A New Level of Absurdity by Bill Bonner • Feb 22, 2016 • 32 Comments The Boneheaded Logic of Negative Interest Rates.
“Prelude to Recession”: the Dallas Fed’s Unsettling Charts by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2016 • 47 Comments The “sharp cross-sector split.”
Desperate Oil Giant Pemex Makes a Deal with KKR by Don Quijones • Feb 21, 2016 • 11 Comments On the bright side, it’s not bankrupt – according to the new CEO
Another Doomed Rally in Oil by Oilprice.com • Feb 20, 2016 • 12 Comments The upside for oil is extremely limited.
Forget Deflation. Stagflation Arrives in Canada by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2016 • 29 Comments Worst Plunge in Retail Sales since 2008 as Inflation Whacks Consumers.
Revolt against NIRP Breaks out, Bank of Japan “Baffled” by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2016 • 28 Comments Meanwhile, exports collapse at fastest rate since 2009.
Five-Year Retail Boom in Texas Implodes by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2016 • 26 Comments The Oil Bust Bites.
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.
Argentina Imports Still Closed For Business by Bianca Fernet • Feb 18, 2016 • 6 Comments Non-Transparency Means Corruption.
The Saudi/Russia Oil Deal “Just a Bunch of Bull” by Contributor • Feb 17, 2016 • 20 Comments Political baloney doesn’t fix the fundamental issue.