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St Louis Fed Discloses More Free Money: A Carry Trade in Liquidity
St Louis Fed Discloses More Free Money: A Carry Trade in Liquidity Not only do banks earn free money on excess reserves, they can borrow money and make guaranteed free money on that. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis discusses the Carry Trade in Liquidity. The IOER [interest on excess reserves] has been the […]
The ECB on the Verge of Collapse?
The ECB on the Verge of Collapse? The European Central Bank (ECB) will NOT aid Italy with an EU rescue program if the country or its banks are in financial turmoil. The Italian government is taking the view that Italy has become an “occupied” country and that Germany has conquered Europe imposing austerity and […]
Has “It” Finally Arrived?
Shutterstock Has “It” Finally Arrived? Is this week’s 6% market drop the start of the Big One? With the recent plunge in the S&P 500 of over 5%, has the long-anticipated (and long-overdue) market correction finally begun? It’s hard to say for certain. But the systemic cracks we’ve been closely monitoring definitely got an awful […]
ECB Hands Italy An Ultimatum: ‘Obey EU Budget Rules Or We Won’t Save You’
ECB Hands Italy An Ultimatum: ‘Obey EU Budget Rules Or We Won’t Save You’ With the Washington Post stepping up to put a floor under US stocks Thursday afternoon by reporting that President Trump would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at next month’s G-20 summit (while the headline soothed the market, it doesn’t change the […]
Italy’s Debt Crisis Flares Up, Banks Get Hit, as Showdown with the EU Intensifies
Italy’s Debt Crisis Flares Up, Banks Get Hit, as Showdown with the EU Intensifies Who will blink first? A serious showdown is brewing in the Eurozone as Italy’s anti-establishment coalition government takes on the EU establishment in a struggle that could have major ramifications for Europe’s monetary union. The cause of the discord is the […]
Maybe a rethink from Brussels?
Maybe a rethink from Brussels? The entire fabric of the European Union is under threat while the hierarchy in Brussels sleepwalks into yet another crisis. The UK is highly likely to walk away from further Brexit negotiations, Italy which once survived on a diet of high interest rates and high inflation is threatening to blow […]
Greece Planning Bad Debt Bailout For Its Banks After Market Crash
Greece Planning Bad Debt Bailout For Its Banks After Market Crash It seems like it was just yesterday that Greek banks, which carry some €89BN of bad loans on their balance sheets, passed the ECB’s latest confidence building exercise, known as the “stress test.” In retrospect that may have been premature, because as Bloomberg reports, […]
Europe Launches War On Italy’s Fiscal Plans: Warns Of Debt “Explosion”, Threatens Savers
Europe Launches War On Italy’s Fiscal Plans: Warns Of Debt “Explosion”, Threatens Savers In the aftermath of Italy’s defiant announcement that it would expand its 2019 budget deficit to 2.4% of GDP, above both the initial proposal from finmin Tria which was 1.6%, and also higher than the European “redline” of 2.0%, the question was […]
State of European Banks: The ECB View vs Reality
State of European Banks: The ECB View vs Reality The ECB would like you to believe the European banking system is sound and banks are better regulated. They aren’t. Ten years after Lehman there are numerous statements from bureaucrats, academics, media and others that banks are now better regulated, more solid and liquidity problems vanished. […]
Clinging to Old Theories of Inflation
Clinging to Old Theories of Inflation QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I think I am starting to understand your view of inflation. It is very complex. I think some people cannot think beyond a simple one dimension concept as you often say. So I am trying to be more dynamic in my thinking process. Here you point […]
ECB To Cut Euro Area Growth Outlook In Latest Global Slowdown Warning
ECB To Cut Euro Area Growth Outlook In Latest Global Slowdown Warning One week ago, Bank of America’s CIO Michael Hartnett predicted that Europe will be the “missing link” for the emerging market crisis to spread to the rest of the developed world and “morph into a global deleveraging event.” But where would the crack […]
Genocide of the Greek Nation
Genocide of the Greek Nation The political and media coverup of the genocide of the Greek Nation began yesterday (August 20) with European Union and other political statements announcing that the Greek Crisis is over. What they mean is that Greece is over, dead, and done with. It has been exploited to the limit, and […]
Looks Like Italian Default is Back on the Menu
Looks Like Italian Default is Back on the Menu Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was right to call out the EU over the failure of the bridge in Genoa this week. It was an act of cheap political grandstanding but one that ultimately rings very true. It’s a perfect moment to shake people out of […]
From “Doom Loop” To Just “Doom”: Italian Debt Faces A “Huge Structural Shift”
From “Doom Loop” To Just “Doom”: Italian Debt Faces A “Huge Structural Shift” At the start of July, we revealed that a familiar force had returned to Europe. According to ECB data, during May when the market saw unprecedented Italian government bond turmoil, Italian bank holdings of domestic government bonds showed record buying over the […]
Italy Warns that Stopping QE will Lead to Collapse of Eurozone
Italy Warns that Stopping QE will Lead to Collapse of Eurozone Italy has called on the ECB to guarantee the bond yields warning that if they END quantitative easing the Eurozone will break apart. On this score, they are not wrong. The economic spokesman for the Italian governing party Lega has warned of a collapse of the […]
