Fed Corruption
“An Extremely Dangerous Game” – Central Bankers ‘Extend & Pretend’ Has Increased Risk Of “Catastrophic Collapse”
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about the role of the world’s central bankers going forward. With that in mind, now seems like a good time to recap the market bailout operations during the past few years… to get some insights into how this all ends (spoiler alert – not well)! GnSEconomics.com’s Tumoas…
Read MoreCentral Banks Are Destroying What Was Left Of Free Markets
President Reagan memorably said that the nine words you don’t want to hear are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Governments in all the major jurisdictions are now making good on that unwanted promise and are taking responsibility for everything from our shoulders. Those receiving subsidies and loan guarantees are no doubt grateful,…
Read MoreNo Financing And No Demand: Chinese Refiners Run Into Trouble
International banks are suspending credit lines for some independent oil refiners worried about the growing risk of defaults across industries because of the coronavirus epidemic, Reuters reports, citing industry sources… According to the sources, at least three private refiners, or teapots, have had credit lines to the tune of $600 million suspended by banks including French…
Read MoreWill The Coronavirus Outbreak Cause A Massive Stock Market Crash?
Could it be possible that this coronavirus outbreak will be the trigger that finally bursts the biggest stock market bubble in U.S. history? As I have discussed previously, stock prices in the United States were the most overvalued that they have ever been during the month of January, and our stock market has never been more…
Read MoreCoronavirus Triggers “Biggest Shock” To Oil Markets Since Lehman Crisis
Update: The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warned that the collapse in Chinese oil consumption is “the biggest shock to oil markets since the Lehman crisis.” Evans-Pritchard said the plunge in consumption could be between three to four million barrels per day, adding that this amount is twice UK’s North Sea oil output. We noted earlier (see below), OPEC+ couldn’t come to…
Read MoreSTAGGERING GLOBAL DEBT OF $253 TRILLION IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
Global debt has reached a staggering $253 trillion. This is a disaster waiting to happen, as the world’s total debt surged by some $9 trillion in the first three quarters of 2019, according to data from the Institute of International Finance. That’s a terrifying 322% of its GDP; and a record high. As Axios points out, in times…
Read MoreMaking A Fortune: 19 Million Public Employees Across America Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1 Trillion
For the first time in history, 19 million public employee salaries at every level of government across America have been mapped and posted online. The work of our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com tells a compelling story: Public service is supposed to be about serving the people. However, the good intentions of America’s 19 million public employees come…
Read MoreKrieger: “It’s A Systemic Looting On A Massive Scale”
The United States has historically bragged about its free and transparent markets. But what the Fed is doing today is pulling a dark curtain around the financing of this so-called free and transparent market. The public has no idea which Wall Street firms have received this $3 trillion or why they can’t borrow it elsewhere.…
Read MoreIs Zoltan’s Market Doomsday Imminent? Here Are The Two Things To Watch
In the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of the more famous quotes is, “Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.” We do not accept the rationale the Fed is using to justify the reintroduction of QE and the latest surge in their balance sheet. Although we do not know why the Fed has…
Read More“It’s About To Get Very Bad” – Repo Market Legend Predicts Market Crash In Days
For the past decade, the name of Zoltan Pozsar has been among the most admired and respected on Wall Street: not only did the Hungarian lay the groundwork for our current understanding of the deposit-free shadow banking system – which has the often opaque and painfully complex short-term dollar funding and repo markets – at its core……
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