Based on a number of metrics, banks’ overall lending willingness is in contraction, and resembles what tends to happen leading into recessions.

pic.twitter.com/6S81mj7XER — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) December 8, 2022 https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1600938685876572161 Nearly 70% of Americans struggling to pay grocery bills, per Fox Business News. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 9, 2022 The APR on the average credit card just hit a record 19.40% …

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The $2.5 quadrillion in derivatives held by the banks that will cause the financial system to collapse first. “It has already started to crack– It cannot be stopped,” a Mossad source says

The $2.5 quadrillion in derivatives held by the banks that will cause the financial system to collapse first. “It has already started to crack– It cannot be stopped,” a Mossad source says The Unavoidable Crash After years of ultra-loose fiscal, monetary, …

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Banks Are Bigger Versions of FTX

Francis Hunt with Patrick V. on Silver Bullion TV SBTV (https://www.silverbullion.com.sg/SBTV) spoke with Francis Hunt, founder of The Market Sniper, about the world gravitating toward virtual assets and the counterparty risks that come with it. Just as the FTX collapse rocked the crypto world, …

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The Era of All-Powerful Central Banks Is Over

by Charles Hugh-Smith Central bank gaming of Finance is the source of instability. The era of all-powerful central banks is over for a simple reason: they failed: they failed their citizens, their nations, and they failed the world. Their policies have …

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Global central banks bought a record amount of gold in Q3. They keep saying gold is not important while they themselves are buying gold as if there is no tomorrow

by silvertomars “Record central bank buying lifts global gold demand, WGC says” https://www.investing.com/news/economy/record-central-bank-buying-lifts-global-gold-demand-wgc-says-2927413 🇺🇸 BlackRock || on the Fed 🔹 We see the Fed ultimately living with higher inflation as it sees the effect of its rate hikes on growth …

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If Powell tightens into a crisis, he can then pivot & safely (for him) do what central banks have always done. And most mkt participants will beg him to do it. If he pivots before a crisis & inflation accelerates, he (and Fed) are done. And he knows it.

If Powell tightens into a crisis, he can then pivot & safely (for him) do what central banks have always done. And most mkt participants will beg him to do it. If he pivots before a crisis & inflation accelerates, …

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