Central Banks

7th February 2018 Bill Bonner

What’s REALLY Behind Monday’s Stock Plunge

[Editor’s note: because Bill is usually writing from the US, we don’t publish his copy until the day after he’s written it. So if you’re a bit confused as to why he’s predicting events that have already happened, that’s why.]…

2nd February 2018 Boaz Shoshan

Prostrate yourself before the empress

… the almighty Fed has printed trillions of dollars in our name to buy worthless mortgage assets from “too big to fail” banks. It has lent these banks our hard-earned money at about 0% interest, so they could lend our…

26th January 2018 Boaz Shoshan

The crippling of credit

A recent report from Oxfam revealed that last year, somebody new was anointed as a billionaire every two days. By its estimation, 82% of all the wealth created last year went to the wealthiest 1% on the planet, while the…

8th January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Monetary policy and Guy Fawkes lanterns

The Bank of Japan has done it! It’s shrunk its balance sheet. Without triggering mass financial panic. Drawing money out of the economy tightens financial conditions in Japan. That’s not what central banks are supposed to be doing when inflation…

15th December 2017 Bill Bonner

How the Fake Boom Ends

RANCHO SANTANA, NICARAGUA – As we outlined yesterday, Americans are richer than ever. U.S. household assets stand at $97 trillion. All over the world, “wealth” is surging, too… with the value of global stocks near a record high of $100 trillion….

10th December 2017 Guest Post

The Crime of Banking, Russian Style

You’ve heard plenty about Greece’s financial mess, Italy’s non-performing loans and the property busts in Ireland and Spain. We love covering Europe in Capital and Conflict. But the simple truth is, the Eurozone remains a comparatively decent banking sector. At…