Look Who’s Dragging Down the Global Economy Though No One Is Allowed to Say it by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2015 • 12 Comments “Social cohesion is at risk.”
Without QE, “Eurozone Financial Markets Would Collapse” by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2015 • 10 Comments French Megabank: the ECB is “a prisoner of financial markets’ expectations.”
Avoid This “Hideously Expensive” Market by Bill Bonner • Dec 10, 2014 • Comments Off on Avoid This “Hideously Expensive” Market Driven by central bankers who are “wiser than God.” But it might get even more hideous before this story ends.
Treasury Warns Congress (and Investors): This Financial Creature Could Sink the System by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2014 • 13 Comments Among those who’ll get to eat the losses: unsuspecting retail investors.
S&P Wakes Up, Cuts Italy to One Notch Above Junk, Economy Sinks into Terrific Mess by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2014 • 3 Comments But no worries, the ECB’s desperate backdoor bailout keeps Italy afloat.
So the Japanese Government Bond Market Is Dead. And the Yen? by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2014 • 12 Comments In two years, 37% of Japan’s yen-denominated wealth has gone up in smoke.
The Global Financial System Comes Unglued by David Stockman • Nov 22, 2014 • 3 Comments The central bank madmen are raging.
The Wrath of Draghi: Biggest German Banks Impose “Negative Interest Rates” by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2014 • 13 Comments “Punishment Interest” Germans call it with Teutonic precision. Bank: “Just stop saving.”
China’s Central Bank Makes Even the Heroic Fed Look Like a Bunch of Amateurs by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2014 • 6 Comments The incredibly ballooning balance sheet that no one can match (in one chart).
Here’s What Central Bankers Will Do Next by Bill Bonner • Nov 12, 2014 • 14 Comments The middle classes – aka “the voters” – expressed themselves last week. They have been sorely used and they know it.
