Lowdown on Rate Hike
merkinvestments.com / Axel Merk, Merk Investments / September 16, 2015 Will she raise or will she not? As financial markets focus on whether we will see a Fed rate hike this week, investors may be in...
View ArticleGet Ready for QE4
caseyresearch.com / Justin Spittler / September 25, 2015 Emerging markets are in trouble… The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), which holds roughly 800 emerging-market stocks, is down 23% since...
View ArticleThe Reality Behind the Numbers in China’s Boom-Bust Economy
mises.org / Yonathan Amselem / OCTOBER 2, 2015 Last year, the world was stunned by an IMF report which found the Chinese economy larger and more productive than that of the United States, both in...
View ArticleThe Fed Just “Discovered” Another $2.7 TRILLION In Debt: “Quietly Boosted...
shtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / October 12th, 2015 The people of the United States, misled by its politicians, and plundered by its financial institutions, are swimming in so much debt that no one will...
View ArticleThe Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun
The biggest bank in the western world has just come out and declared that the global economy is “already in a recession”. According to British banking giant HSBC, global trade is down 8.4 percent so...
View ArticleFutures Surge As ECB Bankers Resort To Verbal Intervention, Suggest More QE...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 10/15/2015 06:56 -0400 After two consecutive days of miserable Chinese econ data, when first imports and exports, and then wholesale deflation disappointed for one...
View ArticleWho on Wall Street is Now Eating the Oil & Gas Losses?
wolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter / October 20, 2015 Banks, when reporting earnings, are saying a few choice things about their oil-and-gas loans, which boil down to this: it’s bloody out there in the...
View Article“Bank Failures and Systemic Breakdowns”: Regulator Warns on Autos, Subprime,...
wolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter / October 21, 2015 If you look at auto sales, which are flirting with all-time highs, and at commercial real-estate prices, which are way beyond all-time highs, and if...
View ArticleThis City Will Fine You Literally Anything: “Including Mismatching Drapes and...
In an age of economic stress, many cities and states – on the verge of bankruptcy or default – are abusing their powers to squeeze extra revenue out of their already struggling citizens. Petty laws...
View ArticleAnother Day Older and Deeper in Debt
goldsilverworlds.com / Gary Christenson / November 5, 2015 Debt overwhelms most people in debt based fiat currency economies (US, UK, Europe, and others).Credit cards, auto loans, student loans,...
View ArticleIMF Greenlights Addition Of Chinese Yuan To SDR Basket: Wall Street Responds
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 11/15/2015 08:53 While the world was following the tragic events unfolding on Friday night in France where hundreds of innocent civilians were killed or injured, an...
View ArticleAvery Goodman: Defaults on gold loans in China will increase, not reduce, demand
gata.org / CHRIS POWELL / November 24, 2015 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Securities lawyer and gold market analyst Avery Goodman has joined GATA consultant Koos Jansen in accusing the Reuters news...
View ArticleUnable to afford homes, Americans dive into subprime auto debt to purchase...
mybudget360.com / by mybudget360 / December 2, 2015 The word “subprime” was synonymous with the toxic loans that were made during the credit bubble. Some tend to think that those days are long gone...
View ArticleMexico Bracing for Massive Default That Could Set Off Global Debt Bomb:...
The debt avalanches. Once it accumulates enough mass, and momentum is not sufficient to stop its collapse, it overwhelms its host, and will come crashing down on the rest of the system, too. Across...
View ArticleBig Banks Caught Using Credit Default Swaps To Destroy Nations
bullionbullscanada.com / by Jeff Nielson / 08 December 2015 Back at the beginning of 2010; readers were presented with what was, at the time, merely a theory. The Big Bank crime syndicate was engaged...
View ArticleCredit Suisse Warns On China: “Some Companies Are Having To Borrow To Pay...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 12/10/2015 22:20 -0500 During October, the credit impulse in China rolled over and died. To be sure, the writing was on the wall before the data was released. Early...
View ArticleAustria — It Started the Collapse in Great Depression. Will It Do so Again?
armstrongeconomics.com / by Martin Armstrong / December 16, 2015 In 1931, the sovereign debt crisis and banking system collapse began in Austria with the failure of Credit Anstalt, which was partly...
View ArticleThere’s No Upside Left
charleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 The upside is ephemeral, illusory or wishful thinking; the downside is real and lasting. There’s no upside left–not just...
View ArticleBOJ Surprises, but Substance Minor
marctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / December 18, 2015 The Bank of Japan was the fourth major central bank to meet this week. Sweden and Norway kept policy unchanged. The Fed hiked. The BOJ was...
View ArticleThe Credit Crunch Is Back: Banks Scramble To Collateralize Loans To Record...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 12/27/2015 11:31 One of the biggest quandaries of this cycle for the US economy has been the amount and growth of commercial bank loans. Virtually non-existent for...
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