France Comes up with a Real Jewel to Prop up its 4 TBTF Banks by Don Quijones • Dec 22, 2016 • 24 Comments To cover a capital shortfall of €50 billion.
Nightmare Before Christmas for Spanish Banks by Don Quijones • Dec 21, 2016 • 30 Comments The European Court of Justice refused to listen.
Italy Banking Crisis is Also a Huge Crime Scene by Don Quijones • Dec 18, 2016 • 21 Comments Toxic loans on the banks’ books as a result of corruption, political kickbacks, fraud, and abuse.
Here Are the Multinationals whose Bonds the ECB is Discreetly Buying by Don Quijones • Dec 15, 2016 • 27 Comments Its new role as “debt-buyer of first resort” raises a whole litany of concerns.
Currency Armageddon? A Word about the Hated Dollar by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2016 • 69 Comments The “death of the dollar” will have to be rescheduled.
So Who Gets to Pay for Italy’s Banking Crisis? by Don Quijones • Dec 13, 2016 • 23 Comments “There is not and there will not be a banking crisis in Italy, nor will there be a European financial crisis coming from Italy”: EU Commissioner Moscovici
Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2016 • 73 Comments Teetering Eurozone banks exposed to flying shrapnel.
The Fix Is Already In, as Italy’s Moment of Truth Beckons by Don Quijones • Dec 3, 2016 • 54 Comments Banks cannot be allowed, at any cost, to suffer the consequences of their own chronic mismanagement, or worse.
Crunch Time for “Zombie Bank… on Brink of Collapse” by Don Quijones • Nov 30, 2016 • 5 Comments Short-sellers have a field day with Spain’s “Most Italian Bank.”
Debt & Deficit Outlooks for France, Italy, Spain, & Portugal by Contributor • Nov 30, 2016 • 34 Comments Is “ugly” the right word?