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Despite the near-term improvement and cautious optimism from some within the ECB, markets remain decidedly sceptical that the move is sustainable. The ECB’s preferred market-based measure, the 5Y5Y inflation swap, remains stuck near 1.3%

How long will it take before the Fed makes a mistake, and repo rates shoot to the moon followed by a deflationary credit crisis?

"In each downturn, central bankers must step in more and more aggressively. The process is reflexive and ultimately leads to a Minsky extreme."

It’s clear we’re still at least a few days away from that upturn in sentiment, and potentially a few weeks...

While that is hard to believe, just remember its happened twice before...

...funds are said to be backed by physical gold held in a “Switzerland vault”...

Owning gold is a way to get out of this “debt trap”, but governments don’t want you to own gold, especially in Germany...

"You never had this kind of supply in these price ranges." 

Along with a continued global slowdown, a deadly virus outbreak could derail consumer spending habits across Asia that would ultimately weigh on global trade...

As lenders face pressure to stoke growth with revenue already at record highs, some have hit on a novel and devious strategy...

Should the US resort to more Hamiltonian policies versus everyone, not just China, then we are in for real financial market turbulence ahead given the role the US Dollar plays today compared to the role gold played for Smith and Ricardo!

...central banks will require sustained geopolitical conflict to shape the future design of the financial system. They are already headlong in devising that very system through the reformation of global payment systems.

Rejected...

Jes is "squeezing the lemon."

...China has already usurped the U.S. as the world’s most dominant trading partner.

It’s critical to understand that financial war is not a sideshow. It may actually be the main event in today’s deeply connected and computerized world...

"Buying an insurance policy against failure of the insurance industry from an insurance company is nonsense. .."