China’s Central Bank Makes Even the Heroic Fed Look Like a Bunch of Amateurs by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2014 • 6 Comments The incredibly ballooning balance sheet that no one can match (in one chart).
Fracking Wastewater Injected into Clean Aquifers in Parched California by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2014 • Comments Off on Fracking Wastewater Injected into Clean Aquifers in Parched California “Errors were made….” NBC Bay Area report and video.
Media “Shocked” by Japan’s GDP Fiasco? by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2014 • 7 Comments Turns out, destroying the purchasing power and wealth of the people also drags down the real economy.
“$1.6 Trillion in Defaults Coming,” Legend Says by Contributor • Nov 17, 2014 • 7 Comments “The next junk-bond implosion.”
Warren Buffett Is Dumping Stocks out the Backdoor by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2014 • 13 Comments His impeccable sense of timing appears to have kicked in.
The NAFTA Connection: The Role of “Free” Trade in Mexico’s Tragic Travails by Don Quijones • Nov 16, 2014 • 4 Comments President Enrique Peña Nieto can no longer keep up the pretense that things are on the up – not since the disappearance of 43 trainee teachers from Iguala.
Fiddling the Figures by Contributor • Nov 15, 2014 • 5 Comments If you’re in and out fast, you can make money just by stock arbitrage. Smart players know that. Corporations that work to please them know it too.
Italy’s Crazy New Economy from Hell by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2014 • 17 Comments “We are crushed by our country’s debt.”
How Low Can the Price of Oil Plunge? by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2014 • 15 Comments The bloodletting will go on until the money dries up.
Here’s What Central Bankers Will Do Next by Bill Bonner • Nov 12, 2014 • 14 Comments The middle classes – aka “the voters” – expressed themselves last week. They have been sorely used and they know it.