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.
Trump Talked, the Fed Listened: Let’s Shrink the Balance Sheet, Bullard Says by Wolf Richter • Dec 17, 2016 • 104 Comments Even a Fed dove! This could get interesting.
No Demand, No Problem: Inflation Pressures Surge by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2016 • 45 Comments Businesses expect their input prices to jump by 4.6% in 2017.
“This Indecisiveness We’re Seeing? It’s Fear” by Melissa Terzis • Dec 16, 2016 • 28 Comments Washington D.C. Housing Market at a crossroads.
Foreigners are Dumping US Treasurys as Never Before by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2016 • 131 Comments Hence the bloodletting in what’s considered one of the most conservative investments in the world.
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.
Yellen Speaks, Yields Spike, Mortgage Rates Jump, Oil Plunges: But Why? by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2016 • 64 Comments 7th week of US Government debt “carnage” continues unabated.
Trump Tweets about China, US Businesses Freak out by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2016 • 134 Comments “The whole semiconductor industry could collapse.”
Treasuries Melt Down, Junk Bonds Boom, Yield Spreads Collapse by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2016 • 28 Comments The Hot Money returns, bets on Oil Nirvana.
