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The Rowboat (Wages) and the Yacht (Assets)
The Rowboat (Wages) and the Yacht (Assets) As I keep saying: the status quo has divested the working and middle classes. The reason why the status quo has failed and is fragmenting is displayed in these three charts of wages, employment and assets: wage earners (labor) are in a rowboat trying to catch the yacht […]
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months Just as the Fed accelerates its QE Unwind. Treasuries reacted. While everyone is trying to figure out how to twist the new tax cut to their advantage and save some money, the US Treasury Department just announced how much net new debt it will […]
The Fed Will Ignite The Next “Financial Crisis”
The Fed Will Ignite The Next “Financial Crisis” There seems to be a very large consensus the markets have entered into a “permanently high plateau,” or an era in which price corrections in asset prices have been effectively eliminated through fiscal and monetary policy. Partnering with this fairytale like mindset is an overwhelming sense of […]
Central Banks Put a Safety Net Under Financial Markets
CENTRAL BANKS PUT A SAFETY NET UNDER FINANCIAL MARKETS Most early business cycle indicators suggest that the global economy is pretty much roaring ahead. Production and employment are rising. Firms keep investing and show decent profits. International trade is expanding. Credit is easy to obtain. Stock prices keep moving up to ever higher levels. All […]
The Liquidity Punch Bowl
THE LIQUIDITY PUNCH BOWL It is appropriate with the inauguration of this weekly column to look at the “Big Picture”. The biggest risk to world stock markets, and asset prices in general, in 2018 is that G7 central banks (led by the Federal Reserve) are finally attempting to normalise monetary policy nine years after the […]
Message from Planet Japan: The good times never last forever
Message from Planet Japan: The good times never last forever After having traveled to more than 120 countries in my life, the only person I know who’s been to more places than I have is Jim Rogers. Jim is a legend– a phenomenal investor, author, and all-around great guy. (His book Adventure Capitalist is a […]
World Dollar Debt up 5.2% – World Euro Debt Up 10.5%
World Dollar Debt up 5.2% – World Euro Debt Up 10.5% The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has reported exactly what we have been warning about – the explosion in dollar-denominated debt outside the USA which means a rise in the dollar will see a massive debt crisis. The total volume of US dollar-denominated debt outside […]
The Coming Market Crash Will Set Off The Biggest Gold Panic Buying In History
The Coming Market Crash Will Set Off The Biggest Gold Panic Buying In History The leverage in the economic system has become so extreme; investors have no idea of the disaster that is going to take place during the next stock market crash. The collapse of the U.S. Housing and Investment Banking Industry in 2008 […]
‘Perfect storm’: Global financial system showing danger signs, says senior OECD economist
‘Perfect storm’: Global financial system showing danger signs, says senior OECD economist The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned. Nine years of […]
A Modest Plan
A Modest Plan Rembrandt van Rijn The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633 On March 18, 1990, the painting was stolen by thieves disguised as police officers. They broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston, MA, and stole this painting, along with 12 other works. The paintings have never been recovered, and […]
Can We Stop the Government Borrowing & Just Print Without Inflation?
Can We Stop the Government Borrowing & Just Print Without Inflation? The conservatives are going nuts about raising the debt ceiling as if this really matters. They claim: “The United States is effectively bankrupt, but that doesn’t matter to the GOP. Once evangelists of fiscal responsibility and scourges of deficit spending, Republicans today glory in spilling […]
Could/Should Jubilee Debt Cancellations be Reintroduced Today?
Could/Should Jubilee Debt Cancellations be Reintroduced Today? Introduction The idea of annulling debts nowadays seems so unthinkable that most economists and many theologians doubt whether the Jubilee Year could have been applied in practice, and indeed on a regular basis. A widespread impression is that the Mosaic debt jubilee was a utopian ideal. However, Assyriologists […]
Modern Monetary Theory and Strong Towns
MODERN MONETARY THEORY AND STRONG TOWNS Last year I read Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. I found it compelling and included it in an article I wrote about Puerto Rico (“The Spooky Nature of Debt“), mentioned it in a podcast and included it in the list of books I published in December. […]
The Real Bleep-Hole Moment—–$40 Trillion And Counting
The Real Bleep-Hole Moment—–$40 Trillion And Counting You can call it the bleep-hole moment (per the Fox “family channel”) or the shit-hole moment (per the rest of the MSM), but what you can’t call yesterday’s contretemps in the White House is evidence that sentient adults are in charge of the Imperial City. And, no, we are not getting down on the […]
As the Controlled Inflation Scheme Rolls On
As the Controlled Inflation Scheme Rolls On Controlled Inflation American consumers are not only feeling good. They are feeling great. They are borrowing money – and spending it – like tomorrow will never come. After an extended period of indulging in excessive moderation (left), the US consumer makes his innermost wishes known (right). [PT] On Monday the Federal Reserve […]
