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Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High
Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High Ahead of today’s massive liquidity drain, which according to some calculations will be as much as $100 billion between $54BN in coupon settlements from last week’s Treasury auctions and an additional $50 billion or so in corporate income tax payments to the Treasury… … which […]
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market It was all fun and games enriching the super-wealthy but now the karmic cost of the Fed’s manipulation and propaganda is about to come due. A “market” that needs $1 trillion in panic-money-printing by the Fed […]
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering Recently the central banks have found themselves grasping at straws when it comes to moving the economy forward. Signs have begun to appear on the horizon that in the future they will attempt to expand their power by increasing their role in social engineering. This is a term […]
When It Becomes Serious You Have To Lie: Update On The Repo Fiasco
When It Becomes Serious You Have To Lie: Update On The Repo Fiasco Occasionally, problems reveal themselves gradually. A water stain on the ceiling is potentially evidence of a much larger problem. Painting over the stain will temporarily relieve the unsightly condition, but in time, the water stain will return. This is analogous to a […]
Why “This Sucker Is Going Down”
Why “This Sucker Is Going Down” Once the contagion starts spreading, loose money won’t put the fires out. As the nation’s political and economic leaders struggled to contain the 2008 financial meltdown, President George W. Bush famously summed the situation up: “If money doesn’t loosen up, this sucker will go down. “Eleven years into the loose money recovery, this […]
The Fed Is on High Alert
The Fed Is on High Alert It’s hard to believe the end of the year is upon us and 2020 is right around the corner. In many ways, it went by very quickly. For economies and markets, it was a year marked by uncertainty over economic slowdowns, trade wars and a complete pivot in “dark […]
Economy Still Falling Off a Cliff – John Williams
Economy Still Falling Off a Cliff – John Williams Economist John Williams says don’t put too much faith in the good employment numbers that came out last week because “It’s not as happy of a picture as it looks.” Williams is the founder of ShadowStats.com. His calculations strip out government accounting gimmicks to give a […]
Fed’s Third “Year-End” Repo Oversubscribed Again Amid Liquiduity Scramble As Dec 16 Tax Day Looms
Fed’s Third “Year-End” Repo Oversubscribed Again Amid Liquiduity Scramble As Dec 16 Tax Day Looms One week after the Fed’s second 42-day term repo which allowed dealers to lock in funding into the new year and which was again oversubscribed, confirming a growing scramble for year-end funding, traders were looking ahead to the result from […]
“The Fed Was Suddenly Facing Multiple LTCMs”: BIS Offers A Stunning Explanation Of What Really Happened On Repocalypse Day
“The Fed Was Suddenly Facing Multiple LTCMs”: BIS Offers A Stunning Explanation Of What Really Happened On Repocalypse Day About a month ago, we first laid out how the sequence of liquidity-shrinking events that started about a year ago, and which starred the largest US commercial bank, JPMorgan, ultimately culminated with the mid-September repo explosion. Specifically […]
Trapped
Trapped What? You thought a 850+ point drop in the $DJIA would result in a down week? No Sir. The unholy alliance has struck again. Massive jawboning by multiple administration officials about how well the China trade deal was going, a favorable jobs report and above all, the US Federal Reserve, all contributed to a furious rally to […]
“The Fed Hasn’t Expanded Its Balance Sheet At This Speed Since The Financial Crisis”
“The Fed Hasn’t Expanded Its Balance Sheet At This Speed Since The Financial Crisis” The Fed’s balance sheet is expanding at a faster rate than during QE1, QE2 or QE3. * * * Submitted by Howard Wang of Convoy Investments Has QE4 begun? The $1.2 trillion per month hole in the repo market. In the […]
Federal Reserve Proposes New Rule To Let Inflation Run “Hot” Ahead Of Next Recession
Federal Reserve Proposes New Rule To Let Inflation Run “Hot” Ahead Of Next Recession As the Federal Reserve remains unable to stoke inflation (because it refuses to measure it correctly) and refuses to factor in asset price inflation… … it has now considered launching a new rule that would let inflation run above its 2% […]
Fed Out of Bailout Bullets – Rick Ackerman
Fed Out of Bailout Bullets – Rick Ackerman Financial writer and professional trader Rick Ackerman says don’t expect a replay of the 2008-2009 financial crisis where the Federal Reserve bailed out almost everything in sight. Ackerman explains, “It ended up Lehman Brothers went under, and they needed a couple of sacrificial lambs, along with Bear […]
The Fed’s Answer to the Ghastly Monster of its Creation
The Fed’s Answer to the Ghastly Monster of its Creation The launch angle of the U.S. stock market over the past decade has been steep and relentless. The S&P 500, after bottoming out at 666 on March 6, 2009, has rocketed up over 370 percent. New highs continue to be reached practically every day. Over […]
The Fed Detests Free Markets
The Fed Detests Free Markets To be completely honest, I wrote -most of- the second part of this a while ago, and then I was thinking this first part should be part of the second, if you can still follow me. But it doesn’t really, it’s fine. I wanted to write something to address how […]
