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Something Just Broke In China As Repo Rate Soars To 1,000% Overnight
Something Just Broke In China As Repo Rate Soars To 1,000% Overnight Ever since the unexpected failure of China’s Baoshang Bank in late May, which caused a freeze in the interbank market among smaller, less credible (and government bankstopped) banks, and which sent rates on Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (NCDs), various bank bonds and assorted report rates sharply […]
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII”
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII” A joint Australian-U.S. military exercise, called Talisman Sabre 2019, will continue through early August following this week’s Australian-led amphibious landing at Langham Beach, Queensland, Australia, reported Naval Today. Forces from around the world (the U.S., New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Japan) practiced one of the most massive beach assault since […]
Russian Nuclear Reactors Taken Offline In 2nd Serious Incident In Under A Week
Russian Nuclear Reactors Taken Offline In 2nd Serious Incident In Under A Week In a deeply worrisome development related to Russia’s network of ten nuclear power plants nationwide, two of them suffered significant operating incidents in under only one week, causing multiple reactors to be take offline. Russia’s TASS reported that a “transformer short circuit” at the Kalinin nuclear power plant […]
Iran Offers Nuclear Deal If US Lifts Sanctions; Oil Tumbles
Iran Offers Nuclear Deal If US Lifts Sanctions; Oil Tumbles Who knew Rand Paul could be such an effective negotator. One day after the Republican senator and son of Ron Paul was reported to be Trump’s liaison to negotiate with Iran in hopes of easing tensions, sending the price of oil tumbling, the Guardian report […]
Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker “Smuggling” Fuel In The Gulf
Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker “Smuggling” Fuel In The Gulf Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has seized a foreign vessel with 12-crew members carrying one million barrels of oil. In an official Iranian media statement early on Thursday, the country’s military asserted the tanker was caught “smuggling” the fuel through the Strait of Hormuz. While details to the […]
Widespread, Dangerous Heat Expected To Roast 200 Million Americans
Widespread, Dangerous Heat Expected To Roast 200 Million Americans About 200 million Americans in the eastern two-thirds of the country will be trapped in a monsterous heat dome that will send tempatures over 100°F into the weekend, and with humidity factored in, the real feel could be a scorcher: 110°F, reported AccuWeather. “Significant heat is expected […]
Thousands Of Puerto Rico Protesters Turn Streets Of San Juan Into ‘War Zone’ Over Corrupt Government
Thousands Of Puerto Rico Protesters Turn Streets Of San Juan Into ‘War Zone’ Over Corrupt Government Thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of Old San Juan to demand the ouster of Governor Ricardo Rosselló following corruption investigations and the leaking of 889 pages of text messages revealing him to be vindictive, sexist and profane – including against […]
“We’re Never Going To Go Away From Zero:” Presenting Kyle Bass’ Latest Trade
“We’re Never Going To Go Away From Zero:” Presenting Kyle Bass’ Latest Trade Here at Zero Hedge, we’ve dedicated plenty of attention to signs of “Japanification” in European bond markets… … with the issue taking on even more urgency now that we have influential bond strategists earnestly advocating the purchase of equities by the ECB, and the […]
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets”
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets” Negative Rates Would Lead To #Chaos Central bankers attending the G-7 meeting are sounding remarkably coordinated in their message. The global economy is growing but inflation isn’t. And that, along with the oft-cited global headwinds, means they’re ready and able to add more liquidity to the system. […]
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran The plight of a “mystery” UAE tanker that’s gone missing in the Persian Gulf now threatens to again send tensions with Iran soaring. Its location transmission signal was turned off Sunday as it drifted toward Iranian waters and it hasn’t been heard from since, with even […]
Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day
Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day There is a reason James Simons’ RenTec is the world’s best performing hedge fund – it spots trends (even if they are glaringly obvious) well ahead of almost everyone else, and certainly long before the consensus. That’s what happened with Deutsche Bank, when as […]
Ebola-Stricken Man Takes Bus To DRC Travel Hub With 2 Million Residents
Ebola-Stricken Man Takes Bus To DRC Travel Hub With 2 Million Residents The Congolese health ministry announced that a pastor infected with Ebola took a bus to the city of Goma late Sunday, the first time the virus has spread to the major travel hub and home to more than two million people. The man, […]
China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms
China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms Following last week’s State Department approval of the sale of $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that it will follow through on threats first made days ago to impose sanctions on American companies selling arms to Taiwan. Crucially this confirmation came […]
Iran To UK: We’ll Continue Oil Exports “Under Any Conditions” As Detained Tanker Crew Released
Iran To UK: We’ll Continue Oil Exports “Under Any Conditions” As Detained Tanker Crew Released As the “tanker wars” continue Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt in a telephone call on Saturday that Iran plans to continue its oil exports “under any conditions”. Zarif also repeated Iranian demands for the UK to release the […]
Retail Apocalypse: 12,000 Stores Are Forecasted To Close This Year
Retail Apocalypse: 12,000 Stores Are Forecasted To Close This Year As the economy cycles down through summer, there is new, alarming data that shows retail store closings are accelerating. Coresight Research says there have already been 20% more store closings announced in the first six months of 2019 than in all of 2018. The research firm examined figures and […]
