Switzerland too Falls Out of Love with the EU by Don Quijones • Jan 4, 2018 • 27 Comments Did someone say “referendum?”
Chaos in Catalonia Hits Barcelona Housing Bubble by Don Quijones • Jan 3, 2018 • 28 Comments Turns out all that’s needed to halt a property bubble is a constitutional crisis of epic proportions.
Russia’s Grip on European Natural Gas Markets Tightens by Nick Cunningham • Jan 2, 2018 • 5 Comments US LNG has been billed as a game changer, threatening to end Russia’s control of the European market.
US Dollar Refuses to Die as Top Global Reserve Currency by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2018 • 96 Comments Central banks are leery of the newly arrived Chinese yuan.
Italian Banks Try to Join EU’s Newfangled Bond Bamboozle by Don Quijones • Dec 31, 2017 • 19 Comments But investors are burned out.
Big Banks Are All Over Blockchain by Don Quijones • Dec 21, 2017 • 32 Comments Just don’t call it cryptocurrency. It’s a “digital currency.”
The Inconvenient Limits to European Unity & Integration by Don Quijones • Dec 16, 2017 • 31 Comments “With Friends Like These…”
Stressful Year Ahead for Spanish Banks by Don Quijones • Dec 12, 2017 • 6 Comments The “spillover effects.”
A New Stealth Attack in EU’s “War on Cash” by Don Quijones • Dec 10, 2017 • 50 Comments And the definition of “cash” widens.
Enron Déjà Vu? Citi, BofA, HSBC, Goldman, BNP on the Hook as Steinhoff Spirals Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2017 • 55 Comments $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come.