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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Mortgage rates are on the rise even though the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates once again recently. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.78% during the week ending October … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Commerzbank AG is intensifying efforts to charge clients for keeping deposits at the lender to ease the pain of negative interest rates. Germany’s second-biggest publicly listed bank has … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It’s not always in the states with the highest home prices. The mortgage interest rate that a homebuyer faces and the mortgage fees, such as “points” … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Christine Lagarde said back in August that the European Central Bank still had room to cut rates if needed. However, she added that this could pose a … Read more
Buybacks are the mechanism that connects QE to the market. ZIRP and QE lower financing costs for large corps giving them more money for buybacks, especially financials who gain because … Read more
by Natura Naturans As birthrates fall, countries will be forced to adapt or fall behind. By Andre Tartar, Hannah Recht, and Yue Qiu At least two children per woman—that’s what’s … Read more
As birthrates fall, countries will be forced to adapt or fall behind. By Andre Tartar, Hannah Recht, and Yue Qiu At least two children per woman—that’s what’s needed to ensure … Read more
Photo by Flickr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group As expected, the Federal Reserve cut rates a quarter point on Wednesday. CNBC reported on the specifics, saying, “In a vote widely anticipated by financial … Read more
[COPENHAGEN] After more than seven years of negative rates, some of Denmark’s biggest banks are resorting to uncharted territory in order to cope with the extreme monetary regime. At Sydbank … Read more
Currency wars and Beggar Thy Neighbor as the US tries to prevent the Dollar from continuing to rally relative to other fiat currencies as evidenced on the Dollar Index and … Read more
Josh Sigurdson talks with Tim Picciott of The Liberty Advisor about the desperate move by the Federal Reserve to constantly cut interest rates despite saying time and time again … Read more
By Harry Dent The only Phd economist I allow to speak each year at the Irrational Economic Summit is Dr. Lacy Hunt. (You can watch his presentation from this year’s conference here.) … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz “BREXIT, is in the last innings, UK will get out” – This is how Egon von Greyerz starts the interview with Eric King of King World News. … Read more
by Patrick V. with Danielle DilMartino Booth via SBTV SBTV’s latest guest Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, does not see the Federal Reserve wading into negative interest … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Does that mean that we have bad markets?” This still doesn’t show who or what triggered the fire in the repo market in mid-September when overnight … Read more
They’re supposed to do this to pull an economy out of crisis yet we’re being told that everything is awesome?! Something is not right here. For those willing to connect … Read more