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Treasury Department reports $1.2 TRILLION loss in 2017
Treasury Department reports $1.2 TRILLION loss in 2017 Earlier this month, the United States government released its annual financial report for the year 2017. This is something the government does every year, similar to how large companies like Apple, or Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, publish their own annual reports. Unlike Berkshire and Apple, though, whose […]
Goldilocks is Dead
GOLDILOCKS IS DEAD “Once you strip out the effects of the debt binge, the artificial stimulus via currency depreciation, and the fabled ‘wealth effect’ from the equity market runup, real GDP growth stripped-down to its core was the grand total of 0.7% last year. Potemkin would be proud.” – David Rosenberg It appears every president […]
Deutsche Bank: This Does Not Make Sense
Deutsche Bank: This Does Not Make Sense Amid the growing debate whether rates will keep rising once they hit 3.00%, or they will fall as asset managers find the new level attractive enough to dip their toes and buy duration, one analyst laughs at everyone calling for lower rates from here onward. In a note […]
Turkey – Default or War?
Turkey – Default or War? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, My father was ______ the banker who commissioned you to do the Turkish lira hedging project in 1983. He passed away as you know. I found this material in his files on Turkey that you apparently published back in 1985. Some articles are saying that Turkey is […]
Debt on Track to Destroy The American Middle Class
Debt on Track to Destroy The American Middle Class Economists report the household debt to be at its highest in decades. Yet, at the same time, we are being told that the economy is doing great. Does anyone see a serious contradiction? In fact, the current economy only favors the wealthy owing to their flourishing […]
India Enters the Sovereign Debt Crisis
India Enters the Sovereign Debt Crisis I have warned continually that the Sovereign Debt Crisis will unfold not so much by people selling government debt, but by the lack of people buying new debt. The greatest peril is when there is NO BID for the new issues because all governments are operating a PONZI scheme. The sell […]
Who Is It That Wants to Buy Trillions of US Treasury’s???
Who Is It That Wants to Buy Trillions of US Treasury’s??? As of the latest Treasury update showing federal debt as of Wednesday, February 15…federal debt (red line below) jumped by an additional $50 billion from the previous day to $20.76 trillion. This is an increase of $266 billion essentially since the most recent debt ceiling passage. Of course, […]
Fed President Sounds Panic Over Level Of US Debt
Fed President Sounds Panic Over Level Of US Debt Nearly a decade after the US unleashed its biggest debt-issuance binge in history, made possible only thanks to the Fed’s monetization of nearly $4 trillion in deficits (and debt issuance), the Fed is starting to get nervous about the (un)sustainability of the US debt. The Federal […]
Bank Bail-In Risk In Europe Seen In 5 Charts
Bank Bail-In Risk In Europe Seen In 5 Charts – Nearly €1 trillion in non-performing loans poses risks to European banks’ – Greece has highest non-performing loans as a share of total credit – Italy has the biggest pile of bad debt in absolute terms – Bad debt in Italy is still “a major problem” which has […]
The Writing on the Wall
The Writing on the Wall Many times people’s eyes glaze over when it comes to macro analysis and I get it. Macro analysis is by definition: Macro. It’s like watching a glacier melt and it only becomes of concern when the glacier structure collapses and you just happen to be in front of it. And […]
US Fiscal Policy Will Lead To A Debt Catastrophe: Goldman
US Fiscal Policy Will Lead To A Debt Catastrophe: Goldman Judging by how urgently Goldman’s research department is trying to get the bank’s clients to sell treasuries, Goldman’s prop traders must have a desperate bid for duration in anticipation of what probably will be a historic deflationary shock. It started a month ago when Goldman […]
Debt Cancer: More Than 80 Percent Of American Adults Owe Somebody Else Money
Debt Cancer: More Than 80 Percent Of American Adults Owe Somebody Else Money How long can our debt levels keep growing much, much faster than the overall economy? We haven’t had a year of 3 percent growth for the U.S. economy since the middle of the Bush administration, but we keep borrowing money as if […]
On Closer Inspection, Debt of Bankrupt Spanish Construction Firm Grows Four-Fold
On Closer Inspection, Debt of Bankrupt Spanish Construction Firm Grows Four-Fold What happens if cases like this prove to be the rule rather than the exception? Spain appears to have a brand-new Abengoa — the imploded energy giant whose fabulous accounting tricks pushed creditors into a black hole — on its hands: Isolux was until recently a […]
The World Embraces Debt At Exactly The Wrong Time
The World Embraces Debt At Exactly The Wrong Time Self-destruction usually happens in stages. At first there’s a binge in which the thrill outweighs the sense of transgression. This is usually followed by remorse, acknowledgement of risks, and an attempt to reform. But straight-and-narrow is exhausting, and because of this is frequently just temporary, eventually […]
U.S. Public Debt Surges By $175 Billion In One Day
U.S. Public Debt Surges By $175 Billion In One Day After the U.S. Government passed the new budget and debt increase, with the President’s signature and blessing, happy days are here again. Or are they? As long as the U.S. Government can add debt, then the Global Financial and Economic Ponzi Scheme can continue a […]
