BY SRH: He Federal Reserve Recently Disclosed Its Preliminary Income and Expenses for 2023, Revealing an Unprecedented $114.3 Billion in Operational Losses. The Federal Reserve is a privately held corporation. Congress shall have the authority to mint money and set…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 5, 2024 ~ Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase On January 19, Jamie Dimon stunned CNBC viewers when he launched into what sounded like a TV commercial for Republican Presidential candidate and 91-count…
by Tyler Durden Yesterday it was NYCB that grabbed the headlines and spoiled Powell’s day. As we detailed here (and here), the banking crisis never went away and it now appears the rest of the market realizes that too as…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Senator Sherrod Brown Smart Americans have found two ways to outwit the wealth extraction machinery on Wall Street. They buy a home and build its value over time with sweat equity; and/or they start their own…
(Reuters) – U.S. bankruptcy filings surged by 18% in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops, data published Wednesday showed, although insolvency case volumes remain well below the level…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Last Thursday, 12 Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a deeply insightful letter on a subject most Americans have never discussed around their kitchen table: adequate capital levels at the Wall Street mega banks that came…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Gerald Epstein is Professor of Economics and a Founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A book he has spent the past decade researching and writing comes out…
by Tyler Durden Via SchiffGold.com, A startling disconnect as we edge closer to the 2024 general election: On one hand, so-called “experts” parade optimistic economic reports, but for the average American, the story is starkly different. In heated debates, economists squabble over whether the…
y Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 16, 2024 ~ Gibson Dunn Law Partner, Eugene Scalia Jamie Dimon is the Chairman and CEO of the largest federally-insured, taxpayer-backstopped bank in the United States, JPMorgan Chase. Through much of Dimon’s tenure, JPMorgan Chase…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 12, 2024 ~ Leslie Wexner (left); Jack Kessler (right). Both men were involved in the New Albany Company with Jeffrey Epstein. Official photo from the New Albany Company Website. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee, part…
