Consumer credit, Employment

by WARREN MOSLER Highlights Consumer credit growth slowed more than expected to just $10.9 billion in September, below Econoday’s consensus range and less than half of the upwardly revised $22.9 billion August increase. Growth slowed in nonrevolving credit, which rose …

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The Big Short – Credit Swaps

Dr. Michael Burry bets against the then iron clad housing market by having multiple banks create credit swaps and then selling mortgage backed securities short. Straight come up.

Some companies might be rated junk already if not for leniency from credit raters

by COMPUTER1313 April 25, 2018: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-25/a-3-trillion-credit-market-has-corporate-bond-investors-on-edge The high-grade bond market in the U.S. already has the lowest credit quality mix since the 1980s, according to CreditSights, and there are signs investors are getting nervous. A Bloomberg Barclays gauge of average corporate …

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Chinese Credit Collapse Is Imminent

BY JOHN MAULDIN Many good things are happening in China. Businesses are prospering. Living standards rise. The country’s interior is still quite poor but life is improving. This progress is welcome news. The problem is how China is financing it. The …

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