Not Bullish: Equity vol and cdx na ig starting to turn up, no pickup in China’s credit creation YoY, consumer hitting a wall…

Negative-Yielding Bonds Top $9 Trillion as Growth Worries Return

Bloomberg–12 hours ago
The Federal Reserve has put rate hikes on hold and signaled it may phase out the run-off of its bond portfolio by year-end. The European Central Bank has put …

ECB Near End of Road Seeks Government Backup to Help Economy

Bloomberg–4 hours ago
Self-imposed rules on asset purchases mean little room to restart QE, and concern over the side effects of negative interest rates makes further cuts unlikely.
nk" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bank of Japan’s Never-Ending Crisis Is a Lessons to the World’s …
Bloomberg–15 hours ago
Central bankers searching for options to fight the next downturn should look to Japan, where policy makers are gathering for a regular review of the world’s most …

Why Japan’s Massive Stimulus Still Isn’t Enough

Bloomberg–11 hours ago
Sibling central banks have eased either in words, with the Federal Reserve’s“patience” pledge, or in action, with the European Central Bank’s expanded use of …

Why Central Banks Like Canada’s Are Finding It Hard to Navigate Home

Bloomberg–3 hours ago
… cycle’s immediate future looks increasingly uncertain amid a global slowdown. Like the Federal Reserve, it’s essentially on hold, waiting to see what happens.

A fifth of Americans say they have zero savings

SFGate–10 hours ago
… survey citing debt as a reason they can’t save. From car loans to tuition, Americans have increasingly struggled to make payments on the country’s $4 trillion of …

Argentina’s new trillion-peso risk: mounting ‘Leliq’ debt

Reuters–20 hours ago
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina has a new debt worry. … The central bank auctioned around 200 billion pesos in Leliq notes on Wednesday at a …

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