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Bank Run Feared After ECB Unexpectedly Pulls Plug On Latvia Largest Private Bank
Bank Run Feared After ECB Unexpectedly Pulls Plug On Latvia Largest Private Bank Last week we reported that as part of a rapidly deteriorating banking crisis in Latvia, which culminated with the detention of central bank head Ilmars Rimsevics on suspicion of accepting a bribe of more than €100,000 (which prompted both the prime minister […]
Calm Before The Inflationary Storm
Calm Before The Inflationary Storm The economy has been showing great gains, and that positive trend is fueling fears of a surge in inflation. The Consumer Price Index, the key predictor of inflationary trends, rose .05 percent in January, which greatly exceeded the anticipated rise of 0.2 percent. The market reacted as expected as stocks […]
Latvia Bank Crisis: Central Bank In Chaos As ECB Blocks Payments By Third Largest Bank
Latvia Bank Crisis: Central Bank In Chaos As ECB Blocks Payments By Third Largest Bank One day after we reported that the central bank governor and ECB Governing Council member Ilmars Rimsevics was detained by Latvia’s anti-corruption authority on Saturday on suspicion of accepting a bribe of more than €100,000, prompting both Latvia’s Prime Minister […]
Is The Fed Back To “Quantitative Easing?”
Is The Fed Back To “Quantitative Easing?” The Fed added $11 billion to its SOMA account for the week ending yesterday. It purchased $11 billion in mortgage securities directly from banks. This injects $11 billion into the banking system. Cash is “high powered” money, meaning it can be leveraged 10x (banks need to hold […]
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, How to Set the Economy on Fire There’s no way to measure just how cheery this period really is — not if you’re the CEO of a major company. Just as the World Economic Summit was opening in Davos, Switzerland, and President Donald Trump was flying in to put his mark on […]
Stranger Things
Stranger Things The hidden agenda in the so-called tax reform bill is to act as stop-gap quantitative easing to plug the “liquidity” hole that is opening up as the Federal Reserve (America’s central bank) makes a few gestures to winding down its balance sheet and “normalizing” interest rates. Thus, the aim of the tax […]
Is There a Way Out of the ECB’s Trap?
IS THERE ANY WAY OUT OF THE ECB’S TRAP? The ECB faces the Devil’s Alternative that Frederick Forsyth mentioned in one of his books. All options are potentially riskly. Mario Draghi knows that maintaining the so-called stimuli involves more risks than benefits, but also knows that eliminating them could make the eurozone deck of cards collapse. […]
Is There Any Way Out of the ECB’s Trap?
Is There Any Way Out of the ECB’s Trap? The ECB faces the Devil’s Alternative that Frederick Forsyth mentioned in one of his books. All options are potentially riskly. Mario Draghi knows that maintaining the so-called stimuli involves more risks than benefits, but also knows that eliminating them could make the eurozone deck of cards collapse. Despite […]
Stabbing With Their Steely Knives, They Just Can’t Kill the Beast
Stabbing With Their Steely Knives, They Just Can’t Kill the Beast You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled […]
