“Recipe for Disaster”: Canadian Government to Expand State Surveillance Powers (Again) by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2015 • 2 Comments The “spillover effects” of overbroad anti-terror legislation.
“Oil Capital of California” Declares Fiscal Emergency by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2015 • 3 Comments Oil bust, sins committed & false promises made in good times sink Kern Country.
Hounded by Evil Dollar & Collapsed Commodity Prices, Corporate America Clamors for Total Currency War by Wolf Richter • Jan 28, 2015 • 9 Comments Financial engineering can only do so much.
Junk-Bond Bubble Implodes Beyond Energy, Deals Scuttled, Yields Soar, Suddenly “Insufficient Demand” by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2015 • 12 Comments A sense of unwelcome reality hits non-energy junk-rated companies.
Debt and Fracking at Low Oil & Gas Prices: Wave of Defaults, “Outright Liquidations” Next by Wolf Richter • Jan 25, 2015 • 3 Comments Time and money are running out for junk-rated energy companies.
Oil Drilling Cut Fastest Since Stock Market Crash by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2015 • 2 Comments US oil rig count swoons.
Germany: ‘Got Gold?’ – Draghi: ‘Try Some Bananas’ by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2015 • 1 Comment Germany had a self-inflicted bad-hair day, you’d think. With a hilarious cartoon.
This Chart Shows Why the Oil Bust Will Last by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2015 • 5 Comments Soaring US crude oil inventories.
Why the Great American Oil Bust Will Be Long & Painful by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2015 • 11 Comments BHP Billiton, perhaps unwittingly, explains the irony: despite oil glut, collapsed prices, layoffs… US oil production will continue to soar.
Manufacturing Hit by Oil-Price Plunge? Southeast Worst Since Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2015 • 10 Comments The Atlanta Fed begins to fret.
