Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Then there’s the sinkhole of $1.5 trillion in MBS and $617 billion in Treasuries that mature in over 10 years. In March, the Fed shed $34 billion in assets, according to the Fed’s balance sheet for …
by Lance Roberts Bull Run Reaches Exhaustion Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager On Tuesday, we discussed a very important point with respect to the bull run so far. “Despite the underlying economic and fundamental data, the markets have …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Getting rid of MBS faster and shifting to short-term Treasury bills will be on the list. The Fed shed $32 billion in assets in January, according to the Fed’s balance sheet for the week ended February …
Central bank gold-buying reaches half-century high [FT] Central bank buying of gold reached its highest levels for almost half a century last year, as Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan boosted purchases to shift their reserves away from the US dollar. Central …
via ABCNEWS: The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said. Since the outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 1, a total of 649 people have reported …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Federal Reserve shed $54 billion in assets over the five weekly balance sheet periods that encompass the calendar month of November. This reduced the assets on its balance sheet to $4,086 billion, the lowest since …
YOUNTVILLE (CBS SF) — It was a strange scene on an Autumn afternoon in Wine Country. People walking up and down Yountville’s main street wearing surgical masks. Across the Bay Area, residents took precaution has the raging Camp Fire’s massive …
A cashless society could have “adverse collective outcomes.” By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. In recent months, a slew of political and financial institutions have raised concerns about the march toward a cashless economy. They include: The …
by Dr. Eowyn Typhus, or typhus fever is an infectious disease spread by fleas. Symptoms can include high fever, headache, chills, and body aches, rashes and in some rare cases, meningitis and even death. KMI 640AM reports, Oct. 9, 2018, that health officials in Southern …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “up to” begins to matter for the first time. The Fed released its weekly balance sheet Thursday afternoon. Over the four-week period from September 6 through October 3, total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet dropped by …
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 …
Global Debt Just as rates rise and money supply growth moderates… … Global debt to EBITDA reaches multi-year highs.
by John Rubino Economist Peter Bookvar recently analyzed the the anecdotal evidence of capacity constraints piling up in recent industry surveys, including the following: “Business is strong in all regions. Materials are tight. Trucking continues to be a major challenge.” (Chemical Products) …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkjefSwKH4 The biggest human feces problem are the people that are allowing this that are in office for example Maxine Waters Jerry Brown Nancy Pelosi just to name a few they are turds they need to be disposed of DG
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the crippled Argentina economy as the Peso recently hits a new low record low… At least since the last peso hyperinflated and created less than 2 decades ago. The …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent news in Canadian debt. Recently, Canadian budget watchdogs announced that the Liberal Party is unable to account for $2.5 billion. $8 billion was supposed to be …
by Michael Snyder The worst Ebola outbreak in a number of years has health officials on high alert, and the fact that a case is now being reported in a major city is extremely concerning. As we have seen during …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlxh6VqMM4A Thank God these people are going to pay finally! Slow process… Keep the faith! SW
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the record breaking global debt level. The numbers have been released. At the end of 2016, global debt reached record highs of $217 trillion. That’s 327% of global GDP, …
From Birch Gold Group The U.S. national debt is quickly losing control. According to the Treasury Department’s official reports, on March 16th it reached $21.03 trillion dollars after skyrocketing $72.8 billion in only 24 hours. This astronomical number is greater than the debts of …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about another story out of Davos as Larry Fink of BlackRock tells the media that people need to start investing in stocks… Even though they’ve reached highs… As Fink said, …
By Michael Snyder The wolves are circling, and members of Congress from both political parties are now openly talking about impeaching President Trump. On Wednesday, speculation of a looming Trump impeachment sent stocks plunging. The Dow was down 372 points, …
by Pamela Williams There are many in Washington who fear the silence of our new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. I just read an article about those in Washington who fear Tillerson will alienate us from the United Nations or the …
by Victor Mozambigue Rising household debt is not the only concern for US homeowners. A rising rate of delinquencies is making the credit situation even worse. The Dodd-Drank regulations have helped in tightening the loan bandwagon but the lending crisis …
