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The Bulletin: July 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: July 3-9, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. CO2 is Not Good for Your Health! – by Ugo Bardi Peak Shale Amid Maximum Pessimism Climate Change: An Unwelcome Future – Ecosophia Understanding the Electricity Grid: How It Works, Its Key […]
Banking Crisis, Stage Two
Banking Crisis, Stage Two I’m sure you recall the banking crisis of March to May 2023. It began with the collapse of the little-known Silvergate Bank on March 8. This was followed the next day by the collapse of the much larger Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 9. SVB had over $120 billion in […]
Even The Millionaires Are Fed Up
Even The Millionaires Are Fed Up How to speak to a hostile crowd Some weeks ago, I was sitting on stage with an economist from the World Trade Organisation and a banker from UBS. We were opening a small, one-day conference for the private aviation industry, and I had been invited to challenge the prevailing […]
Bank Failure: MAYBE nothing to see here this time.
Bank Failure: MAYBE nothing to see here this time. Regulators seized their first bank of the year on the same day that regulators are telling other regulators and financial institutions to ready themselves for possible trouble in the major financial clearing houses. (At least, same day in terms of when it hit the news.) Reminder: It was […]
Civil Liberties Supporters Sue Trudeau’s Government for Freezing Bank Accounts
Civil Liberties Supporters Sue Trudeau’s Government for Freezing Bank Accounts People are pushing back. Tired of censorship and surveillance? Defend free speech and individual liberty online. Push back against Big Tech and media gatekeepers. Subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Subscribe Twenty plaintiffs heavily embroiled in the 2022 Freedom Convoy, have initiated a legal battle against Prime Minister […]
The Rise Of Totalitarianism: Banks Denying Services Based On Political Views
The Rise Of Totalitarianism: Banks Denying Services Based On Political Views Then British Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a visit at Dover harbour, in Dover, Britain, on Aug. 12, 2020. (Matthew Childs/Reuters) When the Berlin Wall fell, I naively supposed that freedom was now secure, that never again would the spectre of totalitarianism […]
The US Banking System Is Sound?
The US Banking System Is Sound? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen keeps insisting that the banking system is “sound.” Is it though? Because it doesn’t look particularly sound. In fact, we just witnessed the second-largest US bank failure ever. Government regulators seized control of First Republic Bank over the weekend and sold the majority of the […]
Peter Schiff: Bank Bailouts Will Devalue the Dollar
Peter Schiff: Bank Bailouts Will Devalue the Dollar MARCH 28, 2023 BY SCHIFFGOLD 0 0 Peter Schiff appeared on NTD News to talk about the bank bailout and the March Federal Reserve meeting. During the conversation, Peter explained that everybody is going to pay for these bailouts because they will ultimately devalue the dollar as inflation skyrockets. During his press conference after […]
Is a full-blown global banking meltdown in the offing?
Is a full-blown global banking meltdown in the offing? If everything is fine, then why have US banks borrowed $153 billion at a punitive 4.75% against collateral at the discount window, a larger amount than in 2008/9? (Express Illustration) Financial crashes like revolutions are impossible until they are inevitable. They typically proceed in stages. Since […]
Unsound Banking: Why Most of the World’s Banks Are Headed for Collapse
Unsound Banking: Why Most of the World’s Banks Are Headed for Collapse You’re likely thinking that a discussion of “sound banking” will be a bit boring. Well, banking should be boring. And we’re sure officials at central banks all over the world today—many of whom have trouble sleeping—wish it were. This brief article will explain […]
Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: The Liquidity Crunch We Predicted Has Now Begun
Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: The Liquidity Crunch We Predicted Has Now Begun There has been an avalanche of information and numerous theories circulating the past few days about the fate of a bank in California know as SVB (Silicon Valley Bank). SVB was the 16th largest bank in the US until it abruptly failed and went […]
Iran, Russia integrate banking systems
Iran, Russia integrate banking systems 52 Iranian and 106 Russian banks integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems for trade and financial operations (Photo Credit : Atta Kenare/AFP) A top Iranian official announced on 30 January that Iran and Russia had integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems to help enhance trade and financial operations […]
As West, Debt & Stocks Implode, East Gold & Oil Will Explode
AS WEST, DEBT & STOCKS IMPLODE, EAST GOLD & OIL WILL EXPLODE “The risk of over-tightening by the European Central Bank is nothing less than catastrophic” says Prof Kenneth Rogoff . At Davos he also said: “Italy is extremely vulnerable. But this could pop anywhere. Global debt has gone up massively since the pandemic: public debt, […]
The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank.
The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank. Those who know Wall Street lore sometimes recall that Fed chairman William Miller—Paul Volcker’s immediate predecessor—joked that most Americans believed the Federal Reserve was either an Indian reservation, a wildlife preserve, or a brand of whiskey. The Fed, of course, is none of […]
A Banking Crisis Looms
General view of the Bank of England, in the financial district known as The City, in London on Aug. 2, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo) A Banking Crisis Looms My columns have turned rather apocalyptic of late, but for a valid reason. Just this week, we got confirmation that our financial system is, again, on the […]
