Stocks Were Already Crashing the Last Two Times this Happened. So What Gives? by Wolf Richter • Jul 26, 2016 • 38 Comments The foundations have crumbled. All bets are off.
NIRP Absurdity Soars after Brexit, Hits $11.7 Trillion by Wolf Richter • Jun 29, 2016 • 49 Comments No one knows how to back out without blowing up the whole system.
Peak Negative-Interest-Rate Absurdity? Hilarity Ensues by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2016 • 27 Comments Among the goodies, “reverse Yankee” landmines.
BlackRock CEO Fink: Negative & Low Interest Rates Eat into Consumer Spending at Worst Possible Time by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2016 • 39 Comments “A hostile landscape.”
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.
“Perverse, Unpredictable Effects” of Negative Interest Rates: Mortgage Rates Soar in Switzerland by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2015 • 13 Comments The unintended consequences of NIRP.
And What’s Going to Happen at the Next Recession? by Larry Kummer • Oct 12, 2015 • 32 Comments The government’s strange and awesome powers.