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Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy
Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy On January 12, America’s central planner-in-chief gave his State of the Union address. The president promised nothing less than to feed the hungry, create jobs, shape the earth’s climate, and make everyone a college graduate. There’s nothing new here, though. We’ve heard variations of this silly song […]
The War On Savers And The 200 Rulers Of Global Finance
The War On Savers And The 200 Rulers Of Global Finance There has been an economic coup d’état in America and most of the world. We are now ruled by about 200 unelected central bankers, monetary apparatchiks and their minions and megaphones on Wall Street and other financial centers. Unlike Senator Joseph McCarthy, I actually do have a list of their names. […]
The Global Economy Could Fall Farther and Faster Than Pundits Expect
The Global Economy Could Fall Farther and Faster Than Pundits Expect Systemic fragility doesn’t respond to central bank jawboning or Keynesian claptrap; unlike those “policy tools,” fragility is real. The core narrative of central bank/cartel capitalism is centralized agencies have the power to limit downturns and extend credit-based “good times” almost indefinitely. The centralized power bag […]
The End Of Plan A: The Big Reset & $8000 Gold
The End Of Plan A: The Big Reset & $8000 Gold Willem Middlekoop, author of The Big Reset – The War On Gold And The Financial Endgame, believes the current international monetary system has entered its last term and is up for a reset. Having predicted the collapse of the real estate market in 2006, (while Ben […]
“The Fed Suspended The Laws Of The Market In Order To Save It” – What Happens Next
“The Fed Suspended The Laws Of The Market In Order To Save It” – What Happens Next That the Fed has been boxed in by unleashing destructive monetary policies to “fix” decades of prior policy mistakes, is something we have been warning about since our first day. And, with every passing day that the Fed […]
Who Warned “Be Careful What You Wish For… If Interest Rates Go Negative”
Who Warned “Be Careful What You Wish For… If Interest Rates Go Negative” Now that the Bank of Japan has joined other central banks such as Denmark, Sweden, the ECB, and Switzerland into pushing its rates into what until just two years ago was considered the monetary twilight zone below the zero bound, and in […]
“Time To Panic”? Nigeria Begs World Bank For Massive Loan As Dollar Reserves Dry Up
“Time To Panic”? Nigeria Begs World Bank For Massive Loan As Dollar Reserves Dry Up Having urged “don’t panic” just 4 short months ago, it appears Nigeria just did just that as the global dollar short squeeze forces the eight-month-old government of President Muhammadu Buhari to beg The World Bank and African Development Bank for $3.5bn in […]
Citi On Why Negative Rates Are Like Potato Chips: “No One Can Have Just One”
Citi On Why Negative Rates Are Like Potato Chips: “No One Can Have Just One” Now that Japan has let the negative rates genie out of the bottle, or as DB put it, ‘opened the Pandora’s Box‘ and in the process unleashed the latest global “silent bank run” and capital flight, prepare to hear a […]
Negative Interest Rates Show Desperation of Central Banks
Negative Interest Rates Show Desperation of Central Banks Image: MarketWatch Japan has joined the EU, Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden in imposing negative interest rates. Indeed, more than a fifth of the world’s GDP is now covered by a central bank with negative interest rates. The Wall Street Journal notes: TOKYO—Japan’s central bank stunned the markets Friday by setting the […]
The Disturbing Reasons Why The Bank Of Japan Stunned Everyone With Negative Rates
The Disturbing Reasons Why The Bank Of Japan Stunned Everyone With Negative Rates As we noted earlier, in a paradoxical U-turn, one which caught everyone by surprise as a result of Kuroda’s own promise just one week ago not to engage in NIRP… … and two months after the ECB’s December 3 disappointing announcement led to a historic surge in the […]
Helicopter Money Arrives: Switzerland To Hand Out $2500 Monthly To All Citizens
Helicopter Money Arrives: Switzerland To Hand Out $2500 Monthly To All Citizens With Citi’s chief economist proclaiming “only helicopter money can save the world now,” and the Bank of England pre-empting paradropping money concerns, it appears that Australia’s largest investment bank’s forecast that money-drops were 12-18 months away was too conservative. While The Finns consider a “basic monthly income” for the entire […]
F(r)actions Of Gold
F(r)actions Of Gold The simple fact of the matter is that gold is no longer money and hasn’t been treated that way in decades. It is a frustrating and often woeful outcome, but deference isn’t a reason to color judgement. As an investment, which is more like what gold has become, it isn’t all that […]
Why A Former Fed Official Fears A Global Meltdown
Why A Former Fed Official Fears A Global Meltdown Authored by Gerald O’Driscoll, former vice president at The Dallas Fed, posteed op-ed at The Wall Street Journal, Are we headed for another global financial crisis? The market convulsions of the past week reflected a continuation of a market selloff that began on the first trading day […]
“Zombie Ships” – Why Global Shipping Is Even Worse Than The Baltic Dry Suggests
“Zombie Ships” – Why Global Shipping Is Even Worse Than The Baltic Dry Suggests One glance at The Baltic Dry Index’s collapse is all that most need to see the painful state of the global shipping industry. However, as gCaptain reports, reality is even worse as the boom in so-called “zombie ships” suggests there is no recovery in […]
