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“Worst Since Lehman”: Banks Break The World Again
“Worst Since Lehman”: Banks Break The World Again Last week we detailed BofA’s Michael Hartnett’s warning that “The Fed will tighten until something breaks”. Well, something just broke… SVB’s collapse – the second biggest US bank failure in history – dominated any reaction to this morning’s mixed bag from the BLS (hotter than expected earnings growth, rising unemployment (especially […]
Central Bank Digital Currency Prison – Catherine Austin Fitts
Central Bank Digital Currency Prison – Catherine Austin Fitts Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), Publisher of The Solari Report, financial expert and former Assistant Secretary of Housing (Bush 41 Admin.), says the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is much easier said than done. There is a monster fight behind the scenes between commercial banks and central […]
Fed Fears Complete Economic Collapse – Peter Schiff
Fed Fears Complete Economic Collapse – Peter Schiff Money manager and economist Peter Schiff said in October the Federal Reserve “could NOT win the fight on inflation by raising interest rates.” As inflation just turned up anew, it looks like he was right—again. Schiff explains, “Based on the recent data we got . . . […]
Monetary Policy. Is The Fed Trying To Wean Markets Off Of It?
Monetary Policy. Is The Fed Trying To Wean Markets Off Of It? Is the Fed trying to wean the markets off monetary policy? Such was an interesting premise from Alastair Crooke via the Strategic Culture Foundation. To wit: “The Fed however, may be attempting to implement a contrarian, controlled demolition of the U.S. bubble-economy through interest rate […]
Want to Know Where the Economy Is Going? Watch The Top 10%
Want to Know Where the Economy Is Going? Watch The Top 10% Should the wealth effect reverse as assets fall, capital gains evaporate and investment income declines, the top 10% will no longer have the means or appetite to spend so freely. Soaring wealth-income inequality has all sorts of consequences. As many (including me) have noted, […]
The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank.
The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank. Those who know Wall Street lore sometimes recall that Fed chairman William Miller—Paul Volcker’s immediate predecessor—joked that most Americans believed the Federal Reserve was either an Indian reservation, a wildlife preserve, or a brand of whiskey. The Fed, of course, is none of […]
Peter Schiff: Inflation Is Going to Win the War
Peter Schiff: Inflation Is Going to Win the War The CPI data for December buoyed markets and raised hopes that the Federal Reserve is winning its war against inflation. But in his podcast, Peter explained that the Fed isn’t winning the war. It is losing and will ultimately surrender to inflation. Markets rallied after the CPI data […]
15 Facts Which Prove That A Massive Economic Meltdown Is Already Happening Right Now
15 Facts Which Prove That A Massive Economic Meltdown Is Already Happening Right Now Economic conditions just keep getting worse. As we prepare to enter 2023, we find ourselves in a high inflation environment at the same time that economic activity is really slowing down. And just like we witnessed in 2008, employers are conducting […]
No Surprise: Wall Street Wants to Raise the Target Inflation Rate above 2 Percent
No Surprise: Wall Street Wants to Raise the Target Inflation Rate above 2 Percent Price inflation in the United States remains stubbornly high, with October’s print at 7.7 percent. The Fed’s preferred measure, so-called core inflation is only two-tenths of a percent below 40-year highs, at 6.3 percent. Yet, it was just last year that […]
What Does the Fed’s Jerome Powell Have Up His Sleeve?
What Does the Fed’s Jerome Powell Have Up His Sleeve? The Real Goal of Fed Policy: Breaking Inflation, the Middle Class or the Bubble Economy? “There is no sense that inflation is coming down,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a November 2 press conference, — this despite eight months of aggressive interest rate hikes and “quantitative […]
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed? Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on […]
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner said, back in September, the markets would sink and then go back up. Both calls happened right on time. What does Nenner see now? Nenner says, “Two days ago, we started to take profits again. […]
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II In Part one of this series, Our Currency The World’s Problem, we discuss the vital role the U.S. dollar plays in the global economy. With an understanding of the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, it’s time to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy machinations influence […]
The Regime Is Shifting, And Here’s What That Means
The Regime Is Shifting, And Here’s What That Means Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro-strategist, The macro landscape is changing. Inflation will remain in an elevated and unstable regime, but the first stage of the crisis is drawing to a close. That means the dollar in a downward trend, bonds in an upward trend, stocks underperforming […]
