It Begins: Palace Revolt against ECB’s NIRP by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2016 • 57 Comments If “punishment interest exceeds the pain threshold….”
ECB Unveils Ingenious Strategy to Reduce Banking Stress by Don Quijones • Feb 27, 2016 • 12 Comments Trying to prop up confidence by hook or crook.
As War on Cash Escalates, Cash Lovers Fight Back by Don Quijones • Feb 18, 2016 • 62 Comments “It would be fatal if citizens got the impression that cash is gradually taken away from them”: Bundesbank President Weidmann.
I’m in Awe at Just How Fast Global Trade is Unraveling by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2016 • 59 Comments It simply doesn’t let up.
Italy’s Banking Crisis Spirals Elegantly out of Control by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2016 • 43 Comments How to dump toxic waste on the pubic through the backdoor.
Deloitte About to Pay for its Spanish Sins? by Don Quijones • Feb 14, 2016 • 17 Comments Bilked Investors, including the US government, are furious.
Banking Crisis in Europe? Deutsche Bank’s CoCo Bonds Collapse by Wolf Richter • Feb 9, 2016 • 33 Comments Schäuble tries to soothe nerves, but the plunge gets worse.
Whiff of Panic? Global Bear-Market Progress Report by Wolf Richter • Feb 8, 2016 • 39 Comments Watch the banks.
German Judges Pooh-Pooh Obama’s Sacred US-EU Trade Pact by Don Quijones • Feb 7, 2016 • 27 Comments A damning indictment.