The U.S. Treasury Department is expanding its long-term debt repurchase program, sending bond yields lower. The announcement comes at a time when markets are closely watching the management of the public debt and moves in government issuance. The increase in the scale of the repurchase signals a more aggressive approach to managing the government’s long-term …
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Issuance of Eurobonds worth 4,5 trillion euros is required for Europe’s strategic autonomy
The only obstacle and most important to the issuance of Eurobonds that will finance the EU’s strategic autonomy is Germany. The only major country in the Eurozone with an “excellent” credit rating (AAA) refuses to accept joint borrowing and the issuance of the Eurobond. To achieve the strategic autonomy of the Old Continent requires three …
Will Japan become the next center of a global debt crisis?
The sell-off in Japanese bonds is a warning to global economies. As yields – particularly at longer maturities – soar and demand collapses, Japan is becoming a case study in what happens when investors lose patience with huge deficits and debt. Japan’s government bond market is currently facing an existential crisis, marked by a sharp …
The mother of crises comes… from the USA – The graph of terror
The global economy is one step away from a serious crisis, which will start again in the United States but this time will concern the country’s excessive public debt, warns Trust Economics in a report. The American economy is facing a significant turning point, which does not just concern interest rates or debt, but the …
Hybrid economic warfare: Scenarios for a massive sell-off in American assets and the “nuclear solution”
US bond yields are rising amid concerns about inflation and monetary policy, putting significant pressure on the US’s already tight fiscal position. If President Donald Trump fails to secure sufficient revenue from retaliatory tariffs and a surge in inflationary pressures is not averted, the world’s largest economy risks a sudden death. On Tuesday (22/7), US …
Risks to Europe’s financial system from Gold Derivatives
Gold derivatives are now a risk to the global financial system, the European Central Bank said in a note written by its four economists. The note, titled “What does the record price of gold tell us about risk appetite in financial markets?”, comes nearly 25 years after a GATA delegation led by President Bill Murphy …
Rescheduling the maturities of US debt securities and Linking the dollar to gold
After the geopolitical earthquakes caused by the US’s reorientation of its stance on Ukraine and its rapprochement with Russia, a new earthquake is being planned, this time in the economy. In a move that could reshape the global financial landscape with unpredictable consequences, President Donald Trump is reportedly planning a major restructuring of international debt …
The dollar is not money but credit – The Ponzi scheme and the road to collapse
With widening budget deficits, rising debt, and interest payments that can only be serviced by issuing a currency of decreasing value, the dollar can only be described as an elaborate Ponzi scheme at the nation-state level. Dollars are backed by debt, which requires infinite economic growth to service – it is a credit-based currency. Without …
What will investors punish after the failure of the FED?
A paradoxical phenomenon occurred in the course of US interest rate cuts: Instead of falling, they moved higher in the medium term. The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point in September, raising expectations that other interest rates will soon begin to cut as well. By contrast, two-year and 10-year …
The FED is sacrificing inflation to keep the bond market from collapsing
The US Federal Reserve is in a race to prevent an imminent collapse in the US government bond market. High US debt yields are artificially kept at these levels as the Fed maintains demand by increasing the money supply in the economy – that is, by printing dollars and trying to control the bond yield …