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Not the “Death of the Dollar” but “Death of the Euro?”
Not the “Death of the Dollar” but “Death of the Euro?” The rise of the Chinese yuan as an international currency is not only unstoppable but is advancing in leaps and bounds, according to SWIFT. It comes at the expense of other currencies, though it’s not triggering the long-awaited “death of the dollar.” On the contrary. […]
US Economy Flies into “Coffin Corner,” But We Don’t Mind!
US Economy Flies into “Coffin Corner,” But We Don’t Mind! Every year, Wall Street economists see a spike in a few indicators and announce an imminent boom. This slowly fades away, leaving another year of slow growth — preventing full recovery from the crash. Readers of the FM website have seen this accurately reported since […]
The Phrase that Initiates Recessions
The Phrase that Initiates Recessions It Can’t Get Any Worse? On Friday, shortly after the release of the payrolls report, we asked half in jest whether the time had finally come for the market to interpret bad news as bad news, and not as an opportunity to speculate on more central bank largesse. As someone remarked to […]
High Priests of Global Finance Stoke Emerging Market Fears
High Priests of Global Finance Stoke Emerging Market Fears Two of the most important guardians of global finance, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the IIF (Institute of International Finance), gave their verdict on the current state of the global economy this week. And their message could not be clearer: beware the dreaded fate of […]
Corporation vs. Nation: The Ultimate Showdown
Corporation vs. Nation: The Ultimate Showdown A secluded private courthouse in Washington DC is currently the scene of a gargantuan legal battle that could have serious ramifications for all of us. Yet virtually nobody knows about it. On one side of the battle is the tiny, poverty-crippled Central American nation of El Salvador; on the […]
Australia’s “Black Swan Moment”
Australia’s “Black Swan Moment” Wayne Swan, Treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, who thought he saved the Australian economy but just delayed the inevitable, is now blaming everyone but himself for the downward spiral: Image source: Twitter As I argued in my […]
Spain Leaps Toward Political Breakdown
Spain Leaps Toward Political Breakdown Desperately needed international investors dread it The dust is not even close to settling after Catalonia’s latest experimental flirtation with nation building. The pro-independence coalition fell tantalizingly short of gaining a majority of seats (62 out of 135). Now it needs the support of the anti-capitalist separatist party Popular Unity Candidacy […]
This is When Bonds Go Kaboom!
This is When Bonds Go Kaboom! The toxic miasma of “distressed debt.” It’s getting tougher out there for our QE and ZIRP-coddled corporate junk-bond heroes. Unisys, whose revenues and profits decline year after year and whose stock dropped from over $400 a share during the prior tech bubble to $13 a share now, withdrew its […]
What the Heck’s Happening to the Global Stock Markets?
What the Heck’s Happening to the Global Stock Markets? According to our soothsayers, when the Fed decided to keep interest rates where they’ve been since 2008, at near zero, rather than raise them, it should have triggered a big stock-market rally. But that’s not what happened. Or rather, it triggered some rallies, but soon the […]
‘Sanction Spiral’: Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe Soar
‘Sanction Spiral’: Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe Soar The infamous “sanction spiral” imposed on Russia by the US and Europe with such fanfare last year in the wake of the Ukrainian fiasco has receded from Western headlines. In Russia, it coagulated with the oil price plunge, and during the first two quarters this year, the economy […]
Canada’s Retail Prices Jump the Most in “Over a Decade”
Canada’s Retail Prices Jump the Most in “Over a Decade” When Statistics Canada released its July retail sales report today, it dished out a few unwelcome surprises – and a bombshell. Among the surprises, based on what economists – though perhaps not average Canadians – had expected: Growth in retail sales was a measly 0.5% in July; […]
The US Bond Market is far Larger than the Stock Market: If Even Part of it Blows, it’ll Dig a Magnificent Crater
The US Bond Market is far Larger than the Stock Market: If Even Part of it Blows, it’ll Dig a Magnificent Crater “So, if rates rise, we get nervous. If rates fall, we get nervous. If rates stay the same, we get nervous. When don’t we get nervous? Raise the rates already! We are talking […]
Australia’s Mega LNG Projects are in Serious Trouble
Australia’s Mega LNG Projects are in Serious Trouble In the US, natural gas is dirt cheap. The price peaked in 2008 and has since collapsed. It remains below the cost of production, even today. Two natural gas drillers have recently buckled and declared bankruptcy. In the international markets, natural gas is traded as Liquefied Natural Gas […]
Spanish Banks Warn of Financial Meltdown if Catalonia Votes for Independence
Spanish Banks Warn of Financial Meltdown if Catalonia Votes for Independence In Spain’s north eastern region of Catalonia, the fear-mongering and doom-saying is reaching a deafening crescendo. If voters return a majority of pro-independence politicians in next Sunday’s regional elections, all manner of economic disaster will befall the region — according to the defenders of […]
Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates
Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates “Let me assure you, if the revenue environment weakens or interest-rate structures don’t move up and the economy slows down, we’ll have to take out more costs,” Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said on Thursday at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference. And that […]
