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Via The Market Once again, the expedition to go back to normal has been postponed. After the big market scare at the end of 2018, central banks have abolished their … Read more
via CNBC: One long-lasting impact from the crisis — caused in part by irresponsible bank behavior — is suppressed interest rates, Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo wrote. “It’s absolutely a … Read more
by Shaun Richards Today brings this subject to mind and let me open with the state of play in Switzerland. The Swiss National Bank is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy, … Read more
Another month passes and another month of declines. Here we are watching the slow and steady fall. It’s not exciting because it’s expected. As I mention in the video towards … Read more
via upfina: The MBA mortgage applications index in the week of March 29th was very strong mostly because of the growth in refinancing due to the drop in interest rates. The composite … Read more
by Tom McClellan VIX futures contracts have only been a thing since March 2004, and they were not a big thing when they first started. In more recent years, they have … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The stock market has been rising relentlessly since Christmas, riding on a crest of increasingly bearish economic reports. Maybe the hedge fund algos are anticipating that … Read more
by Jesse Colombo Business Insider published a piece on April 1st about plans to build Western Europe’s tallest skyscraper…in a small, rural Danish town with just 7,000 residents. After I posted it … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Why the Fed’s policy shift is good for gold, … Read more
Economists tend to think of central-bank interest rates purely in terms of their effect on macroeconomic benchmarks such as inflation, output and unemployment. The Federal Reserve’s dual mandate, for instance, directs … Read more
I have been wrong at least as many times as I have been right when it comes to predicting the stock market… but I think this is interesting and hard … Read more
via sputniknews: On today’s episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com about negative interest rates on the horizon. video.img.ria.ru/Out/MP3/20190312/2019_03_12_DOUBLEDOWN155110319_sgwsvte3.to0.mp3 In a seemingly coordinated … Read more
by Simon Black Europe’s leading economic policy makers have officially thrown in the towel. Last week, the European Central Bank admitted economic conditions are so dire that it already has to reverse its … Read more
by David Haggith In my first Premium Post back in January, “2019 Economic Headwinds Look Like Storm of the Century,” I laid out sixteen major headwinds that would be howling against … Read more
by John Rubino Chris Martenson: “Ben Bernanke is the father of both Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” … Bethany McLean on the fraud that is fracking … Michael Pento: Falling … Read more
by Simon Black It’s not enough to hand over your money to the government anymore. Now you have to pay them for the privilege to do so. That’s the basic premise … Read more