It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the negative interest rates introduced in several countries in the wake of the global financial crisis are trashing bank profitability.
Even with pension consolidation and other small successes of the past year, state leaders cannot let up pressure toward reforms that will provide long-term solutions to the pension crisis.
China’s government-bond investors will soon be looking for reassurance from the central bank that there’s plenty of cash in the financial system.
IMF: The increasing trend of using corporate debt for speculative financial gambles could make the global economy more vulnerable in the next downturn...
Despite a decade of post-crisis reforms, financial companies still use tricks to obscure their true condition.
Are your elected officials on it? NOPE! Why should they be. They get generous coverage through a choice of plans and enjoy taxpayer subsidies covering most of the cost.
The $1.4 trillion appropriations package boosts spending for both the military and domestic programs. It also scraps key taxes to fund the Affordable Care Act...
The latest hypothetical real (inflation-adjusted) annual earnings are at $39,915, down 11.1% from 45-plus years ago.
While the stock market may be an exclusive club for its members currently, the combined issues of debt, deflation, and demographics is a problem the Fed can’t fix...
Central bankers deserve credit for saving the economy from the financial crisis. They won the battle, but not the war. So now they are asking for new powers to fix the side effects of a decade of ultra-low low and even negative interest rates.
In 1982, the average car price in the US was $7,000. In 2019, its $37,185. The REAL INFLATION number is +500% or more on cars.
The boom in the market for leveraged loans, a favorite financing source of private-equity-backed companies, has created vulnerabilities in the global financial system...
The boom in the market for leveraged loans, has created vulnerabilities in the global financial system...
But overall economic growth during this decade has been slower compared to previous booms.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added roughly $57.5 billion in temporary liquidity to financial markets Thursday.
Decomposing soon deflates the bubble of optimism about further gains.
Options traders are paying up for bets that would profit if the S&P 500’s record run came to a halt.
Gold & silver are on lockdown as queue jumping returns WITH A VENGEANCE In gold. Harvey explains...
"It's so easy to get involved and so difficult to leave," Boockvar wrote.
In November, shipment volumes fell 3.3% They are are negative year-over-year for 12 consecutive months.