Authored by Daniel Lacalle, How can a a small rise in bond yields scare policymakers so much? Ned Davis Research estimates that a 2% yield in the US 10-year bond could lead the Nasdaq to fall 20%, and with it …
via wharton: The kinds of loose-to-nonexistent mortgage requirements leading up to the financial crisis are not exactly making a comeback. But today some loans are brushing up close to the post-crisis regulatory lines meant to prevent a repeat performance. That …
by Martin Armstrong BoJ Statement 4-24-2019 The Great Financial Unknown is now upon us. After 10 years of Quantitative Easing, the European Central Bank (ECB) in Europe owns 40% of the national debts in the EU and it can neither …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter US trade mixed, Eurozone stagnating, Japan on downtrend. But Latin America picks up some of the slack. World trade volume, which had been growing at a strong pace last year, peaking at 5.6% year-over-year growth in …
by DCG Maybe it’s not so much what demorats can DO for a city..it’s what they CAN’T do to solve problems. Because if taxpayer money solved the problem, it would have been solved decades ago. See also: Seattle is Dying DCG …
By Irina Slav The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada are the culprits behind the continuing problems of the country’s oil industry, which have now swelled to the size of a full-blown crisis, according to the …
via fee.org: A generation ago, the national debt stood at just a smidgen over USD $4 trillion and a young presidential candidate named Bill Clinton was discussing a great plan he had to have it entirely paid off by now. Oops. …
The Morgan Report, Released on 4/19/19 David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for …
by Martin Armstrong The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, is objecting to France’s desired changes to the EU budget. France wants aid with the inclusion of the objective to “stabilize” the economies within the Eurozone, whereby the Netherlands wants all …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Extreme levels of debt and overvaluation characterize the entire global economy, and are not limited to any one nation or sector. Financial crises come in two flavors: fraud and credit-valuation over-reach.Fraud-based financial crises may differ in particulars, …
via yahoo: Solutions to help alleviate America’s crippling student debt crisis have taken a prime position amongst the Democratic candidates vying for the White House in 2020. As they should because the numbers around the student loan crisis are disturbing. Just …
by Martin Armstrong The Treasury and Finance Ministry of Turkey announced that the country’s net external debt stock totaled $286.2 billion going into the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018. The country’s net external debt stock to its gross domestic …
by Charles Hugh-Smith There are no extreme “fixes” to secular declines in sales, profits, employment, tax revenues and asset prices. The saying “never let a crisis go to waste” embodies several truths worth pondering as the stock market nears new …
BY JOHN RUBINO Jim Rogers: “The coming financial crisis will be the worst in our lifetime” … James Rickards: Prepare now for the aftermath … Martin Armstrong on “the coming economic reset” … RT: Recession looms as subprime borrowers default …
If the Federal Reserve has been around for over 100 years, they have intervened in every crisis, manipulated and distorted, why is this time somehow different and they will prevent a crash? We are currently witnessing what will most likely …
via theguardian: entral banks are running the risk of a severe financial crisis through policies aimed at boosting short-term economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its half-yearly global financial stability report, the IMF said the removal of the …
By Global Risk Insights South Africa is facing an energy crisis. The once distinguished national public energy provider, Eskom, has been driven to the point of collapse by “years of corruption, incompetence and political meddling”. Under the Presidency of Jacob …
This article was written by Mac Slavo and originally published at SHTFplan.com American consumers continue to spend money they don’t have by borrowing it. As the problems in the economy compound, the rising levels of consumer credit card debt could make …
via fxstreet: Key highlights: • 2020 unchanged at 3.6%. • Says risks to the downside based on Brexit and US-China talks. • Says growth will stabilize in the first half of 2019, sees gradual recovery afterwards. • Sees global trade volume up 3.4% …
by Adam Taggart “We are on the precipice of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of the world. And that makes perfect sense because, first of all, we have the largest elderly population in the history of the world. …
by Michael Snyder As a society we appear to be really dropping the ball, because the numbers indicate that American boys are deeply struggling in just about every area. Many professionals are pointing to a “crisis of fatherhood” as one …
by SambaBrazilian For interest rates the yield curve will steepen (short term rates falling) and stocks will fall. Those 2 together would be my leading indicators of recession. Banks are generally a bit more robust than in 2007 but there …
by Thinker For every politician and negative voice calling the crisis on the border a hoax, you are a liar, who only seeks to divide and keep hate alive. When was the last time Americans saw and heard from the …
via publicfinanceinternational: Urgent action is being demanded to tackle a growing debt crisis among poor countries, whose foreign debt payments soared by 85% between 2010 and 2018. The Jubilee Debt Campaign says debts in the developing world are now at their …
Don’t believe what the Democrats and the mainstream media are telling you when they say there is no crisis on the Southern U.S. border. That’s a huge lie, and the numbers speak for themselves. There was more than 100,000 apprehensions …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: As of today, Basel III comes in effect. Rumour goes that in a couple of months, there will be a lot of turmoil on the market and it would be the start of the implementation of an …
by Michael Snyder An absolutely devastating disease is wiping out herds of pigs all over Asia, and most people in the western world don’t even realize what is happening. Since it was first detected last August, there have been 116 …
via CNBC: Policy experts, economists, business people and teachers are debating the extent to which personal finance education can turn around the fact that so many Americans are one emergency away from financial disaster. At the same time, the ways …
