NIRP is systematically rotting out basic brain functionality.

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Amid rampant market expectations of another and even bigger and grander round of QE by the ECB, which would also be buying corporate bonds and old bicycles, the total amount of bonds with negative yields has risen to nearly $13 trillion, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The perversion of … Read more

“Orders” of Heavy Trucks Collapsed by 70% but “Sales” Rose to Highest Level Since 2006: There’s a Lag. And Sales Are Next

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Now there is this phenomenon: Orders for Class 8 trucks – the heavy trucks that move a big part of the goods across the US – have collapsed by about 70% in May and June compared to a year earlier, to just over 10,000 truck-orders per month, the lowest in years. But sales of Class 8 trucks … Read more

China’s Losing Control Of Its Crushing Debt Load As Defaults And Missed Payments Skyrocket

via Zerohedge: China’s economic slowdown and heavy debt load is affecting everybody in the country – even it’s “jewelry queen”, Zhou Xiaoguang, according to the Wall Street Journal. Zhou, who went from selling trinkets on city streets to taking a seat in China’s parliament and becoming Ernst & Young‘s “Entrepreneur of the Year” was faced with the reality of being … Read more

All Quiet On The Debt Front Prior FOMC Meeting

by confoundedinterest Yes, and the woman going for a night swim in the film “Jaws” felt perfectly safe too. Until the music started. SIFMA has an excellent chart documenting the explosion of debt issuance since 1998 that   amped-up with The Fed’s intervention in 2008. Despite the massive growth of long-term debt (with correspond high duration risk), the … Read more

On Deutsche Bank’s News, Every Major Wall Street Bank Closed in the Red

via wallstreetonparade: As of early this morning, Deutsche Bank’s restructuring plan is looking a lot like the lifeboat plan for the Titanic. Research analysts have expressed skepticism that the plan will work and the bank’s stock performance is backing up that assessment. In overnight trading in Frankfurt, the stock had cumulatively lost 10 percent of its … Read more

US Treasury Could Run Out of Cash Sooner than Expected

via wallstreetexaminer: It’s starting. Headlines are swirling that the US Treasury could run out of cash sooner than originally forecast. The Wall Street Journal featured a report today. Liquidity moves markets! Follow the money. Find the profits!  Debt Limit Deadline Accelerates, Research Group Finds, Raising Pressure on Congress Its sister publication, Marketwatch said yesterday, “The U.S. … Read more

The disturbing truth about Clinton, Trump & Epstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bbyQU0IXD0 Federal prosecutors are asking anyone who’s flown on billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet, “the Lolita Express.” These include US Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump and a slew celebrities and renowned media figures. Then Ring of Fire Radio and Trial Lawyer Magazine editor Farron Cousins shares his expertise.  

This may be the ‘single easiest’ way to slash your bills — but Americans too often don’t do it

Via Marketwatch This will eat into your bank account. Many Americans have fallen in love with eating out: Restaurant industry sales in the U.S. are expected to hit a record high this year at $863 billion, according to 2019 data from the National Restaurant Association. The average American household now spends nearly $3,400 a year eating … Read more