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“A Staggering Number”: Over $18 Trillion In Global Stimulus In 2020, 21% Of World GDP
“A Staggering Number”: Over $18 Trillion In Global Stimulus In 2020, 21% Of World GDP On Friday, we relayed the latest observations from BofA chief investment officer, Michael Hartnett who concluded that there is just one bull market to short – namely credit – “and the Fed won’t let you” by which he means all central banks. […]
China’s Central Bank Vows To Expand Total Credit By 30% Of GDP In 2020
China’s Central Bank Vows To Expand Total Credit By 30% Of GDP In 2020 One of the curiosities about the current global financial crisis is that unlike the global financial crisis of 2008 when a massive credit injection by China sparked a generous reflationary wave around the world which pulled it out of a deflationary […]
Central Banks Bailed Out Markets To Avoid Trillions In Pension Losses
Central Banks Bailed Out Markets To Avoid Trillions In Pension Losses The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report showing how pension funds in OECD countries recorded a massive loss of approximately $2.5 trillion during the stock market meltdown in February through late March. Shortly, after that, central banks intervened with monetary cannons to rescue stock markets and […]
CDC Expects 200k COVID-19 Deaths By October As Dreaded ‘Second Wave’ Arrives: Live Updates
CDC Expects 200k COVID-19 Deaths By October As Dreaded ‘Second Wave’ Arrives: Live Updates Summary: Scott Gottlieb explains the problem with Texas’ response Epidemiologists warn about threat of ‘second wave’ Mumbai hospitals overwhelmed Russia cases top 500k Latin America death toll tops 80k US projects nearly 200k COVID deaths by October LA County still seeing […]
Texas Reports Record Jump In COVID-19 Infections As US Total Tops 2 Million: Live Updates
Texas Reports Record Jump In COVID-19 Infections As US Total Tops 2 Million: Live Updates Summary: NYT says US COVID cases top 2 million Texas reports another record jump in new cases Arkansas to enter phase 2 next week Rhode Island Gov says students will return to schools on Aug. 31 BBG warns 4 states […]
“The Largest Ever Physical Transfer Of Gold”
“The Largest Ever Physical Transfer Of Gold” Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdowns, one market that saw unprecedented turmoil was that of physical gold. As we pointed out in late March, due […]
Great Depression to our Depression: Debt Deflation Doom Loop Lessons
Great Depression to our Depression: Debt Deflation Doom Loop Lessons We are now in the crosshairs of a mega debt deflationary bankruptcy phase. Some of our sharpest forefathers left us illustrations to better understand how this cycle operates. It helps that many both actually lived through and studied the last one fresh off it happening. […]
Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China’s National Security Law
Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China’s National Security Law After months of relative quiet amid the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong, defying the city’s ban on gatherings to voice their opposition to a new “national security” law proposed by Beijing which would threaten the […]
Here Comes The Wave: Loan Defaults Hit 6 Years High
Here Comes The Wave: Loan Defaults Hit 6 Years High Two weeks ago, when looking at the recent flurry of chapter 11 filings and a striking correlation between the unemployment rate and loan delinquencies, we said that a “biblical” wave of bankruptcies is about to flood the US economy. It now appears that the wave is […]
Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation: Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks
Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation: Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks The deeply contentious issue of US and NATO nuclear weapons right on Russia’s European doorstep of Poland is front and center once again, as the redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland is said to actually be on the table following an […]
“We Print It Digitally”: Futures, Gold Soar After Powell Vows “Lot More We Can Do”
“We Print It Digitally”: Futures, Gold Soar After Powell Vows “Lot More We Can Do” It took Jerome Powell just two days to confirm what we said late on Friday, namely that with the Fed expected to boost QE by over $3 trillion (assuming Powell doesn’t cut rates negative), the Fed chair said that “there’s […]
Here’s What Would Happen If The Fed Launched Negative Rates
Here’s What Would Happen If The Fed Launched Negative Rates On Thursday, May 7, an unprecedented event took place: after a violent repricing in Eurodollar contracts as near as November 2020, for the first time ever the market was pricing in that negative interest rates are not only coming to the US, but would arrive […]
992 Billion Reasons Why The Fed Needs Another Market Crash In The Next Few Weeks
992 Billion Reasons Why The Fed Needs Another Market Crash In The Next Few Weeks Speaking in a video conference organized by the Peterson Institute, turbo money printer Jerome Powell today reassured the market that negative rates are not something the Fed – which expanded its balance sheet by $2.6 trillion in the past two months […]
HSBC Lost $200 Million In One Day When The Gold Market Broke
HSBC Lost $200 Million In One Day When The Gold Market Broke Last week, we discovered precisely which bank got hammered by the violent divergence between the spot and future price of gold. As we reported, “HSBC had 15 “back-testing exceptions” in January and March, when the firm was caught out by moves in the prices of precious […]
WA Governor To Residents: COVID-Test-Deniers Will Not Be Allowed To Leave Home To Get Groceries
WA Governor To Residents: COVID-Test-Deniers Will Not Be Allowed To Leave Home To Get Groceries At his May 12 press conference, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee laid out the plans for the statewide contact tracing initiative. “[The initiative] is robust, it is vigorous and it is comprehensive, and it needs to be all three to […]
