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Ukraine fails to secure debt write-off at US talks
Ukraine fails to secure debt write-off at US talks Ukraine failed to convince its biggest creditors to significantly reduce its debt obligations during a ‘last chance’ two-day negotiation in San Francisco, California. The delegation from Kiev hoped to restructure some $19 billion in debt. The Ukrainian delegation was headed up by Illinois-born Finance Minister Natalie […]
Greeks Ditch Euro For Alternative Currencies As Parliament Votes On Bailout
Greeks Ditch Euro For Alternative Currencies As Parliament Votes On Bailout Greece released a bit of amusing econ data on Thursday, as the country’s statistical authority claimed GDP grew by 0.8% in Q2, well ahead of estimates of a 0.5% contraction. While we suppose it’s feasible that things weren’t as bad in Q2 as they […]
The IMF Experts Flunk, Again
The IMF Experts Flunk, Again My Globe Asia column in May was titled “Greece: Down and Probably Out.” Well, it’s out. Yes, Greece descended from drama to farce rapidly. If all goes according to plan, the left-wing Greek government will come to an agreement with the so-called troika — the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank […]
The War On Cash: Why Now?
The War On Cash: Why Now? You’ve probably read that there is a “war on cash” being waged on various fronts around the world. What exactly does a “war on cash” mean? It means governments are limiting the use of cash and a variety of official-mouthpiece economists are calling for the outright abolition of cash. […]
Austrian Bad Bank “Black Swan” Bail-In Is Unconstitutional, Austria Declare
Austrian Bad Bank “Black Swan” Bail-In Is Unconstitutional, Austria Declare The subject of bail-ins and bank resolutions is back in the news this month as every eurocrat in Brussels scrambles to determine the best way to recapitalize Greece’s ailing banking sector, which, you’re reminded, is sinking further into insolvency with each passing day thanks to […]
Greece crisis: Banks reopen as government eyes return to normalcy
Greece crisis: Banks reopen as government eyes return to normalcy Stock market remains closed Greek banks opened their doors Monday for the first time in over three weeks, a move that the government hopes will help the economy get back to normal following a period dominated by fears over the country’s future in the euro. […]
All Hail Our Banking Overlords!
All Hail Our Banking Overlords! We work for them, plain & simple You really have to be paying attention to see what’s truly going on these days. The keepers of the system, that is the banking elites, now openly control everything — though you’d never know that by listening to the media. Consider this: Eurozone backs […]
Greece May Not Get Bailout, Grexit “The Better Way”, Schaeuble Says
Greece May Not Get Bailout, Grexit “The Better Way”, Schaeuble Says Last Saturday, the EU finance ministers who gathered in Brussels in a last ditch effort to keep Greece in the eurozone were forced to confront a rather inconvenient truth. A bailout for Athens would likely cost nearly €80 billion, far more than the €53 […]
When a Black Swan Flies Over Wall Street’s House of Cards
When a Black Swan Flies Over Wall Street’s House of Cards A black swan is Wall Street lexicon for an unpredicted event. The author of that concept, Nassim Taleb, opines that most of the major moves in stock market history originated as black swan events coming out of nowhere, with a random, stochastic disorderliness that […]
“No Deal”: Tsipras Says Creditors Did Not Accept Greek Proposal
“No Deal”: Tsipras Says Creditors Did Not Accept Greek Proposal Who could have possibly foreseen that the IMF would throw up all over the Greek “proposal”… aside from this post here “Why The IMF Will Reject The Latest Greek Proposal In Just Two Numbers” yesterday afternoon of course. In any event, moments ago Bloomberg reported that just […]
IMF Violates IMF Rules, to Continue Ukraine Bailouts
IMF Violates IMF Rules, to Continue Ukraine Bailouts The IMF, whose bailout operations are absorbed by the taxpayers in the member countries whenever a particular bailed-out nation defaults, announced on Friday, June 19th, that it will “continue to support Ukraine through its Lending-into-Arrears Policy even in the event that a negotiated agreement with creditors in line with […]
The One Bank, Revisited
The One Bank, Revisited Approximately two years ago; a commentary was published entitled “The One Bank”. The empirical foundation for the article (and the paradigm) was an extensive computer model, produced by a trio of academics at a university in Switzerland, and originally reviewed in an article from Forbes. The gist of the computer modeling was that a single “super-entity”, by […]
Why Not Tell Greece How To Run A Democracy?
Why Not Tell Greece How To Run A Democracy? I know I’ve talked about this before, but it just keeps coming and it keeps being crzay.Bloomberg ‘reports’ that the ‘German Finance Ministry’, let me get this right, “is supporting the idea of a vote by Greek citizens to either accept the economic reforms being sought by […]
Is Greece About To “Lose” Its Gold Again?
Is Greece About To “Lose” Its Gold Again? When it comes to the topic of Greece, most pundits focus on two items: i) when will Greece finally run out ofconfiscated cash, and ii) will Greece fold to the Troika (and agree to another bailout(s) with even more austerity) or to Russia (and agree to the passage […]
“Bad Bank” Mania Spreads in Europe
“Bad Bank” Mania Spreads in Europe One thing that the world is not in short supply of these days is bad banks. They are everywhere, it seems. But there are bad banks, and there are Bad Banks. This article is about the latter, the officially dubbed “Bad Banks” launched by governments and central banks to conceal […]
