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IMF Recommends “DEEP” Negative Interest Rates as the Next Tool
IMF Recommends “DEEP” Negative Interest Rates as the Next Tool The IMF has continued to assume that the zero-bound on interest rates can be a serious obstacle for fighting recessions on the part of the central banks. The IMF maintains that the zero-bound is not a law of nature; it is a policy choice. The latest in […]
Signs of recession are hitting Europe. Is its new Central Bank president up for the challenge?
Signs of recession are hitting Europe. Is its new Central Bank president up for the challenge? If new institutional reform is to come to the Eurozone, it will entail a major paradigmatic shift We now know that there will be a changing of the guard at the European Central Bank (ECB) in October. The current […]
IMF’s Lagarde Laments “Highly Mysterious” Low Inflation, Says “Everybody” Would Like It To Be Higher
IMF’s Lagarde Laments “Highly Mysterious” Low Inflation, Says “Everybody” Would Like It To Be Higher Without skipping a beat, IMF Director Christine Lagarde left President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative conference and traveled to sunny southern California to make an appearance at the Milken Institute Conference, where she sat for an interview with former WSJ […]
IMF Hands $4.2 billion in loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange
IMF Hands $4.2 billion in loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange The evidence of political pressure on Ecuador is surfacing. The IMF Executive Board Approved US$4.2 Billion (435% of quota and SDR 3.035 billion) Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador. The Executive Board agreed to this arrangement with strings attached. The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of […]
Warnings of an Under Resourced IMF Point to Imminent Economic Downturn
Warnings of an Under Resourced IMF Point to Imminent Economic Downturn This week the International Monetary Fund host their annual Spring Meetings in Washington DC amidst rising uncertainty over the future relationship between Britain and the EU. Ahead of the gathering, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Agustin Carstens, has spoken of the IMF […]
Why Dollar Dominance Drops to Lowest Mark Since 2013
Why Dollar Dominance Drops to Lowest Mark Since 2013 According to the IMF, the U.S. dollar is known as the “Global Reserve Currency”. There are a number of reasons for this, but mainly because it’s backed by the U.S. economy. That economy is fraught with uncertainty at the moment. But that isn’t the only issue plaguing the U.S. […]
Time for a True Global Currency
Time for a True Global Currency The International Monetary Fund’s global reserve asset, the Special Drawing Right, is one of the most underused instruments of multilateral cooperation. Turning it into a true global currency would yield several benefits for the global economy and the international monetary system. NEW YORK – This year, the world commemorates […]
BIS General Manager Outlines Vision for Central Bank Digital Currencies
BIS General Manager Outlines Vision for Central Bank Digital Currencies The behaviour of central bankers is rarely (if ever) given sustained coverage in the national press. Outside of prominent economic channels, developments from within institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements are seldom remarked upon. Instead, attention is restricted to […]
De-Dollarization Accelerates: Central Banks Dump Dollar In Q4, Buy Yuan
De-Dollarization Accelerates: Central Banks Dump Dollar In Q4, Buy Yuan The dollar’s share of global central-bank reserves slumped to the lowest level since 2013 while holdings of the Chinese yuan rose for the fifth quarter in the past six, IMF data showed Friday. The U.S. currency accounted for 61.7% of global allocated foreign-exchange reserves in […]
The Global Economic Reset Begins With An Engineered Crash
The Global Economic Reset Begins With An Engineered Crash For a few years now, since at least 2014, the phrase “global economic reset” has been circulating in the financial world. This phrase is used primarily by globalist institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to describe an event in which the current system as we […]
IMF Discreetly Preps Massive Aid Package For “Day After” Maduro’s Fall
IMF Discreetly Preps Massive Aid Package For “Day After” Maduro’s Fall The International Monetary Fund is reportedly making plans for the “day after” embattled President Nicolas Maduro’s fall, according to Bloomberg. Though there’s been little momentum in military defections following US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido’s offer of amnesty to any army officer that switches loyalties, Washington sanctions have […]
Leaked Wikileaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons
Leaked Wikileaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons This “U.S. coup manual,” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, serves as a reminder that the so-called “independence” of such financial institutions as The World Bank and IMF is an illusion and that they are among the many “financial weapons” regularly used by […]
A World of Debt–Where Are the Risks?
A WORLD OF DEBT – WHERE ARE THE RISKS? Private debt has been the main source of rising debt to GDP ratios since 2008 Advanced economies have led the trend Emerging market debt increases have been dominated by China Credit spreads are a key indicator to watch in 2019 Since the financial crisis of 2008/2009 […]
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money Unelected US-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó immediately moved to try to restructure Venezuela’s state-owned oil company and seek financing from the neoliberal IMF. The right-wing opposition leader that the United States is trying to undemocratically install as Venezuela’s president immediately set his sights […]
Why Dismissing Globalist Warnings as ‘Project Fear’ May Prove a Mistake
Why Dismissing Globalist Warnings as ‘Project Fear’ May Prove a Mistake In film and literature, the majority of stories feature a customary villain, either in a singular or collective sense. Someone or something that we can pour scorn on as the hero flounders in the face of increasingly insurmountable odds. Whilst the hero invariably wins out in […]
