Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
Those who have pushed the risk down the wealth-power pyramid are confident the Federal Reserve will continue to limit the risks of speculative financialization.
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank chief economist and CIO just pinged me with a PowerPoint presentation on the preceding and next 30 years.
He commented “I somehow to my own surprise came to one single trend I believe in: everything is deflationary. Enjoy the “funny pictures” and the outlook.”
30 Years Ago
Current and Foreward Trends
Mish Comments
Now that former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli has decided not to testify in his own defense, the jury could reach a verdict as soon as Friday afternoon.
The striking Case-Shiller regional charts shown below, courtesy of MHanson.com, make Mark Hanson angry: "so, 2006/2007 was the largest house price bubble ever, but there is nothing to see here in 2017?" and sarcastically points out that "if this isn't a house price bubble, I would hate to see one."
His bottom line:
Unofficially, Libor died some time in 2012 when what until then was a giant "conspiracy theory" - namely that the world's most important reference index, setting the price for $350 trillion in loans, credit and derivative securities had been rigged for years - was confirmed. Officially, Libor died earlier today when the top U.K. regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority which regulates Libor, said the scandal-plagued index would be phased out and that work would begin for a transition to alternate, and still undetermined, benchmarks by the end of 2021.