Feb 162019
 
Debt Rattle February 16 2019

Marcel Duchamp The king and queen surrounded by swift nudes 1912   • Over 60% Of All New Debt Created Globally In Past Decade Was In China (NYFed) • Worms Turning (Jim Kunstler) • FBI Created, Covered Up “Chart” Of Potential Hillary Clinton Crimes (ZH) • Mueller Discloses Evidence Roger Stone Communicated With Wikileaks (G.) • Are Russian Trolls Saving Measles From Extinction? (RFE) • Democrats’ Coveted 2020 Prize? An Endorsement From Ocasio-Cortez (G.) • The Green New Deal, Capitalism

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Feb 152019
 
Debt Rattle February 15 2019

Pablo Picasso Three women at the edge of the beach 1924   • NBC Issues Latest Reminder That Mueller Report Might Disappoint (ZH) • Trump Will Sign Spending Bill, Declare Emergency Over Border – McConnell (MW) • Russians Told To ‘Prepare For The Worst’ As US Proposes New Sanctions (Ind.) • Theresa May Suffers Embarrassing Defeat As Tories Rebel Over No-Deal (Ind.) • Dutch PM On Brexit: UK Is A Waning Country Too Small To Stand Alone (G.) • German

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Feb 142019
 
Debt Rattle February 14 2019

Pablo Picasso Guitar 1925   • Australia’s $7 Trillion Question: How Low Will House Prices Go (SMH) • US Mortgage Applications Drop Despite Lower Rates: Industry is Baffled (WS) • Surge In Delinquencies Threatens US Auto Loan Bubble (Colombo) • $1 Trillion Amazon Pays $0 In Income Taxes, Gets $129 Million Rebate (RT) • EU Officials: UK Only ‘Pretending To Negotiate’ Over Brexit (G.) • UK Has Rolled Over Just £16bn Out Of £117bn Trade Deals (G.) • Labour MPs

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Feb 132019
 
Debt Rattle February 13 2019

Edouard Manet Osny, The road-menders, Rue de Berne 1878   • America’s 1% Hasn’t Had This Much Wealth In 100 Years (MW) • Senate Has Found No Direct Evidence of Trump-Russia Conspiracy (NBC) • NBC Has A Hard Time Accepting There’s No Collusion (ZH) • Mitch McConnell To Force Senate Vote On Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal (CNBC) • For The Stock Market, A Trade-War Win May Be A Hollow Victory (MW) • Labour To Set Out Plans To Decarbonise UK,

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Feb 122019
 
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Debt Rattle February 12 2019

Vincent van Gogh On the outskirts of Paris 1887   • Global Insect Decline May See ‘Plague Of Pests’ (BBC) • Complex, Dynamic Environmental Destabilisation (BBC) • Politicians Are Complicit In The Killing Of Our Insects (G.) • Should We Really Not Worry About The Fed’s Balance Sheet? (Roberts) • Party Leaders Reach Deal To Avoid Fresh US Government Shutdown (AP) • Warren’s Foreign Policy Shows She’s Missing Why Trump Was Elected (G.) • Mistaken Futures (Kunstler) • May To

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Feb 112019
 
The Great Discontent

Johannes Vermeer Woman holding a balance 1662-63     The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise. -Hazel Henderson It’s often hard to understand how people can be aware of something but then fail to link it to a perfectly logical next step, or even multiple steps, and see where it fits in a larger scheme. There really are people out there, believe it or not,

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Feb 112019
 
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Debt Rattle February 11 2019

Pablo Picasso Glass, bread and cheesee 1923   • Plummeting Insect Numbers ‘Threaten Collapse Of Nature’ (G.) • IMF Cuts 2019 Global Growth Forecasts Again: “We Have No Idea” (Mish) • UK Public Services Face Post-Brexit Squeeze (R.) • Theresa May Rejects Corbyn’s Ideas For A Compromise Brexit Plan (G.) • May Rejects Corbyn’s Customs Union Offer, What’s Next? (Mish) • All The Ways Gen X Is Financially Wrecked (MW) • Warren: Trump Might Not Be President Or ‘Even A

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Feb 092019
 
 February 9, 2019  Posted by at 11:03 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  5 Responses »
Debt Rattle February 9 2019

Pablo Picasso Le pigeon aux petits pois (Pigeon with Peas) – stolen May 20 2010 1911   • German Industrial Production Falls Most Since 2009. New Orders Plummet (WS) • Fed’s QE Unwind Reaches $434 Billion, Remains on “Autopilot” (WS) • UK Forcing Poor Nations Into Risky Post-Brexit Trade Deals (Ind.) • Acting AG Whitaker Says He Has Not Meddled In Russia Inquiry (AP) • US Faces A Catastrophic Food Supply Crisis, As Farmers Struggle (SHTF) • The State of

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Feb 082019
 
Debt Rattle February 8 2019

Salvador Dali They were there 1931   • AOC, The Little Socialist That Could (Strassel) • Green New Deal Takes Its First Congressional Baby Step (IC) • Are Billionaires The American Dream? (NYMag) • China Is Unlikely To Become The World’s Largest Economy Anytime Soon (Colombo) • European Economy Raises Fresh Global Growth Fears (MW) • US Consumer Credit Hits $4 Trillion; Student, Auto Loans Hit All Time High (ZH) • Corbyn Sparks Labour Civil War Over Referendum (Ind.) •

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Feb 072019
 
Debt Rattle February 7 2019

René Magritte The Pleasure Principle (Portrait of Edward James) 1937   • Led By Donkeys (G.) • Tusk: Special Place In Hell For Brexiteers Without Even Sketch Of A Plan (Ind.) • Corbyn Lays Out Labour’s Terms For Backing May On Brexit (G.) • Not Opposing Brexit Could Lose Labour 45 Seats (G.) • Yellen: Next Fed Move May Be A Rate Cut (CNBC) • Fed’s Quarles Sees 2019 As An ‘Interim’ Year For Bank Stress Tests (R.) • Press

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