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The G-30 Group Of Central Bankers Warn They Can “No Longer Save The World”
The G-30 Group Of Central Bankers Warn They Can “No Longer Save The World” In a detailed report by the Group of Thirty, central bankers warned that ZIRP and money printing were not sufficient to revive economic growth and risked becoming semi-permanent measures. As Reuters reports, the flow of easy money has inflated asset prices like stocks and […]
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 […]
When it Really Mattered, Ben Bernanke Coddled, Protected & Bailed Out Financial Criminals
When it Really Mattered, Ben Bernanke Coddled, Protected & Bailed Out Financial Criminals Most of you will have seen Ben Bernanke’s recent crocodile tears regarding how he wished more individuals were held responsible, for you know, destroying the American middle class and handing over the nation to a handful of criminal oligarchs. As David Dayen notes, he […]
Bernanke’s Balderdash
Bernanke’s Balderdash The US and world economies are drifting inexorably into the next recession owing to the deflationary collapse of commodities, capital spending and world trade. These are the inevitable “morning after” consequence of the 20-year global credit binge which has now reached its apogee. The apparent global boom during that period was actually a central bank driven excursion […]
Debt Déjà Vu
Debt Déjà Vu For two years, financial markets have repeated the same error – predicting that US interest rates will rise within about six months, only to see the horizon recede. This serial misjudgment is the result not of unforeseeable events, but of a failure to grasp the strength and global nature of the deflationary […]
Faith in Central Banks Dwindles
Faith in Central Banks Dwindles Even Bloomberg Notices that Something is Amiss As anyone who hasn’t been in a coma knows, assorted central bank interventions have failed to achieve their stated goals over the past several years. A recent article at Bloomberg focuses on their failure to reach their “inflation” targets. Of course, this particular failure is […]
Part Deux ‐ Shorting the Federal Reserve
Part Deux ‐ Shorting the Federal Reserve The sequence of events leading up the French Revolution are likely unfamiliar to most. Yet money printing and a debauched French currency played no small part in those events. As a sequel to “Shorting the Federal Reserve”, 720 Global aims to provide an historical example of excessive money […]
Central Banks’ secrecy and silence on gold storage arrangements
Central Banks’ secrecy and silence on gold storage arrangements Whereas some central banks have become more forthcoming on where they claim their official gold reserves are stored (see my recent blog post ‘Central bank gold at the Bank of England‘), many of the world’s central banks remain secretive in this regard, with some central bank […]
The Dangerous Illusion That Risk Can Be Offloaded Onto Others
The Dangerous Illusion That Risk Can Be Offloaded Onto Others This confidence in central banks raises a pernicious systemic risk. Do you drive carelessly because your auto is equipped with airbags? Perhaps not. But would you drive more cautiously if you were perched on the front bumper? If even the slightest collision would crush the driver’s […]
This Is The Endgame, According To Deutsche Bank
This Is The Endgame, According To Deutsche Bank DB’s Jim Reid lays out the “endgame” scenario, one which this website first said is inevitable back in 2009. With Citi and Macquarie already on board, expect what was once merely the figment of a “deranged tinfoil conspiracy-theory blog’s” imagination, to become global monetary policy. And yes, the real endgame is the one […]
Deflation Warning: The Next Wave
Deflation Warning: The Next Wave The global economic slump is accelerating The signs of deflation are now flashing all over the globe. In our estimation, the possibility of an associated financial crisis is now dangerously high over the next few months. As we’ve been saying for a while, our preferred model for how things are […]
From ZIRP to NIRP
From ZIRP to NIRP The sudden end of the Fed’s ambition to raise interest rates above the zero bound, coupled with the FOMC’s minutes, which expressed concerns about emerging market economies, has got financial scribblers writing about negative interest rate policies (NIRP). Coincidentally, Andrew Haldane, the chief economist at the Bank of England, published a […]
Goldman Warns On Limits Of Central Bank Policy: “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions”
Goldman Warns On Limits Of Central Bank Policy: “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions” Back in May, we noted that minutes from the ECB’s April 14-15 policy meeting seem to reveal that the central bank is either obtuse or else suffering from a frightening bout of willful ignorance. Here’s are the excerpts which led […]
Global Easing Bonanza Continues As Norway, Taiwan Cut Rates To Spur Struggling Economies
Global Easing Bonanza Continues As Norway, Taiwan Cut Rates To Spur Struggling Economies On several occasions this year we’ve profiled Norway where the central bank, much like the Riksbank in neighboring Sweden, is walking a fine line between keeping rates low to support the economy (not to mention remain competitive in the global currency wars) […]
