A little more than a year ago I introduced the concept of the "Economic Circle of Life" in the post Do Black Swans Really Matter? Not As Much as the Circle of Life ... [14] In said post, I posited the interference from the concerted efforts of the global central bank price fixing cartel has done significantly more damage than it has good - to wit:
I have always been of the contention that the 2008 market crash was cut short by the global machinations of a cadre of central bankers intent on somehow rewriting the rules of economics, investment physics and global finance. They became the buyers of last resort, then consequently the buyers of only resort while at the same time flooding the world with liquidity and guarantees. These central bankers and the countries they allegedly strive to serve took on the debt and nigh worthless assets of the private sector who threw prudence through the window during the "Peak" phase of the circle of economic life, and engaged in rampant speculation. Click to enlarge to print quality...
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The result of this "Great Global Macro Experiment" [16]is a market crash that never completed. BoomBustBlog subscribers should reference 
The Inevitability of Another Bank Crisis [17] while non-subscribers should see Is Another Banking Crisis Inevitable? [18] as well as The True Cause Of The 2008 Market Crash Looks Like Its About To Rear Its Ugly Head Again, With A Vengeance [19].
All four corners of the globe are currently "hobbling along on one leg", under the pretense of a "global recovery".
And in today's news... Rescue Plan Falters [20]
Europe's bold program to defuse its financial crisis by cash into banks is running out of steam.
Go figure! Today's MSM commentary also features Print More Money? Central Banks May Have No Choice [21].
But wasn't this a a cause of much of the liquidity trap problem in the first place? Reference Portuguese Liquidity Trap: When You Add Too Liquidity to FIRE it Burns! [22] The BofE agrees with this postulation, reference BoE Warns Inflation Could Run Into Medium Term [23]. Of course, I have commentary on these guys as well... BoomBustBlog analysis: Subscription only - UK Public Finances March 2010 [24]
The only bright side to this is what I posted earlier today...
The EurAsian Global Distressed Asset Acquisition Initiative [25]:
I'm still quite bearish on banks/sovereigns, but as history dictates the greatest wealth has been created during the greatest dislocations, not during the greatest bull markets as popular opinion would lead many to believe. Think of the robber barons after the Great Depression...
Elsewhere in today's news...
Spain Issues $3.2 Billion in Bonds, Demand Solid [26]. Of course, this headline fails to convey one very key fact, and that is the borrowing Costs Rise [27]For Spain [27]:
Spain's 10-year borrowing costs increased at its debt auction, reflecting concerns about its ability to cut its budget deficit amid rising unemployment and falling economic output. 5:26 AM
I went through this in explicit detail just 3 days ago in the post The Spain Pain Will Not Wane: Continuing the Contagion Saga [28]. It is a highly suggested read. I have also warned on Spain thoroughly in the past. It has BIG problems firmly nestled in its property, banking and financial systems. Big Problems... Elsewhere in today's MSM fodder: Spanish Banks' Bad Loans Highest Since Oct. 1994 [29]
BoomBustBlog analysis:
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As If On Cue After My Step By Step Illustration Of A Spanish Default, Spanish Yields Climb at Auction As Pressure Continues [30] Thursday, December 16th, 2010
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Will Spain Default? The Answer Is Not Hard To Determine If You Take An Objective Look At The Numbers And Recent History! [31] Monday, December 13th, 2010
- Subscribers only - [32] Spanish Banking Macro Discussion Note [33]
Click here for the Pan-European Debt Crisis series [36] archives or here for my latest on the topic [37].
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