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Russell Napier Explains How The Decline Of The Yuan Destroys Belief In Central Banking
Russell Napier Explains How The Decline Of The Yuan Destroys Belief In Central Banking It’s Not a Pet, It’s a Falcon: How the decline of the RMB destroys belief in central banking and a successful reflation Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot […]
Stephen Poloz discusses impact of opposing U.S., Canadian monetary policies
Stephen Poloz discusses impact of opposing U.S., Canadian monetary policies Central bank will ‘continue to run an independent monetary policy, anchored by our inflation target of 2%’ Stephen Poloz cut the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate twice last year. The Bank of Canada sent a strong signal today that it is content to allow […]
China Has A “Colossal Credit Bubble” And No One Knows How It Will Unwind, Marc Faber Warns
China Has A “Colossal Credit Bubble” And No One Knows How It Will Unwind, Marc Faber Warns A little over a week ago, Marc Faber dialed in from Thailand to chat with Bloomberg TV about the outlook for US equities, the American economy, and USTs in the new year. The US is “already in a recession,” the […]
The Global Monetary Non-System
The Global Monetary Non-System NEW DELHI – As 2015 ended, the world boasted few areas of robust growth. At a time when both developed and emerging-market countries need rapid growth to maintain domestic stability, this is a dangerous situation. It reflects a variety of factors, including low productivity growth in industrial countries, the debt overhang […]
Janet Yellen Fights the Tide of Falling Interest
JANET YELLEN FIGHTS THE TIDE OF FALLING INTEREST On Wednesday Dec 16, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced that the Fed was raising the federal funds rate by 25 basis points. Let’s get one thing out of the way. This is not a move towards free markets. Whether the Fed sets interest lower, or whether it sets […]
Money Market Distortions at Year-End
Money Market Distortions at Year-End Major Window Dressing Exercises and a Dead Federal Funds Market Many of our readers are probably aware of the quarterly spike in reverse repos, which has previously been amply documented and discussed elsewhere. The Fed has introduced these overnight reverse repos two years ago, and has made them accessible to […]
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Real Financial Risks of 2016
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Real Financial Risks of 2016 Worry less about the banking system, but commodities, epidemics and climate volatility could be trouble How should we think about financial risks in 2016? First, worry less about the banking system. Financial institutions today are less fragile than they were a few […]
Fed Vice Chair Explains Why The Fed Is Still Obsessing With Negative Interest Rates
Fed Vice Chair Explains Why The Fed Is Still Obsessing With Negative Interest Rates Two months ago, and roughly 6 weeks before the Fed’s first rate hike in 9 years, Janet Yellen warned that if the “outlook worsened, the fed might weight negative rates” adding that “negative rates could help encourage banks to lend.” Moments ago, in […]
This Is Going To Happen In 2016: “One Of The Greatest Commodity Plays Of All Time”
This Is Going To Happen In 2016: “One Of The Greatest Commodity Plays Of All Time” While stock markets held strong near their all-time highs, the last year saw massive financial destruction in global commodities markets. Oil, gold, silver, steel, coal and other raw materials experienced price drops not seen since just before the the Crash of 2008. […]
Even The Big Banks Now Admit It: “This Is How The Fed’s ‘Massive Manipulation’ Broke The Market”
Even The Big Banks Now Admit It: “This Is How The Fed’s ‘Massive Manipulation’ Broke The Market” Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: markets are calm, things are stable, stocks are levitating on virtually no volume… and suddenly there is a price ‘air pocket’ as one or more assets unexpectedly plunge in what has become […]
Oil Bankruptcies Hit Highest Level Since Crisis And There’s “More To Come”, Fed Warns
Oil Bankruptcies Hit Highest Level Since Crisis And There’s “More To Come”, Fed Warns “Two things become clear in an analysis of the financial health of US hydrocarbon production: 1) the sector is not at all homogenous, exhibiting a range of financial health; 2) some of the sector indeed looks exposed to distress [and] lifelines […]
The Fed Has Created A “Monster” And Just Made A “Dangerous Mistake,” Stephen Roach Warns
The Fed Has Created A “Monster” And Just Made A “Dangerous Mistake,” Stephen Roach Warns Stephen Roach is worried that the Fed has set the world up for another financial market meltdown. Lower for longer rates and the proliferation of unconventional monetary policy have created “a breeding ground for asset bubbles, credit bubbles, and all-too […]
Why the Fed Will Never Succeed
Why the Fed Will Never Succeed The Fed will never succeed in its attempt to manage inflation and unemployment by varying interest rates. This is because it and its economists do not accept the relationship between, on one side, the money it creates and the bank credit its commercial banks issue out of thin air, […]
Bank of Canada says housing, debt threaten financial system
Bank of Canada says housing, debt threaten financial system Central bank releases financial system review that focuses on small group of highly indebted people Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz told a news conference on Tuesday that the bank is watching a small group of Canadian households that are highly indebted. (CBC) Household indebtedness and […]
Is the US Heading for an Economic Bust
Is the US Heading for an Economic Bust On Wednesday December 16 2015 Federal Reserve Bank policy makers raised the federal funds rate target by 0.25% to 0.5% for the first time since December 2008. There is the possibility that the target could be lifted gradually to 1.25% by December next year. Fed policy makers have justified this […]
