Here’s Why Italy’s Banking Crisis Has Gone Off the Radar by Don Quijones • Mar 30, 2017 • 25 Comments How many banks are insolvent? Turns out, a lot! But elections are coming up.
Shock, Horror: ECB Not as “Independent” as it Claims – Report by Don Quijones • Mar 29, 2017 • 24 Comments Transparency International whacks at a central bank.
ECB Hands Banks $250 Bn Today, Floats all Markets – um, Briefly by Wolf Richter • Mar 23, 2017 • 22 Comments Gusto for US stocks and bonds dies down quickly.
How Solid are Canada’s Big Banks? by Contributor • Mar 23, 2017 • 70 Comments “Foxes are in charge of the hen house.”
Central Bank Shell Game: What Sweden’s Negative Interest Rates Do to Consumers by Contributor • Mar 19, 2017 • 28 Comments Next: higher rates or currency crisis?
Deepening EU Banking Crisis Meets Euro-TARP and Taxpayers by Don Quijones • Mar 17, 2017 • 39 Comments If the ECB scales back stimulus, banks face even greater risk of collapse. But now there’s a new solution.
Are Germans About to Be Made to Pay for Their Love of Cash? by Don Quijones • Mar 12, 2017 • 48 Comments The ECB would do so at its own peril.
Are We About to See a “European Monetary Fund?” by Don Quijones • Mar 9, 2017 • 14 Comments There’s an air of furtive desperation about the proceedings.
Are 100-Year Mortgages Next? Effects of Negative Real Interest Rates on Nordic Housing Bubble by Contributor • Mar 4, 2017 • 37 Comments Wage Growth vs. Housing Price Growth.
Debt Boom in China Could Lead to “Financial Crisis,” But Maybe Not Yet: New York Fed by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2017 • 25 Comments The data points can give you the willies.