Bundesbank Hauls its Gold back from New York & Paris Faster than Planned by Wolf Richter • Dec 25, 2016 • 59 Comments A “trust-building” measure after a huge hullabaloo about the missing gold.
A New Crisis Is Brewing in Spain by Don Quijones • Dec 24, 2016 • 17 Comments The government raided the state pension fund. And now what?
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.
