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Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates
Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates “Let me assure you, if the revenue environment weakens or interest-rate structures don’t move up and the economy slows down, we’ll have to take out more costs,” Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said on Thursday at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference. And that […]
Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem”
Exorbitant Privilege: “The Dollar is Our Currency but Your Problem” The Global Monetary Architecture: Change is on the Horizon There is no better way to descibe the international monetary system today than through the statement made in 1971 by U.S. Treasury Secretary, John Connally. He said to his counterparts during a Rome G-10 meeting in […]
Why the Federal Reserve should be audited
Why the Federal Reserve should be audited Janet Yellen and Ben BernankePhoto: AP (2) It is time for a comprehensive audit of Janet Yellen ’s Federal Reserve — and not just for the reasons presidential candidate Rand Paul and others have given. The Fed needs to be audited to see if its ruling body has broken […]
The Fed Is Bluffing
The Fed Is Bluffing Interest Rates Won’t Rise in 2015 The Janet Yellen Fed will not raise interest rates in any meaningful way anytime soon. Instead, she will announce new QE programs. On Wednesday, red was showing up just about everywhere – U.S. stocks, European stocks, Asian stocks, emerging markets stocks, crude oil… but it […]
Will the Fed Hesitate? “Everything is Too Vulnerable” for Rate Change, Says Ron Paul
Will the Fed Hesitate? “Everything is Too Vulnerable” for Rate Change, Says Ron Paul The system is teetering on edge, and nearly everyone in the financial sector is waiting for one decision – will the Fed finally raise rates? Ron Paul has made a bold prediction that the Federal Reserve likely will NOT raise interest […]
Exposing the false prophets of social transformation
Exposing the false prophets of social transformation A growing group of elite storytellers present radical solutions to global problems, but their ideas actually inhibit real change and strengthen the status quo. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market. Credit: http://www.sustainablebrands.com. All rights reserved. The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was a shock for many people. For a […]
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis Continued risks to a U.S. and Canadian economic recovery keep us guessing about interest rates If everyone is so confident interest rates are going to go up in the autumn, why doesn’t U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen just say they are going to go up in […]
The Big Bad Bear Case
The Big Bad Bear Case My aim with this article is to outline, with facts, large global structural issues that I believe everyone, bulls and bears alike, should be fully aware of. While some of this discussion may rattle the cage a bit you will hopefully find this article well researched and informative. Recently I’ve outlined […]
In A World Of Artificial Liquidity – Cash Is King
In A World Of Artificial Liquidity – Cash Is King And you’d better have some stashed out of the system Global central banks are afraid. Before Greece tried to stand up to the Troika, they were merely worried. Now it’s clear that no matter what they tell themselves and the world about the necessity or […]
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes
“Calm Reigns” Everywhere As Greece Inches Closer To Default, China Crashes In what is perhaps the most glaring instance of central bank intervention yet,Reuters today captured the market mood as follows: “Calm ruled Europe’s stock and currency markets on Friday as Greece inched closer to a default later this month….the euro was down just 0.3 percent […]
Fed chair Yellen tells Canadian homeowners to watch out: Don Pittis
Fed chair Yellen tells Canadian homeowners to watch out: Don Pittis Your mortgage rates are going up, and U.S. Fed chair is pretty specific on how much The financial analysts think they have it figured out. After listening to U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s speech and her wily answers to questions from reporters, the consensus seems […]
Today Financial Journalism Suffered An Epic Failure
Today Financial Journalism Suffered An Epic Failure Earlier today we reported about a very sad development for the freedom of speech, or at least the illusion thereof, when one of, if not the best, critical Federal Reserve reporter in the mainstream media, WSJ’s Pedro da Costa founds he was no longer “invited” to the Fed’s quarterly press […]
Janet Yellen’s clout today is especially hefty: Don Pittis
Janet Yellen’s clout today is especially hefty: Don Pittis The sense that change is afoot lends power to the U.S. central banker’s words If you live in a cave and survive on nuts, berries and the odd roasted squirrel, what U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen says today won’t make much difference to your life. At least not right […]
Oops! Philly Fed Admits QE widens inequality
Oops! Philly Fed Admits QE widens inequality Once again, the Federal Reserve proves that it’s the last one to know everything that we knew already. Today’s stunning announcement: The Philadelphia Fed admits they (“may have”) made the wealthy wealthier and Main Street poorer. Oops. Sorry America. The Philly Fed insists that “redistributing wealth” to the wealthy isn’t the main […]
The Punch Bowl Stays And The Bubble Keeps Inflating
The Punch Bowl Stays And The Bubble Keeps Inflating It is well known that I don’t think much of the ability of government officials to correctly forecast much of anything. Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke have made famously clueless predictions with respect to stock and housing bubbles, and rank and file Fed economists have consistently overestimated […]
