The US banking system is reeling as the commercial real estate market may turn out to be as toxic as the subprime mortgages that led to the 2008/2009 crisis. At the same time, approximately 1 trillion dollars are the loans that the official banking sector has granted to the shadow financial system – how much …
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Towards a new permanent banking crisis, the “bubble” in commercial real estate is bursting
What the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, after the two-day meeting of American policy makers, contained nothing comforting. Notably, he did not cut interest rates, or announce cuts and monetary easing next March – as the market predicted. As a result, markets skidded, the dollar rallied and …
How the growing budget deficit is destroying the US economy?
A cursory look at the US economic growth data shows that they continue to defy expectations of a slowdown and recession due to continued increases in deficit-increasing government spending. In fact, the U.S. Treasury recently announced the December budget deficit, which shows that the U.S. collected $429 billion through various taxes, while total federal budget …
A new Trump Presidency will herald the end of HyperGlobalization
The prospects of the most integrated economy in the world, namely the USA, should be examined from the side of the forces that affect it. The most fundamental of these forces have to do with changes brought about by economic opportunities, for example reductions in transport and communication costs, changes in comparative advantages, opportunities to …
The US Debt exceeded $34 trillion – The options to correct the situation
The outstanding financial obligations of the US federal government exceeded 34 trillion dollars, about 123% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which is a historical record. So, investors around the world are rightly wondering if the scenario is gathering chances for a new financial crisis to break out. In more detail, the federal government’s …
FED reopens liquidity floodgates with new QE in April 2024 – creates problem for dollar
On December 13, the financial world was stunned when, just two weeks after Jerome Powell said it was “premature” to make assumptions about interest rate cuts, the Federal Reserve made a shocking U-turn, heralding the end of monetary tightening – even though inflation is at levels twice the 2% target. The Federal Reserve’s 180-degree U-turn …
The chances of the Global Financial System collapsing
“There is no way to avoid the collapse of a system that has expanded more than it was allowed to because of manorial credit expansion” Ludwig von Mises. History shows us that we have reached our limits. History never lies, but politicians do. In a system that has expanded more than it was allowed to …
The battle with inflation and recession is becoming increasingly difficult
The entire financial press’ narrative of a “soft landing” of the economy – US and global – and avoidance of recession is fostered through the “uses” of the FED and ECB, with the former fueling investor expectations for aggressive rate cuts in time that has simply put a “brake” on their rise. What they cannot …
How did the FED destabilize the world economy, enrich the elites, crush the middle class?
The abundant but declining currency printed by Central Banks around the world, starting with the 2020 pandemic crisis, has fed the monster of inflation, which threatens to choke economies and the world. The tightening of credit conditions in an environment of geopolitical tensions has not yet led the economies to recession but has changed the …
The number of countries replacing the dollar in their international transactions is increasing rapidly
De-dollarization is a historical process that seeks to end US hegemony in global trade and financial transactions by shifting to alternative methods of transactions, such as national currencies and regional payment systems. 1/3 of UN member states have already opted for de-dollarization and decided to rely on national currencies to make payments. Representatives of at …