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Italy’s Banking Crisis Is Even Worse Than We Thought
Italy’s Banking Crisis Is Even Worse Than We Thought The insider blame game has begun. In this late winter of generalized discontent, it is not easy to pinpoint just where the biggest threat to Europe’s increasingly flimsy union lies, so intense is the competition. One obvious contender is the Eurozone’s third largest economy, Italy, which […]
Meet The New, “Safe” Synthetic CDO’s That Could Spell Disaster For The European Banking System
Meet The New, “Safe” Synthetic CDO’s That Could Spell Disaster For The European Banking System So what do you do if you’re a European banking regulator faced with the task of maintaining a safe, sustainable financial system amid a concerning growth in bank leverage. Well, if you said sell down risk assets then you’re just […]
Things Just Got Serious in Europe’s War on Cash
Things Just Got Serious in Europe’s War on Cash To protect citizens from threats as defined by apparatchiks in Brussels. The central authorities in Europe just launched their most important offensive to date in their multiyear War on Cash. The new move comes directly from the European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, which just announced its […]
The Great “Fake News” Scare of 1530
The Great “Fake News” Scare of 1530 Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting away with lying, that any alternate narrative is demonized as factually false, irresponsible, and dangerous. “The Onion” was next to “The Economist” in the […]
Kremlin Warns Of Response To Latest US Sanctions, Says “Almost All Communication With US Is Frozen”
Kremlin Warns Of Response To Latest US Sanctions, Says “Almost All Communication With US Is Frozen” In response to the latest imposition of US sanctions on Russia, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that the new sanctions would further damage relations between the two countries and that Moscow would respond with its own measures. “We regret […]
Why Europe must end in tears
Why Europe must end in tears The latest consequence of economic mismanagement in Europe was the failed attempt at constitutional reform in Italy this week. The Italian people have had enough of their government’s economic failure, and is refusing to give it more power. The EU and the euro project have been an economic disaster […]
Set to breach targets again? Debt and deficit outlooks for Southern European Eurozone countries in 2016 & 2017
Set to breach targets again? Debt and deficit outlooks for Southern European Eurozone countries in 2016 & 2017 After dragging Greece kicking and screaming through a never-ending vicious cycle of fiscal adjustment and output decline, the European Commission seems to be softening in its attitude towards other struggling Eurozone economies. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, […]
Glut Fears Spike As Europe Runs Out Of On-Land Oil Storage
Glut Fears Spike As Europe Runs Out Of On-Land Oil Storage Oil has been called names (“dirty fossil fuel!”). The cartels use it as a weapon to thwart their rivals. ISIS steals it and pimps it out on some sketchy black market. Swaths of it are set on fire and used as a shield. The […]
NATO mulls worst-case scenario in case Trump pulls US troops out of Europe – report
NATO mulls worst-case scenario in case Trump pulls US troops out of Europe – report © Francois Lenoir / Reuters NATO strategists are reportedly planning for a scenario in which Trump orders US troops out of Europe, as the shock result of the US presidential election sinks in, spreading an atmosphere of uncertainty. According to […]
“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe
“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe Having warned in Q1 of the possibility of a China-devaluation-driven collapse in to a “Mad Max” world, Eclectica’s Hugh Hendry lays out the next steps and catalysts for ‘change’… Via ValueWalk.com, We believe we are approaching a dramatic fulcrum point […]
Russia Accuses US Of Threatening Its National Security; Warns Of Need For Nuclear Arms For Protection
Russia Accuses US Of Threatening Its National Security; Warns Of Need For Nuclear Arms For Protection When earlier this month, Russia suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons grade plutonium in response to what it said were “unfriendly acts” by the United States, it was mostly an act of window dressing: there was […]
Three reasons why the banking system is rigged against you
Three reasons why the banking system is rigged against you If there were ever any doubt about how completely RIGGED the banking system is against depositors, allow me to introduce the following: Exhibit A: Governments are working to make banks LESS safe Yesterday an unelected bureaucrat that no one has ever heard of made a stunning […]
The Natural Gas War Burning Under Syria
The Natural Gas War Burning Under Syria Qatar always wanted to punch above its weight. In Syria, it got the chance. In 2009, Qatar, a leading natural gas producer, approached Syria about routing its planned 1,500 mile pipeline to the gas markets of Europe through Syria’s Aleppo province. Qatar wanted a pipeline straight to Europe as its current […]
Monte Paschi Rescue On The Rocks: Regulators Now “Expect Bank To Ask Italy For Bailout”
Monte Paschi Rescue On The Rocks: Regulators Now “Expect Bank To Ask Italy For Bailout” Ever since two months ago, when Italy’s third largest bank – and the world’s oldest – Sienna’s Monte dei Paschi, failed Europe’s latest stress test, it had scrambled, and assured markets, that it would obtain a private sector cash injection, […]
George Friedman: Italy Is the Mother of All Systemic Threats
George Friedman: Italy Is the Mother of All Systemic Threats Italy has been in a crisis for at least eight months, though mainstream media did not recognize it until July. This crisis has nothing to do with Brexit, although opponents of Brexit will claim it does. Even if Britain had voted to stay in the EU, […]
