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There’s More to China’s U.S. Debt-Dumping Rush Than Meets the Eye
There’s More to China’s U.S. Debt-Dumping Rush Than Meets the Eye Unprintable Alternative to Debt, De-Dollarization, Not Just China, Leaving the West for the East “Gold is money. Everything else is credit.” ~ J. P. Morgan Earlier this week, I told you how China has accelerated its de-dollarization efforts with rapid-fire sales of U.S. debt. The country […]
China Just Dumped the Largest Amount of U.S. Debt in History
China Just Dumped the Largest Amount of U.S. Debt in History Dropping It Like a Hot Potato, the Lowest level of U.S. Debt Ownership in Decades, Not Just a “China-Leaning” Countries Problem At this point, the government is completely and totally bankrupt. It’s like Wile E. Coyote that’s walked off a cliff, but doesn’t really […]
Is China Dumping US Treasuries and Buying Gold? Bloomberg Says Yes, Pettis Uncertain
Is China Dumping US Treasuries and Buying Gold? Bloomberg Says Yes, Pettis Uncertain Bloomberg reported that China is selling a record amount of US debt while buying gold. Previous reports of debt selling were false. Let’s check in with Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets for another opinion. China Sells Record Sum of US Debt […]
If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You’re Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t
If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You’re Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t Almost as if all of us Austrian Economists (read: any carbon based life form using common sense when it comes to finance) live in an echo chamber together, a third expert I respect came out over the last few days and has warned that 5% on […]
Weekly Commentary: Dangerous Addiction
Weekly Commentary: Dangerous Addiction July 20 – Reuters (Karen Pierog): “Risk-off sentiment that drove Monday’s sell-off on Wall Street and rally in U.S. Treasuries widened credit spreads on corporate bonds to multi-month highs. The spread on the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index, a commonly used benchmark for the junk bond market, spiked from 318 […]
Weekly Commentary: Under Fire
Weekly Commentary: Under Fire The week had an ominous feel. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped another seven bps to 1.29% – completely disregarding much stronger-than-expected reports on consumer and producer prices. German bund yields fell another six bps to a three-month low negative 0.35%. Equities were down for the week in Europe, but the notable equities […]
Fed Drains $485 Billion in Liquidity from Market via Reverse Repos, Undoing 4 Months of QE, Even as QE Continues, Total Assets Near $8 Trillion
Fed Drains $485 Billion in Liquidity from Market via Reverse Repos, Undoing 4 Months of QE, Even as QE Continues, Total Assets Near $8 Trillion It’s a crazy situation the Fed backed into as tsunami of liquidity goes haywire, banking system strains under $4 trillion in reserves, and General Treasury Account gets drawn down. This […]
US Facing Mounting Debt Amid Global Pandemic – ABC
US Facing Mounting Debt Amid Global Pandemic – ABC Good interview with Professor Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley, a good friend of GMM, and odds on favorite to be a Nobel laureate one day. We agree with him that now is not the time to worry about the public debt as we are already down this rabbit hole and […]
Fed Launches Repo Facility To Provide Dollars To Foreign Central Bank
Fed Launches Repo Facility To Provide Dollars To Foreign Central Bank With US dealers no longer using the Fed’s repo facilities (this morning we had another “no bid” overnight repo with just $250MM in MBS submitted for a $500 billion op) as the Fed soaks up all securities via its aggressive QE which is still […]
Recession “Tipping Point” Triggered: 10Y Yield Crashes Below 1.40%; Countdown To 0% Rates Begins
Recession “Tipping Point” Triggered: 10Y Yield Crashes Below 1.40%; Countdown To 0% Rates Begins Last night, when the implied 10Y yield (Japan was closed) dropped to just 1 basis point above 1.40%, we said that we are literally this close from BofA’s “tipping point” for the 10Y Treasury, below which a recession is virtually assured according […]
Is Powell Playing Fed Games?
Is Powell Playing Fed Games? The Federal Reserve will be adding assets to its balance sheet again, but Powell insists it’s not “quantitative easing” The Federal Reserve will be adding assets to its balance sheet again, but Powell insists it’s not “quantitative easing”James GorrieWRITEROctober 10, 2019 Updated: October 10, 2019Share Apparently, the “repo market” purchases by […]
“Panic At The Repo”: One Of The World’s Top Repo Experts Explains What Really Happened
“Panic At The Repo”: One Of The World’s Top Repo Experts Explains What Really Happened Panic At The Repo As a professional trader, I keep an eye out for the next panic or market crisis. Since the beginning of my career, there was a crash or panic every few years in one market or another. […]
Japanese Bond Crash, Margin Call Sends Shockwaves Around The Globe
Japanese Bond Crash, Margin Call Sends Shockwaves Around The Globe For a dramatic preview of what will happen in a flash to all those record low interest rates without the backstop of central banks and ravenous pension fund, look no further than what happened in Japan overnight, where bond futures suffered the biggest one-day crash […]
David Rosenberg: “These Are Truly Historic And Dangerous Times”
David Rosenberg: “These Are Truly Historic And Dangerous Times” We are living in dangerous times. Mostly, everyone I speak to lives in the here and now. They seem more interested in telling people how crazy cheap the stock market is and how crazy expensive the Treasury market is, rather than trying to look at the […]
