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"The Fed Has Been Horribly Wrong" Deutsche Bank Admits, Dares To Ask If Yellen Is Planning A Housing Market Crash
The reason why Zero Hedge has been steadfast over the past 6 years in its accusation that the Fed is making a mockery of, and destroying not only the very fabric of capital markets (something which Citigroup now openly admits almost every week) but the US economy itself (as Goldman most recently hinted last week when it lowered its long-term "potential GDP" growth of the US by 0.5% to 1.75%), is simple: all along we knew we have been right, and all the career economists, Wall Street...
ECB Confused How To Mask Losses On Negative Yield Bond Purchases
As we noted last week, Mario Draghi’s move to purchase €1.1 trillion in EGBs at 124% of par may have mitigated market jitters regarding the ECB’s ability to source enough bonds to meet PSPP monthly asset purchase targets, but it also virtually guarantees that the central bank (and perhaps some eurozone NCBs) will be forced to operate from a negative equity position should sovereign spreads blow out.
Chinese GDP Beats And Misses - Slowest Growth Since 1990's Tiannanmen Square Sanctions Hit
China's broad stock indices were flip-flopping between gains and losses from the open (although securities firms continued to get monkey-hammered on more tightening by regulators) heading into the avalanche of data that hit at 2100ET. GDP growth - which was estimated at sub-7% based on real-time hard-date - was released/leaked 10mins early - rising 7.3% YoY in Q4 (just expectations of a 7.2% rise) but grew only 1.5% QoQ ( the 1.7% expectation).
Why Is The Fed Hiring An "Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With DHS Directives"
A few weeks ago, we reported that for some still unexplained reason, the US Treasury is ordering "survival kits" to its employees overseeing the federal banking system. To wit: The Department of Treasury is spending $200,000 on survival kits for all of its employees who oversee the federal banking system, according to a new solicitation.
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