Archive - 2013 - Blog entry
January 18th
The Ticking Trillion Dollar Debt Bomb
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/18/2013 09:25 -0500US politicians have opted to begin mimicking their EU counterparts when it comes to dealing with our debt issues. What could go wrong?
Dollar Finishing Week on Firm Note
Submitted by Marc To Market on 01/18/2013 06:35 -0500The US dollar is trading firmly. The official verbal commentary this week by Europe's Juncker and Japan's Amari were more disruptive noise a true signal. These mis-directional cues whipsawed short-term participants and served to obscure what was really happening. One of the most important take aways, it seems, from this week's action is the narrowing of the breadth of the dollar's decline. It is really limited to only the euro...
January 17th
Counterpoint to Goldman Sachs Chief Commodity Strategist
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/17/2013 20:59 -0500Today, Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs chief commodity strategist said he wouldn’t be surprised if we woke up in summer with $150 oil. Well, I would, and here is why.
On Immigration and Social Security
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/17/2013 20:15 -0500ESF is a doghouse account that has collected well over a hundred billion dollars over the past decade from undocumented workers.
How Big Is “BIG”?
Submitted by testosteronepit on 01/17/2013 19:40 -0500“Repression” is what Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher called “the injustice of being held hostage to large financial institutions”
The Great Systemic Rig of 2012 is Now Ending
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/17/2013 15:17 -0500The great global rig of 2012 is ending. Central Banks used up their last remaining ammo trying to convince the world all was well. What ahppens when the markets call their bluff?
Government Pushes Propaganda Through Video Games
Submitted by George Washington on 01/17/2013 10:42 -0500Military Recruits Young People Through Misleading First-Peson Shooter Games
A MeSSaGe To THe BuNDeSBaNK FRoM BeNDiTo BeN...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/17/2013 10:12 -0500The unraveling of the Ponzi Burrito begins...
Federal Government Musings And Other Societal Observations
Submitted by CalibratedConfidence on 01/17/2013 09:09 -0500For the Gov't to maintain its power and control over a growing population that has pockets of civilians who are using the advances we have in technology to share and collect information in an effort to fight the on-going information battle, it will need to restrict its citizens in another manner. So far the intelligence of the average American has been wittled down.
Deep Dive: Financial Repression Reconsidered
Submitted by Marc To Market on 01/17/2013 08:20 -0500- Bank of England
- Bank of Japan
- Bond
- Capital Markets
- Central Banks
- Credit Crisis
- Creditors
- default
- Federal Reserve
- HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT
- Japan
- Lehman
- Monetary Policy
- Money Supply
- national security
- Nominal GDP
- None
- Paul Volcker
- PIMCO
- Quantitative Easing
- Real estate
- REITs
- Swiss National Bank
- Switzerland
- The Visible Hand
- Unemployment
In this piece, I re-examine what many economists call "financial repression" and I find it to be sorely lacking as a description of what is happening. I also look at a related concern about the loss of central bank independence. Color me skeptical.
January 16th
Seaway Pipeline No Panacea for Cushing's Oil Glut
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/16/2013 22:01 -0500The real problem is that nobody ever planned for the US to be producing 7 million barrels of oil every day and rising, there is just not enough demand in the world for this extra oil.
BaTTeRieS NoT INCLuDeD...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/16/2013 19:49 -0500Worth it's weight in tungsten gold...
The CIA and Other Government Agencies Dominate Movies and Television
Submitted by George Washington on 01/16/2013 15:39 -0500The Winners of the Academy Award and Golden Globe Are ... Government Propagandists
Paradigm Shift For The Healthcare Expense Monster
Submitted by testosteronepit on 01/16/2013 12:21 -0500Something has to give....
What Do German Central Bankers Know That We Don't?
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/16/2013 11:53 -0500
Germany is now openly telling the Fed that it is done playing around. This will have severe consequences in the financial system.
