“Perverse, Unpredictable Effects” of Negative Interest Rates: Mortgage Rates Soar in Switzerland by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2015 • 13 Comments The unintended consequences of NIRP.
Dogged by Lousy Global Demand and Wild Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Crashes to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2015 • 4 Comments Bad breath of zero-interest-rate era wafts over real economy.
All Heck Breaks Loose after Draghi Fails to Outdo his Own Hype by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2015 • 24 Comments Something big is broken.
The Mad Euro Project Just Got A Lot Madder by Don Quijones • Nov 20, 2015 • 16 Comments Feeding a Monstrous Pile of Debt.
Foreign Investors Bail out of Canada’s Money Machine by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2015 • 4 Comments First net outflow from Canadian securities since 2008.
IMF’s Lagarde Anoints Chinese Yuan. Will it Now Demolish the “Dollar Hegemony?” by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2015 • 54 Comments The Yuan Has Arrived – at Elite Club for the biggest Currency Warriors.
“First They Came for the Pennies…” in the War on Cash by Don Quijones • Nov 7, 2015 • 34 Comments But who is the governments’ strongest ally in their War on Cash?
“Strong Dollar” Headed for the Chopping Block? by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2015 • 27 Comments Moment of truth for over-indebted Corporate America.
Time to Keep Your Cash in the Microwave? by Bill Bonner • Oct 29, 2015 • 19 Comments “If you have to pay in cash, something is wrong.”
China Containerized Freight Index Collapses to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2015 • 15 Comments Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…
