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Krugman Goes To Japan, Scolds Abe For Worrying About Quadrillion Yen Debt Pile, Leaves
Krugman Goes To Japan, Scolds Abe For Worrying About Quadrillion Yen Debt Pile, Leaves Much like BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda, Paul Krugman thinks that the key for Japan when it comes to overcoming decades of deflation is a positive outlook. “Japan needs to reach a point where everyone believes that it has pulled out of […]
World watching as Canada casts aside austerity and gambles on a fiscal surge
World watching as Canada casts aside austerity and gambles on a fiscal surge A global economic debate plays out in Canada as our government goes from miser to spendthrift Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau are taking Canada into unknown waters, betting that spending will do what austerity has not. (Reuters) […]
Shale Euphoria: The Boom and Bust of Sub Prime Oil and Natural Gas
Shale Euphoria: The Boom and Bust of Sub Prime Oil and Natural Gas Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first send mad Introduction The aim of this article is to show that the shale industry, whether extracting oil or gas, has never been financially sustainable. All around the world it has consistently disappointed […]
I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Market
I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MARKET That usually perceptive and always interesting observer of the financial Zeitgeist, Bloomberg’s estimable Mark Gilbert, has just penned an article entitled: “Milton Friedman’s ‘Helicopter Money’ Is Looking Less Crazy” After running through the standard complaints of the serial interventionists about how ineffective monetary policy has become (read: how […]
The ECB and John Law
The ECB and John Law Last week, the ECB extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates further into negative figures. It is extending quantitative easing from sovereign debt into non-financial investment grade bonds, while increasing the pace of acquisition to €80bn per month. The ECB also promised to pay the banks to take credit from […]
New Rules for the Monetary Game
New Rules for the Monetary Game NEW DELHI – Our world is facing an increasingly dangerous situation. Both advanced and emerging economies need to grow in order to ease domestic political tensions. And yet few are. If governments respond by enacting policies that divert growth from other countries, this “beggar my neighbor” tactic will simply […]
Interest Rates Are Never Going Back to Normal
Interest Rates Are Never Going Back to Normal Grotesque Mutants BALTIMORE – Let’s see… U.S. corporate earnings have been going down for three quarters in a row. The median household income is lower than it was 10 years ago. And now JPMorgan Chase has increased its estimated risk of a recession to about one in […]
A Desperate China Begged Fed For “Plunge Protection Playbook” As Its Market Crashed
A Desperate China Begged Fed For “Plunge Protection Playbook” As Its Market Crashed Last June, China’s stock market miracle ended in tears. The SHCOMP’s inexorable, parabolic ascent was to a large degree facilitated by an explosion of margin debt, the likes of which could not be found in any other major market across the globe. […]
WTI Crude Slides Back Into Red For 2016 As The Fed And Oil Remain On Unsustainable Paths
WTI Crude Slides Back Into Red For 2016 As The Fed And Oil Remain On Unsustainable Paths Oil prices have increased 50 percent since the lows exhibited earlier this year, a rise that is largely linked to the positive market reaction to the OPEC output freeze. But WTI Crude has given up all its early […]
We Need the Pain that Comes with More Saving
We Need the Pain that Comes with More Saving The endgame of monetary side manipulations is upon us. Since 2008, central banks have done what they thought was needed to bring the markets back from the pain they experienced during the crash. The problem, of course, is that these Keynesians and Monetarists placed the high […]
Sweden Minister Says Cashless Society “Not Possible”; Elderly, Disabled People Blamed
Sweden Minister Says Cashless Society “Not Possible”; Elderly, Disabled People Blamed It was just a little over a week ago when we reported that Sweden had begun a 5-year countdown to becoming a cashless utopia. As The Local reported, “cash transactions today represent no more than two percent of the value of all payments made in Sweden, [and that […]
Economics Is Like A Religion – Just Faith In Theory
Economics Is Like A Religion – Just Faith In Theory Everyone is missing the serious problem that ultra-low interest rates have created for retirees. Pension funds are still assuming that future returns will be in the 7½–8% range. And as people get older and have no practical way to go back to work, pension funds […]
Growth Is the Answer to Everything
Growth Is the Answer to Everything The Solution to Every Problem Little Changes Add Up Restoring Growth From Carrot to Stick Newport Beach, New York, and an SIC Conference Update “Growth is never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney In this business we spend a lot […]
