Interest Rates

21st May 2018 Bill Bonner

Higher Rates For the Rest of Your Life

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – Our screen last Friday was showing the 10-year U.S. Treasury Note with a yield of 3.11% – further evidence that the credit cycle has turned. Everything else is noise. Primary Trend We got the idea from the…

13th March 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Yielding nonsense spells trouble

Reading a publication called The Interest Rate Observer might sound awfully boring. But right now, it’s interesting. And that’s not a good thing. Take for example this simple factoid. Telecom Italia’s bond, which expires in 2022 and carries low credit…

22nd December 2017 Boaz Shoshan

We’re all mad here

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the…

22nd December 2017 Bill Bonner

The End of the World as We Know It

BALTIMORE – In all the excitement surrounding the passing of the GOP tax bill, we almost missed it. But on Tuesday, as stocks rose to a record high in anticipation of a huge payoff to corporate America, bonds fell. The…

27th November 2017 Bill Bonner

Fatal Misinformation: Low Interest Rates

Editor’s Note: Today, we bring you one of Bill’s greatest essays… a beginner’s guide to understanding how the fake money system has left us all doomed. We are explaining our money system to our grandson, James, now 14 months old… His…

6th November 2017 Nickolai Hubble

The pound’s run is over, say interest rates

It’s an irony of the financial world. The bigger the event, the less anyone cares. Because everyone sees it coming in advance. Everything had already adjusted, the moves were priced in months ago, and all eyes are on the next…

14th July 2017 Boaz Shoshan

Britannia, beggared

Feathers were thoroughly rustled yesterday. The accounts of Her Majesty’s Treasury were released in all their terrible glory. The fate of Britain’s finances laid bare across 150 pages. Britannia pawned her trident many years ago. It still stands, proud and…

13th March 2017 Nickolai Hubble

How this rate cycle ends

It’s the beginning of a busy week. The Dutch elections are tomorrow. And both the Bank of England and Federal Reserve are due to announce their updated manipulation of interest rates on Wednesday. President Donald Trump is expected to send…

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