via yaleclimateconnections: Rising seas, bigger floods, and other increasing climate hazards have created a dangerous instability in the U.S. financial system. Homes constructed in flood plains, storm surge zones, regions with declining water availability, and the wildfire-prone West are overvalued …
Pelosi’s dangerous gamble. CARLOS LATUFF/GLOBAL TIMES This is a very dangerous situation. The relationship has lost all predictability. Where previously the US-China relationship was based on a well-established and deep mutual understanding and respect for each other’s position, now there …
What exactly is going on with the oil industry, the petrodollar, Russia, China, and the U.S.? Professor and economy expert David Buckner joins Glenn to break it all down. He explains how current oil sanctions have caused massive, market instability …
With the chaos in Eastern Europe stealing the attention on news networks all day, the S&P 500 gapped into official correction territory this morning, went green, then collapsed. That is a huge warning sign for anyone willing to pay attention. …
Kevin Wadsworth on Palisades Gold Radio Kevin discusses the 100-year chart of the US Producer Price Index. This index is near historic lows in a long-term channel. The trend now appears to be higher. These periods of high PPI are usually tumultuous …
Chris Puplava, Chief Investment Officer for Financial Sense Wealth Management, covers the economic outlook and a wide range of leading indicators for the official CPI inflation indicator. Chris discusses what this likely means for monetary policy, emerging market risks, and …
By David Stockman This kind of volatility especially at the shortest maturity suggests limited and temporary capacity for spare liquidity. It is the result of a titanic struggle to maintain control. The PBOC has had better success at term, but …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Crackdown on lending shenanigans and bank misconduct plus an onslaught of new condos at worst possible time worry the RBA. The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept its policy rate at the historic low of 1.5% …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Liquidity issues at bond mutual funds could result in wider contagion and affect other parts of the financial system and the macro economy.” Bond investors go for different risks and returns. There is buy-low-sell-high, unless things …
by ReadMurrayBookchin I compiled a list of some of the places where we could see the beginnings of a global financial crisis. I don’t know very much about developing markets so I’m sure there is much more out there. North …
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Keep an eye on the system’s buffers. They look fine until they suddenly collapse. The doom-and-gloomers among us who have been predicting the unraveling of an inherently unstable financial system appear to …
By Ruby Henley The Massachusetts House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would give judges the power to seize weapons from individuals reported as a danger to themselves or others. It would allow family members, roommates, current and former …