We’ve used a simple trick to keep the status quo from imploding for the past 11 years: borrow whatever it takes to keep paying the skyrocketing costs for housing, healthcare, college, childcare, government, permanent wars and so on. The trick has…
It is an unmistakable indication that the Fed is prepared to squeeze out what little is left of the free market forces in the debt market space
Foreign USTreasury Bond dumping continues, and even accelerates. China and the Saudis are selling USTreasurys in a near panic. Foreign central banks liquidated a record $375 billion in USGovt debt in the last 12 months. An American disaster lies in…
Donald J. Trump has STUNNED the world. Will Cuffs and Nooses Be Next? The media and political establishment are SHELL-SHOCKED As Globalism Has Been Set Back 50 Years! When the results came in, Dow futures collapsed LIMIT DOWN and gold skyrocketed. But…
Donald J. Trump has STUNNED the world. Will Cuffs and Nooses Be Next? The media and political establishment are SHELL-SHOCKED As Globalism Has Been Set Back 50 Years! When the results came in, Dow futures collapsed LIMIT DOWN and gold skyrocketed. But…
This week, I’ve noted that Consumer Prices Have Soared 160% Since 2001 while under-the-radar declines in value, quantity and quality are forms of Inflation Hidden in Plain Sight. What would happen if the real rate of inflation was revealed? The entire status…
It is now painfully obvious that Ben Bernanke blew it big-time by not raising rates three years ago when the economy and markets enjoyed tailwinds. The former Federal Reserve chairperson, who has claimed the mantle of savior of the global…
History has shifted, and we’re leaving the era of central bank convergence and entering the era of central bank divergence, i.e. open conflict. In the good old days circa 2009-2014, central banks acted in concert to flood the global banking…
‘A recent report issued to the Bank of England has revealed that the actions of George Osborne may be about to trigger a financial crisis greater than 2007, and once again, it will start in the housing market. The Chancellor has been aware for some time, that there has been a bubble in the […]
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‘So what exactly happened last Thursday? The markets (including the dollar) crashed …and this was not supposed to happen? It’s actually quite easy to understand if you see what they did was “only a test” … Do you understand what I mean when I say a “test”? I will explain shortly but first, the Fed […]
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A great many insightful commentators have made the case for why the Fed shouldn’t raise rates this month–or indeed, any other month. The basic idea is that the Fed blew it by waiting until the economy is weakening to raise…
One result of the global dependence on central bank interventions is a unhealthy fixation on the slightest changes in those interventions, oops I meant policies. Since the slightest pull-back in central bank inflation of asset bubbles could spell doom for the…
‘After the president of the United States, the most powerful person on the planet is the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ask almost anyone on the street for the name of the U.S. president, and you’ll get a quick answer. But if you ask the same person what the Federal Reserve is, you’ll likely get […]
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Many commentators have ably explained the double-bind the central banks of the world find themselves in. Doing more of what’s failed is, well, failing to generate the desired results, but doing nothing also presents risks. China’s double-bind is especially instructive.…
There are many reasons for global markets to melt down, but one that doesn’t get enough attention is the strong dollar. In effect, global markets are telling the Federal Reserve: don’t raise rates–the strong dollar is killing us. Here’s the…