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Bubbles, Balloons, Needles and Pins
Bubbles, Balloons, Needles and Pins M. C. Escher Meeting (Encounter) 1940 It’s no surprise that China has its own plunge protection team -but why were they so late?-, nor that Beijing blames its problems on Trump’s tariffs. GDP growth was disappointing at 6.5%, but who’s ever believed those almost always dead on numbers? It would […]
The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 1,500 Points From The Peak Of The Market, And Many Believe This “October Panic” Is Just Beginning…
The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 1,500 Points From The Peak Of The Market, And Many Believe This “October Panic” Is Just Beginning… We haven’t had an October like this in a very long time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down another 327 points on Thursday, and overall the Dow is now down close to […]
Are Chinese Municipal $6 Trillion (40 Trillion Yuan) Hidden Debts Posing Titanic Risks?
Are Chinese Municipal $6 Trillion (40 Trillion Yuan) Hidden Debts Posing Titanic Risks? The China Collapse trope is rearing its ugly head again. This time round, the spin is on China’s local government or municipal debts. The latest narrative goes like this : local governments in China are estimated to have hidden debts of 40 […]
Here’s Why the Market Must Continue to Rip Higher — Everything Depends On It
Here’s Why the Market Must Continue to Rip Higher — Everything Depends On It Rarely discussed, corporate and government pensions, are barreling towards disaster. For some reason, there is an assumption that what ails the government, with their $20 trillion in debt, isn’t something that ordinary folk need to worry about. After all, times are good […]
Soaring Deficits and Interest Costs Leave the U.S. Looking Very Fragile
Soaring Deficits and Interest Costs Leave the U.S. Looking Very Fragile If you take a step back and look at the macro picture of the U.S. economy – it resembles a huge, upside-down, glass pyramid. Constantly teetering back and forth – struggling with everything it has to keep from collapsing. And so far – it’s […]
Who Bought the $1.6 Trillion of New US National Debt Over the Past 12 Months?
Who Bought the $1.6 Trillion of New US National Debt Over the Past 12 Months? As a flood of US debt washes over the globe, someone has to buy. So far in this fiscal year, which just started on October 1, the US gross national debt – the total debt issued by the US government […]
IMF Issues Dire Warning – ‘Great Depression’ Ahead?
IMF Issues Dire Warning – ‘Great Depression’ Ahead? – “Large challenges loom for the global economy to prevent a second Great Depression” warn IMF – Massive government debts and eroded fiscal buffers since 2008 suggest global dominos await a single market crash – 2008 crisis measures cast long, dark “terrifying” shadow Is another “Great Depression” on the horizon? […]
S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks”
S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks” When it comes to estimating China’s total outstanding debt, there has long been confusion about the real number with most putting the debt/GDP at around 250%, while the IIF last year calculated China’s debt load as high as 300% of GDP. Now, China […]
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy With China and Russia named as the two greatest threats to continuing American hegemony end of last year, the velvet gloves have come off the Washington establishment, baring their knuckles against the Middle Kingdom in plain view of […]
Global Markets Continue To Fall As Bloomberg Warns “The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us In The Face”…
Global Markets Continue To Fall As Bloomberg Warns “The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us In The Face”… It looks like it could be another tough week for global financial markets. As the week began, markets were down all over the world, and relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia have taken a sudden […]
Choking On the Salt of Debt
Choking On the Salt of Debt Life After ZIRP Roughly three years ago, after traversing between Los Angeles and San Francisco via the expansive San Joaquin Valley, we penned the article, Salting the Economy to Death. At the time, the monetary order was approach peak ZIRP. Our boy ZIRP has passed away. Mr. 2.2% effective […]
4 Pillars of Debt in Danger of Collapse
4 Pillars of Debt in Danger of Collapse Last month I was in a series of high-level meetings with members of Congress and the Senate in Washington. While there’s been major news about the Supreme Court, my discussions were on something that both sides of the aisle are coming to consensus over. You see, issues […]
