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The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum
The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum BRUSSELS – Stubbornly low inflation has the European Central Bank worried. But its response – essentially just more quantitative easing – could backfire, exacerbating imbalances and generating serious financial instability. As it stands, the headline consumer price index in the eurozone hovers around zero, and even core inflation remains below 1% […]
Visualizing The Demise Of The Once Mighty Euro
Visualizing The Demise Of The Once Mighty Euro The European Union has always been primarily a political project. The idea of the union was to take peoples that had long and complicated histories, and to place them in a situation where they must work together and shed their differences in order to achieve success. From the […]
The Endgame Takes Shape: “Banning Capitalism And Bypassing Capital Markets”
The Endgame Takes Shape: “Banning Capitalism And Bypassing Capital Markets” One month ago we presented to readers that in the first official “serious” mention of “Helicopter Money” as the next (and final) form of monetary stimulus, Australia’s Macquarie Bank said that there is now about 12-18 months before this “unorthodox” policy is implemented. We also predicted that […]
“We Should Have Known Something Was Wrong”
“We Should Have Known Something Was Wrong” Remember when stuff such as the following was written exclusively on “conspiracy” tin-foil blogs by deranged lunatics who could not appreciate the brilliance of the neo-Keynesian system and central-planning by academics, in all its glory? Good times. Here is Bank of America’s Athanasios Vamvakidis channeling Tyler Durden circa […]
Spain Leaps Toward Political Breakdown
Spain Leaps Toward Political Breakdown Desperately needed international investors dread it The dust is not even close to settling after Catalonia’s latest experimental flirtation with nation building. The pro-independence coalition fell tantalizingly short of gaining a majority of seats (62 out of 135). Now it needs the support of the anti-capitalist separatist party Popular Unity Candidacy […]
Spanish Banks Warn of Financial Meltdown if Catalonia Votes for Independence
Spanish Banks Warn of Financial Meltdown if Catalonia Votes for Independence In Spain’s north eastern region of Catalonia, the fear-mongering and doom-saying is reaching a deafening crescendo. If voters return a majority of pro-independence politicians in next Sunday’s regional elections, all manner of economic disaster will befall the region — according to the defenders of […]
Buiter: Only “Helicopter Money” Can Save The World From The Next Recession
Buiter: Only “Helicopter Money” Can Save The World From The Next Recession It is to be expected that economists – even economists working for the same team – have different views about the likelihood of different future outcomes. Economics isn’t rocket science, and even rockets frequently land in the wrong place or explode in […]
The IMF Just Confirmed The Nightmare Scenario For Central Banks Is Now In Play
The IMF Just Confirmed The Nightmare Scenario For Central Banks Is Now In Play The most important piece of news announced today was also, as usually happens, the most underreported: it had nothing to do with US jobs, with the Fed’s hiking intentions, with China, or even the ongoing “1998-style” carnage in emerging markets. Instead, […]
German Newspaper Accuses Spain’s Central Bank of Hiding Collateral Risks from ECB
German Newspaper Accuses Spain’s Central Bank of Hiding Collateral Risks from ECB Shoddy collateral labeled “ECB-eligible” is a great deal for banks. Since the financial sectors of Southern Europe and Ireland hit the rocks during the height of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, many of their respective banks have grown dependent on the generosity of the ECB – […]
The Crisis Is Spreading: China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Sweden…
The Crisis Is Spreading: China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Sweden… Earlier today, we posted an excerpt from IceCap Asset Management’s latest letter to investors focusing on the farce that is the Greek bailout #3, which can be summarized simply by the following table… … and Keith Dicker’s assessment which was that “for Greece, it’s mathematically impossible to repay […]
Euro ministers give blessing to Greek bailout, wooing IMF on debt
Euro ministers give blessing to Greek bailout, wooing IMF on debt Euro zone finance ministers have agreed to lend Greece up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion) after Greek lawmakers accepted their stiff conditions despite a revolt by supporters of leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Assuming approval by the German and other parliaments, 13 billion […]
EU Aims to Lure Greek Deposits Back to Banks With Bail-in Shield
EU Aims to Lure Greek Deposits Back to Banks With Bail-in Shield Euro-area finance ministers shielded Greek bank depositors from any losses resulting from the restructuring of the nation’s financial system, as part of Friday’s deal on an 86 billion-euro ($96 billion) bailout. Senior bank bondholders will be in the crosshairs if Greek lenders tap […]
Varoufakis: “In 1967 There Were The Tanks And In 2015 There Were The Banks”
Varoufakis: “In 1967 There Were The Tanks And In 2015 There Were The Banks” It was back on January 31 of this year, long before the “game theoretical” approach of Greek negotiations with the Eurogroup and ECB in particular and the Troika, and now Quadriga in general was revealed, that we first forecast with absolute accuracy […]
