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The Financial System Is A Larger Threat Than Terrorism
The Financial System Is A Larger Threat Than Terrorism In the 21st century Americans have been distracted by the hyper-expensive “war on terror.” Trillions of dollars have been added to the taxpayers’ burden and many billions of dollars in profits to the military/security complex in order to combat insignificant foreign “threats,” such as the Taliban, […]
Downtrend In the Growth Rate of Money Supply Poses a Threat to Bubble Activities
DOWNTREND IN THE GROWTH RATE OF MONEY SUPPLY POSES A THREAT TO BUBBLE ACTIVITIES The yearly growth rate of real gross domestic product eased to 1.9% in Q4 from 2% in the previous quarter. Using our large scale econometric model we can suggest that the yearly growth rate of GDP could fall to 1.7% by Q3 before bouncing to […]
2008 Revisited?
2008 Revisited? NEW YORK – The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global financial market turmoil is likely to be more serious than any period of volatility and […]
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy Winter of Discontent Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan resurfaced this week. We couldn’t recall the last time we’d heard from him. But, alas, the old fellow’s in desolate despair. Unexpectedly rising from the crypt: Alan Greenspan Photo credit: AP On Tuesday, for instance, he told Bloomberg he hasn’t been optimistic for “quite […]
The Market Has Lost Faith In Our Board, Bank Of International Settlements Laments
The Market Has Lost Faith In Our Board, Bank Of International Settlements Laments The BIS’ Claudio Borio was vindicated in January – and it was a long time coming. When last we checked in with Claudio, it was December and the bank’s Head of the Monetary and Economic Department was busy explaining what may befall […]
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence Could it be that America’s ruling classes, its Imperial state and the Federal Reserve, no longer rule their own destiny? America’s smug ruling classes are supremely confident: they feel no fear, no caution, and exhibit no prudence. I outlined the five ruling classes in America’s Nine Classes: The […]
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence Could it be that America’s ruling classes, its Imperial state and the Federal Reserve, no longer rule their own destiny? America’s smug ruling classes are supremely confident: they feel no fear, no caution, and exhibit no prudence. I outlined the five ruling classes in America’s Nine Classes: The […]
Whose QE Was it, Anyway?
Whose QE Was it, Anyway? Spanning a decade (2003-2013), QE0 was the most sustained and uninterrupted surge in central banks’ purchases of Treasuries on record. It is difficult to determine the extent to which the Fed’s QE1 during the crisis owed its success in bringing interest rates down to the fact that it was being […]
Essential history: ‘Forever debt’ Federal Reserve system invented to pay interest without ever ever ever repaying debt – definition of ‘Ponzi scheme’
Essential history: ‘Forever debt’ Federal Reserve system invented to pay interest without ever ever ever repaying debt – definition of ‘Ponzi scheme’ Posted on February 25, 2016 by Carl Herman Ponzi scheme: criminal fraud of paying existing “investors” only and always from new “investors.” Collapse occurs without new “investors” and/or existing “investors” panic to cash-in. The US Federal […]
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns Two days ago, the man who now signs your Federal Reserve notes threw cold water on hopes for a so-called “Shanghai Accord.” Over the past month or so, anticipation has built among market participants for some manner of coordinated policy response at this weekend’s G20 summit […]
Steen Jakobsen: The End Of The Debt Cycle
Steen Jakobsen: The End Of The Debt Cycle As transformational as the fall of the Berlin Wall As we’ve been watching closely, something is wrong with the big banks. Their shares have lost 25-33% of their market value since the beginning of the year. What’s going on? The turmoil seems greatest in Europe, where bank […]
Safes Sell Out In Japan, 1,000 Franc Note Demand Soars As NIRP Triggers Cash Hoarding
Safes Sell Out In Japan, 1,000 Franc Note Demand Soars As NIRP Triggers Cash Hoarding Negative rates may not have found their way to bank deposits in most locales (yet), but that doesn’t mean the public isn’t starting to see the writing on the wall. At first, NIRP was an anomaly. An obscure policy tool […]
The Fed’s Nightmare Scenario
The Fed’s Nightmare Scenario Operating under the mistaken belief that a modest dose of inflation is either a prerequisite for, or a by-product of, economic growth, the nation’s top economists have been assuring us for quite some time that inflation will stay very low until the currently mediocre economy finally catches fire. As a result, […]
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking”
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking” Anyone who believes that the global economy isn’t crashing must be delirious, according to David Stockman. The former director of the Office of Management and Budget argues that a rapidly deteriorating economic environment is going to send stocks and oil prices spiraling even […]
This Is What Happens To Gold When Citizens Lose Faith In Fiat Currency
This Is What Happens To Gold When Citizens Lose Faith In Fiat Currency It appears, first slowly and now quickly, the world is realizing that Alan Greenspan was right after all: “Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency. No fiat currency, including the dollar, can match it.” As Nick Laird exposes, gold […]
