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Extend-and-Pretend Caused Bankruptcies to Plunge in Germany, France, Spain. Now Central Banks Tell Banks to Prepare for Bankruptcy Surge
Extend-and-Pretend Caused Bankruptcies to Plunge in Germany, France, Spain. Now Central Banks Tell Banks to Prepare for Bankruptcy Surge The “second wave,” if prolonged, could cause bad loans to almost triple, to €1.4 trillion, says the ECB. German banks need to prepare themselves for a sharp spike in corporate bankruptcies early next year, the Bundesbank […]
Bundesbank warns of Coming Pension Crisis
Bundesbank warns of Coming Pension Crisis The Bundesbank has come out warning that there is a German pension crisis. They have proposed that states raise the pension tax and that they should gradually increase the retirement age because the life expectancy in the future has risen. Central Bank President, Jens Weidmann, has stated that he is generally in […]
“Cash Must Not Be Made the Scapegoat”
“Cash Must Not Be Made the Scapegoat” In the War on Cash, a rare defense of physical money by an ECB Board Member. The proposed EU-wide cash restrictions could come into effect as early as this year. But defenders of physical cash have an unexpected ally in their struggle: Yves Mersch, a member of the […]
As Petro-Yuan Looms, Bundesbank Adds Renminbi To Currency Reserves
As Petro-Yuan Looms, Bundesbank Adds Renminbi To Currency Reserves Just days after China’s (denied) threat to slow/stop buying US Treasuries, and just days before the launch of China’s petro-yuan futures contract, Germany’s central bank confirmed it would include China’s Renminbi in its reserves. The FT reports that Andreas Dombret, a member of Deutsche Bundesbank’s executive […]
“We Cannot Afford another Draghi”: Germany Attacks ECB
“We Cannot Afford another Draghi”: Germany Attacks ECB Negative interest rates, helicopter money trigger Clash of Titans. Relations between the government of Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, and Europe’s most powerful financial institution, the European Central Bank, have soured to the point of curdling. The latest volley of barbed remarks came from Germany’s dour Finance Minister […]
“Freedom Always Dies Bit by Bit”: Bundesbank Takes Sides in War on Cash
“Freedom Always Dies Bit by Bit”: Bundesbank Takes Sides in War on Cash “Citizens should not be put under general suspicion.” There are two sides in the global war against cash. On one side are many of the world’s governments, central banks, fintech firms, banks, credit card companies, telecommunication behemoths, financial institutions, large retailers, etc. According […]
“Freedom Always Dies Bit by Bit”: Bundesbank Takes Sides in War on Cash
“Freedom Always Dies Bit by Bit”: Bundesbank Takes Sides in War on Cash “Citizens should not be put under general suspicion.” There are two sides in the global war against cash. On one side are many of the world’s governments, central banks, fintech firms, banks, credit card companies, telecommunication behemoths, financial institutions, large retailers, etc. According […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 2
We Know How This Ends, Part 2 In March 1969, while Buba was busy in the quicksand of its swaps and forward dollar interventions, Netherlands Bank (the Dutch central bank) had instructed commercial banks in Holland to pull back funds from the eurodollar market in order to bring up their liquidity positions which had dwindled […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 1
We Know How This Ends, Part 1 The finance ministers and representatives of central banks from the world’s ten largest “capitalist” economies gathered in Bonn, West Germany on November 20, 1968. The global financial system was then enthralled by a third major currency crisis of the past year or so and there was great angst […]
Get Used to Selloffs, Central Bankers Say as They Fret about the Terrifying Moment When Liquidity Evaporates
Get Used to Selloffs, Central Bankers Say as They Fret about the Terrifying Moment When Liquidity Evaporates Axel Weber, president of the Bundesbank and member of the ECB’s Governing Council until he quit both in 2011 to protest the ECB’s bond purchases, quickly landed a new gig: chairman of UBS. WHIRR went the revolving door. From this […]
