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Without Recovery There Is Every Need To Examine The Worst Case
Without Recovery There Is Every Need To Examine The Worst Case There is a great deal that is wrong with mainstream economic commentary, starting with its unwavering devotion to orthodox economics and unshakable faith in their “stimulus.” No matter how little is actually stimulated there is never any doubt that the media will simultaneously forget […]
No More Twofers——Why The Vaunted “Clinton Prosperity” Of The 1990s Is A Risible Myth
No More Twofers——Why The Vaunted “Clinton Prosperity” Of The 1990s Is A Risible Myth That Hillary Clinton has—–unaccountably——stood by her man for 40 years is her particular foible. But now she wants 320 million Americans to stand by him, too, by electing her President so she can make Bill the nation’s economic czar: During a speech in […]
German Study: USA is the Top Tax Haven in the World
German Study: USA is the Top Tax Haven in the World A new study by the Green Party in Germany places the USA at the top of the list of tax havens for foreign investors. They have highlighted the key states in their study. I have written about this before. The strong capital flows coming into the USA from […]
Financial Analyst Warns: “What We’re Looking At Is An Event You’re Not Going To Be Able To Recover From”
Financial Analyst Warns: “What We’re Looking At Is An Event You’re Not Going To Be Able To Recover From” “Things are breaking down, something big is happening,” according to leading alternative news web site SGT Report. Citing the recent emergency meeting between the Federal Reserve and President Obama, America’s explicit warning to other countries not to devalue […]
Why the Quantity of Money Theory is DEAD Wrong
Why the Quantity of Money Theory is DEAD Wrong COMMENT: Bill Gross says you are wrong and helicopter money is coming and the Fed should print trillions to buy government bonds. Any comments? REPLY:Gross is not making a forecast without self-interest. Gross’ “helicopter money” calls for the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury to engage in another round […]
Market Analyst: “Nothing Is Real… All Of This is Being Played To Keep People Believing The System Is Working”
Market Analyst: “Nothing Is Real… All Of This is Being Played To Keep People Believing The System Is Working” The stock market may be hovering near all-time highs, but according to Greg Mannarino of Traders Choice that doesn’t mean the valuations are actually real: We exist, beyond any shadow of any doubt, in an environment of absolute […]
Gold and Negative Interest Rates
Gold and Negative Interest Rates The Inflation Illusion We hear more and more talk about the possibility of imposing negative interest rates in the US. In a recent article former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke asks what tools the Fed has left to support the economy and inter alia discusses the use of negative rates. We first have to […]
“A Total Illusion from QE and Financial Engineering”
“A Total Illusion from QE and Financial Engineering” The 10-Year Treasury Is Less Than You Think When the Fed was created in 1914, it was set to task of controlling short-term interest rates in an attempt to iron out financial cycles. It succeeded for many years. But by avoiding the natural rebalancing (and occasional pain) from […]
April Cheers Could Bring May Tears, Have a Look…
April Cheers Could Bring May Tears, Have a Look… When people stop trusting a market they stop using that market. Trust is at near 20 year lows. The conundrum is that as volumes decline it becomes ever easier for price insensitive participants to manipulate the market only furthering the distrust. This first three charts depict the deterioration of volumes […]
What Have ‘We’ Been Doing All This Time?
What Have ‘We’ Been Doing All This Time? Amidst all the pearls of wisdom unleashed in mainstream economics over the past unbelievable eight years or so, it was one paragraph of common sense that had it been written and appreciated at the start of this period might have saved us all the inordinate and totally […]
Oil Market Hype And Crisis Signal Greater Troubles Ahead
Oil Market Hype And Crisis Signal Greater Troubles Ahead Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:11 Brandon Smith Most people are not avid followers of economic news, and I don’t blame them. Financial analysis is for the most part boring and tedious and you would have to be some kind of crazy to commit a large slice […]
Economic Collapse? Fed Issues an Ominous Warning to JPMorgan Chase and Leaders Flock to Secret Meetings
Economic Collapse? Fed Issues an Ominous Warning to JPMorgan Chase and Leaders Flock to Secret Meetings Tick. Tock. Do you hear that? It’s the clock on the time bomb, and it appears to be ticking relentlessly toward our economic collapse. It seems like every day, there is a new threat to the financial well-being of […]
Negative Interest Rates Destroying the World Economy
Negative Interest Rates Destroying the World Economy QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I think I am starting to see the light you have been shining. Negative interest rates really are “completely insane”. I also now see that months after you wrote about central banks were trapped, others are now just starting to entertain the idea. Is this distinct […]
The Fed Sends a Frightening Letter to JPMorgan and Corporate Media Yawns
The Fed Sends a Frightening Letter to JPMorgan and Corporate Media Yawns Jamie Dimon, Testifying Before the Senate Banking Committee on June 13, 2012 Over Massive Derivative Losses at the Depository Bank of JPMorgan Chase Yesterday the Federal Reserve released a 19-page letter that it and the FDIC had issued to Jamie Dimon, the Chairman […]
Why All Central Planning Is Doomed to Fail
Why All Central Planning Is Doomed to Fail Positivist Delusions [ed. note: this article was originally published on March 5 2013 – Bill Bonner was on his way to his ranch in Argentina, so here is a classic from the archives] We’re still thinking about how so many smart people came to believe things that […]
