GDPNow Forecast for First Quarter Falls to 0.1% Stagnation by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2016 • 13 Comments A very unpleasant and totally unnecessary move.
Helicopter Money “Not on the Table,” ECB Swears Furiously by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2016 • 88 Comments But it’s already here!
Colombia Pays the Steep Cost of So-Called “Free” Trade by Don Quijones • Apr 7, 2016 • 8 Comments The bitter irony of a trade agreement.
M&A Boom Implodes, US Deal Failures in 2016 Worst Ever by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2016 • 19 Comments Biggest losers: Investment Banks.
KKR’s Chilling Message about the “End of the Credit Cycle” by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2016 • 25 Comments “Opportunities in Distressed Assets” as Existing Investors Get Crushed.
Google Tells Customers “Ownership” is now an Illusion by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Apr 6, 2016 • 44 Comments You just think you own the device you paid for.
Fretting over Mortgage Backed Securities, Fitch Warns about Home Prices in Texas by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2016 • 23 Comments Real estate pros are preparing for a downturn.
Debt Spiral Grips Both, Pemex and Mexico by Don Quijones • Apr 5, 2016 • 19 Comments Nightmare is coming true.
BOJ’s Kuroda Threatens More Easing, Stocks Tank, Absurdity Reigns by Wolf Richter • Apr 5, 2016 • 31 Comments “Negative interest expense” or some such absurdity yet to be coined.
This Shows Why Consumers Are Bogged Down by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2016 • 32 Comments The stagnation zone.