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Europe’s prospects continue to look bleak. With some youth unemployment rates around 50%, it’s hard to imagine how a new generation of European workers will participate in any recovery. Europe’s overall unemployment figures are still well higher than in the US, even considering that US numbers are not a true reflection of real unemployment in […]
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Professor Laurence Kotlikoff- Fed Printing 29 Cents of Every Dollar Uncle Sam Spends The Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act | THE INFORM ACT
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The PBOC said explicitly that it’s now forbidden for financial institutions to develop any business related to Bitcoin. But they left it open that the public is free to participate in such transactions, so long as they bear the risk. FT adds: The Chinese regulators noted three main risks. First, they said Bitcoin was an […]
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We know that inflation is not accurately described based on the data alone. Inflation is one of the big secrets that they need to keep low, like the unemployment numbers. Other numbers are not so important, like the Dow. It’s good if the markets up, but if it’s down, it’s not end of the world. […]
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Today, the European Commission has fined six financial institutions for a total fine of $2.3 Billion USD, a record fine. This takes the total tally to $6 Billion in fines. It makes one wonder, at what point do the fines get so high that the activities they are being fined for are not net profitable? […]
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When the “Bond King” who manages the world’s largest bond fund at Pimco loses sleep, we should ask why. Bill Gross is famous (or infamous) for writing self-certified philosophical pontifications of the markets. In his latest, he agrees with his partner Mohamed, but that the “T” the markets might experience might resemble more a “winged […]
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It’s hard to believe that the computer systems running multi-billion dollar markets are crashing, like the Nasdaq has been doing on a near weekly basis. But now it’s happening to the US Treasury market. It makes one wonder about the real stability of our markets, when the systems that run them are constantly breaking. While […]
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So called “Fed Speak” is really just another word for “Doublespeak” presented differently. When JPMorgan Chase imposed capital controls on certain account types, the next day they explained there are no capital controls this is ‘derisking’. The Fed is ‘monetizing’ debt, or in other words, buying the government. However the language reads, the Fed now […]
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