Party leader Ahmet Davutoglu and nationalist MHP leader Devlet Bahceli broke down. The result, AKP won’t be able to form a coalition government after […]
Lawrence Wilkerson: Travails of Empire – Oil, Debt, Gold and the Imperial Dollar
Lawrence Wilkerson: Travails of Empire – Oil, Debt, Gold and the Imperial Dollar “We are imperial, and we are in decline… People are losing confidence in the Empire.” This is the key theme of Larry Wilkerson’s presentation. He never really questions whether empire is good or bad, sustainable or not, and at what costs. At […]
The Shot Not Heard Around the World
The Shot Not Heard Around the World China’s recent move to devalue the yuan has sent shock waves through the global financial markets and has convinced most observers that a new front in the global currency wars has begun. The move has caused many observes to envision a new round of competitive devaluations around the globe […]
U.S. Containerized Exports Fall Off the Chart
U.S. Containerized Exports Fall Off the Chart “Many of our major trading partners are experiencing stalled or slowing economies, and the strength of the US Dollar versus other currencies is making US goods more expensive in the export market.” That’s how the Cass/INTTRA Ocean Freight Index report explained the phenomenon. What happened is this: The […]
The US-China “Currency War”: Winners and Losers
The US-China “Currency War”: Winners and Losers American politicians aren’t congratulating the Communist Party in Beijing for its success in following the capitalist proverb “enrich yourself,” but screaming foul play: China falsifies the exchange rate of the yuan so that it can make more money off the USA than vice versa. The accusation, made by […]
