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China’s Slow-Motion Sleight Of Hand Shatters
China’s Slow-Motion Sleight Of Hand Shatters The Chinese stock markets broke through 2 circuit breakers today, breakers that were introduced only a few months ago in response to the market selloff, triggered by a surprise yuan devaluation, in August. The first breaker, at -5%, forced a 15-minute trading halt. The second one, at -7%, halted […]
“Fed Policy Is Toxic,” Michael Burry Warns “The Little Guy Will Pay” For The Next Crisis
“Fed Policy Is Toxic,” Michael Burry Warns “The Little Guy Will Pay” For The Next Crisis We are sure, just as many of the so-called “smartest men in the room” ignored him last time, so every status-quo-maintaining, asset-gathering, commission-taker will be quick to dissonantly shrug off Michael Burry’s (the economic soothsayer from Michael Lewis’ book […]
This Is Canada’s Depression: Surging Crime, Soaring Suicides, Overwhelmed Food Banks “And The Worst Is Yet To Come”
This Is Canada’s Depression: Surging Crime, Soaring Suicides, Overwhelmed Food Banks “And The Worst Is Yet To Come” Back in March, we brought you “Drugs, Prostitution, Violence Plague Oil Boom Towns Gone Bust,” in which we detailed the plight of towns like Sidney and Bainville, Montana, where the slump in oil revenue has made it […]
“Canadians Should Be Concerned” As Energy Sector Job Losses Spike To 100,000 This Year
“Canadians Should Be Concerned” As Energy Sector Job Losses Spike To 100,000 This Year It’s grim up north… and getting grimmer. Amid soaring suicide rates, Canada’s once-booming oil patch is rapidly accelerating its downward trajectory. “Canadians should be concerned in times like these,” warned Tim McMillan, president and chief executive of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, noting […]
Suicides In Alberta Soar In Wake Of Canada’s Oilpatch Depression
Suicides In Alberta Soar In Wake Of Canada’s Oilpatch Depression Over the past year, we have extensively chronicled the tragic story of Alberta – Canada’s once booming oilpatch – disintegrate slowly at first, then very fast, into an economic and financial wasteland: “Canada Crude Contagion: Calgary Home Prices Drop Most In 2 Years” “Canada’s Biggest […]
Looney Plunges As Canadian GDP Collapses Most Since 2009
Looney Plunges As Canadian GDP Collapses Most Since 2009 Who could have seen that coming? It appears, for America’s northern brethren, low oil proces are unequivocally terrible. Against expectations of a flat 0.0% unchanged September, Canadian GDP plunged 0.5% – its largest MoM drop since March 2009 and the biggest miss since Dec 2008. With Canada’s housing […]
Sweden Warns Of Dire “Consequences” From Massive Housing Bubble, Heavily Indebted Households
Sweden Warns Of Dire “Consequences” From Massive Housing Bubble, Heavily Indebted Households Late last month, Sweden tripled down on QE, as the Riksbank announced it would expand its asset purchases by SEK65 billion. Or, visually: The recent history of Swedish monetary policy is viewed by some as a cautionary tale about what can happen when a […]
“It’s A Bloodbath” – Here Is The Biggest Casualty Of Canada’s Recession
“It’s A Bloodbath” – Here Is The Biggest Casualty Of Canada’s Recession In the past year, we have extensively profiled the collapse of ground zero of Canada’s oil industry, Calgary, as a result of the plunge in the price of oil, in posts such as the following: “Canada Crude Contagion: Calgary Home Prices Drop Most […]
Australian Housing Illusion Set to Burst
Australian Housing Illusion Set to Burst Possibly driving an already weak economy into recession. Every day, we have investment banks and others telling us that the Australian housing party is over. Estimates for price declines over the next year or so vary from 7.5% to a plunge of 25%. Even the Reserve Bank of Australia […]
Sweden Launches MOAR QE, As Krugman Paradise Quadruples Down After Dovish Draghi
Sweden Launches MOAR QE, As Krugman Paradise Quadruples Down After Dovish Draghi Over the last six months, we’ve documented Sweden’s descent into the Keynesian Twilight Zone in great detail. Once upon a time, the Riksbank actually tried to raise rates, only to be lambasted by a furious Paul Krugman who accused the central bank of […]
Why Is Wealth/Income Inequality Soaring?
Why Is Wealth/Income Inequality Soaring? If conventional labor and finance capital have lost their scarcity value, then the era in which financialization reaped big profits is ending. Why is wealth/income inequality soaring? The easy answer is of course the infinite greed of Wall Street fat-cats and the politicos they buy/own. But greed can’t be the only […]
How Much Longer Can Our Unaffordable Housing Prices Last?
How Much Longer Can Our Unaffordable Housing Prices Last? Spoiler alert: not much Markets discover price via supply and demand: Big demand + limited supply = rising prices. Abundant supply + sagging demand = declining prices. Eventually, prices rise to a level that is unaffordable to the majority of potential buyers, with demand coming only […]
Australia Is “Going Down Under”: “The Bubble Is About To Burst”, RBS Warns
Australia Is “Going Down Under”: “The Bubble Is About To Burst”, RBS Warns Thanks to a variety of idiosyncratic political crises and country-specific stumbling blocks, Brazil, Turkey, Malaysia, and to a lesser extent Russia, have received the lion’s share of coverage when it comes to assessing the EM damage wrought by the comically bad combination […]
The Echo Bubble in Housing Is About to Pop
The Echo Bubble in Housing Is About to Pop And here’s the knife in the heart of the Echo Housing bubble: declining household income. The Federal Reserve-induced Echo Housing Bubble is finally starting to roll over, and the bubble’s pop won’t be pretty. Why is the bubble finally popping now? All the factors that inflated the […]
Time Bomb under Canada’s Housing Bubble Makes a Loud Tick
Time Bomb under Canada’s Housing Bubble Makes a Loud Tick The Bank of Canada has been fretting about the ballooning debt of Canadian households. Last year, it repeatedly called it a risk to “financial stability,” perhaps in preparation for raising its benchmark interest rate. Then Canada’s economy tanked. In July, when the freaked-out Bank of Canada cut […]
