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Athens vs. Brussels: Greece Inches Closer to Renewal of Debt Crisis

Athens vs. Brussels: Greece Inches Closer to Renewal of Debt Crisis After new Greek Finance Minister Giannis Varoufakis had been repeatedly rebuffed on his introductory tour of European capitals, he opted for flattery and solicitation during his visit to Berlin last week. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, Varoufakis said, had been an object of his admiration […]

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Draghi’s Dangerous Bet: The Perils of a Weak Euro

Draghi’s Dangerous Bet: The Perils of a Weak Euro The recent decision by the European Central Bank to open the monetary floodgates has weakened the euro and is boosting the German economy. But the move increases the threat of turbulence on the financial markets and could trigger a currency war. The concern could be felt everywhere […]

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Axel Merk: Why Asset Prices Must Return To Lower Levels

Axel Merk: Why Asset Prices Must Return To Lower Levels It’s the price you pay for forcing capital to speculate Saying it’s been a busy week and half on the central bank front is perhaps a sizeable understatement. First, the Swiss National Bank stunned the world (and its brethren central banks) by removing its peg […]

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Mario Draghi: Charlatan Of The Apparatchiks

Mario Draghi: Charlatan Of The Apparatchiks Well, he finally launched “whatever it takes” and that marks an inflection point. Mario Draghi has just proved that the servile apparatchiks who run the world’s major central banks will stop at nothing to appease the truculent gamblers they have unleashed in the casino. And that means there will eventually be […]

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We’ve Let The Clowns Come Way Too Far

We’ve Let The Clowns Come Way Too Far In yesterday’s State of the Union, Obama said The ‘Shadow Of Crisis Has Passed’, and the one and the only thing I thought was: ‘Good, so now we can tackle the crisis itself?!’. If speeches like the SOTU last night, and the reactions to it, make anything […]

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The ECB Will Fail Given The “History Lessons Of US And Japan”, Warns Deutsche Bank

The ECB Will Fail Given The “History Lessons Of US And Japan”, Warns Deutsche Bank Recall that the stated purpose behind the reason why Mario Draghi’s ECB is about to launch a European government debt monetization program ranging between EUR500 and 1000 billion is to halt deflation, spark credit creation and rekindle inflation. Alas, if […]

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The ECB’s risky crossing of the Rubicon | European Voice

The ECB’s risky crossing of the Rubicon | European Voice. Eurozone monetary officials are expected to make history when they gather for the European Central Bank’s next policy-setting meeting on 22 January. Observers expect that Mario Draghi,  the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), and his colleagues will finally cross the Rubicon and announce the […]

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Euro Forecasters See Pain After Worst Year Since 2005

Euro Forecasters See Pain After Worst Year Since 2005 Midway through European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s May press conference in Brussels, the euro rose to its strongest level during his tenure. Then he said the ECB was ready to introduce more stimulus measures, sending it into a slide that strategists say will extend into […]

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A statement full of Keynesian fallacies – Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada

A statement full of Keynesian fallacies – Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada. From today’s Open Europe news summary: Draghi: ECB ready to initiate QE to counter low inflation In an interview with Handelsblatt, ECB President Mario Draghi warned that persistently low inflation in the Eurozone meant that “the risk that we do not fulfill our mandate […]

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Stability and Prosperity in Monetary Union by Mario Draghi – Project Syndicate

Stability and Prosperity in Monetary Union by Mario Draghi – Project Syndicate. FRANKFURT – There is a common misconception that the euro area is a monetary union without a political union. But this reflects a deep misunderstanding of what monetary union means. Monetary union is possible only because of the substantial integration already achieved among […]

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Another Keynesian Debt Boondoggle: How Brussels Plans To Turn Zero New Cash Into A $400B Stimulus | David Stockman’s Contra Corner

Another Keynesian Debt Boondoggle: How Brussels Plans To Turn Zero New Cash Into A $400B Stimulus | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. The desperation and fraud of the Keynesian policy apparatus gets more stunning by the day. Apparently, the pettifoggers in Brussels will soon be announcing a new $400 billion bazooka to blast the euro-economy out of its […]

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Yellen’s Message to Draghi: Print, Baby, Print! |

Yellen’s Message to Draghi: Print, Baby, Print! |. Bloomberg informs us that there is a “Yellen Message to Europeans Divided on QE: Do Whatever It Takes”. The belief that central bank bureaucrats can “rescue” the economy by printing more money evidently remains as firmly ingrained as ever. As Paul Singer, the head of Elliott Management, […]

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