Neueste Heute 15.05.2024 14.05.2024
'Guns & Butter': Putin Explains Reason Behind Major Cabinet Shake-Up
16.05.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Guns & Butter': Putin Explains Reason Behind Major Cabinet Shake-Up Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time explained the rationale behind this week's major cabinet reshuffling, which for the first time of the Ukraine operation saw Sergey Shoigu removed as defense minister (and 'promoted' to head of the national security council),...
Money's Grim Future
15.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Money's Grim Future Authored by Alan Lash via The Brownstone Institute, Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California last Saturday, May 11th. Day has written the excellent book The Final Countdown, which carefully describes the increasingly aggressive...
Bitcoin Paves The Way For A New Era Of Free Market Banking
15.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Paves The Way For A New Era Of Free Market Banking Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Hal Finney was a pioneering computer scientist, cryptographer, and prominent Cypherpunk who played a crucial role in the early development of Bitcoin. He was one of the first supporters, contributors, and adopters of Bitcoin. In short, Finney...
Netanyahu Says Rafah Op To Take 'Weeks, Not Months' As EU Warns Of Damaged Ties
15.05.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Says Rafah Op To Take 'Weeks, Not Months' As EU Warns Of Damaged Ties On Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the controversial Rafah offensive, which has been criticized by a number of Western allies including Washington, is expected to "last weeks" and not not months or years. The Israeli leader appears to be...
US Futures Coiled Tightly Ahead Of Key CPI Print
15.05.2024, 13:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Coiled Tightly Ahead Of Key CPI Print Equity futures were set to hold yesterday's gains ahead of today's CPI report, but will move violently either higher or lower after today's CPI number is released, which will either validate or reject Jerome Powell’s latest signals that interest rates will be higher for longer (our CPI preview is here)...
Elections And Devaluations
15.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elections And Devaluations Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, Yves here. It’s revealing that Serious Economist Jeffrey Frankel limits himself to third-world examples in his case studies below on post-election devaluations. Perhaps it would be unseemly to look at, say, the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, or even Australia (admittedly the latter...
Snyder: "Demographic Winter Is Coming" As Fertility Rates Plummet All Over The Globe
14.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Snyder: "Demographic Winter Is Coming" As Fertility Rates Plummet All Over The Globe Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Fertility rates have fallen way below replacement level throughout the entire industrialized world, and this is starting to cause major problems all over the globe. Aging populations are counting on...
Peter Schiff: All Inflation Has One Source
14.05.2024, 20:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: All Inflation Has One Source Via SchiffGold.com, Last week, Peter appeared on This Week in Mining with Jay Martin. Jay and Peter discuss the state of the economy, the government’s assault on sound money, and why the mining sector constitutes a good investment. Early on in the interview, Peter lays out the dilemma the Federal Reserve...
Clearing Demand
14.05.2024, 20:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Clearing Demand By Ahmed Bin Sulayem Since its establishment in 2005, the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) has been the central counterparty for clearing and settlement services to the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX). Emerging as the largest clearing house in the MENA region by volume, DCCC is now poised to play a far more multinational...
'Good News Is Bad News' Is The Worst News For Stocks
14.05.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Good News Is Bad News' Is The Worst News For Stocks Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, We’re back in a “bad news is good news” regime for stocks, where weak economic data prompts higher prices. That’s typically a supportive backdrop for equities, but investors should be alert for when stocks fail to rally on good news as this...
Israeli Tanks Plunge Deeper Into Rafah As 500,000 Palestinians Flee
14.05.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israeli Tanks Plunge Deeper Into Rafah As 500,000 Palestinians Flee Israeli tanks have been seen plunging deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah amid reports that some 500,000 people have fled amid the escalating ground offensive. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have initially focused their operation on the eastern section of the city, having seized...
I've Got A Bad Feeling About This
14.05.2024, 16:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - I've Got A Bad Feeling About This By Michael Every of Rabobank Ideally, I would have written this on May 4th not 14th, but I am going to talk Star Wars. I was a fan in 1977, kept the flame alive when only battered VHS cassettes of the original trilogy existed, and was delighted to get prequels. Until the opening crawl announced, “The taxation of trade...
Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Admit He Can Now See The 'Flation'?
14.05.2024, 15:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Admit He Can Now See The 'Flation'? Squeezed in between today's (hotter than expected) PPI and tomorrow's CPI, Fed Chair Jay Powell will join The ECB's Dutch Central Banker Klaus Knot at the annual general meeting of the Foreign Bankers' Association. After PPI - and a wave of higher prices across various indicators...
Markets Now Face Make Or Break Inflation Data
14.05.2024, 14:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Now Face Make Or Break Inflation Data By Michael Msika, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist European stocks are hovering around record highs on conviction that interest rates will come down and revive the economy, making this week’s inflation data a key to extending the rally. Monetary policies in the US and in Europe are expected...
"Markets Extremely Quiet" Ahead Of PPI, CPI, Powell Speech
14.05.2024, 12:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Markets Extremely Quiet" Ahead Of PPI, CPI, Powell Speech US equity futures are flat into tomorrow's CPI/Retail Sales print with PPI the major macro data point today, while Fed Chair Powell also speaks. Futures are flat after also closing unchanged yesterday when the return of the meme stonk mania sent GME and AMC soaring, and hammered L/S hedge funds...
Pressure On China Heightens As Capital Outflow Chokes Liquidity
14.05.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pressure On China Heightens As Capital Outflow Chokes Liquidity Authored by Simon Black, Bloomberg macro strategist, The latest money data from China shows its capital-outflow problem is worsening, pressuring policymakers to allow a further weakening in the currency. China released money and inflation data over the weekend. CPI and PPI were not great...
"Combat Illegal Corporate Behavior" - Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Use Executive Action Against High Food Prices
14.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Combat Illegal Corporate Behavior" - Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Use Executive Action Against High Food Prices Greedflation is a myth, and Democrats are well aware of this. However, they will never acknowledge that corporate greed isn't the root cause of inflation, as greed tends to be constant in the economy. What changed is the overstimulation...
Will The Fed Lose Control?
14.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The Fed Lose Control? Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, According to new reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, Social Security and a Medicare fund that pays for hospital expenses will both begin running deficits in 2035 and 2036. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, Congress was too preoccupied...
"Sand Volcano" Emerges In Central Florida
14.05.2024, 00:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Sand Volcano" Emerges In Central Florida Devo Seereeram, a Consulting Geotechnical Engineer and the owner of Devo Engineering has deemed the anomaly that has emerged in Central Florida to be a "sand volcano". The issue surfaced at a 300-million-gallon wastewater reservoir located west of State Road 429 in Apopka, near Golden Gem Road. This facility...
China's Broadest Credit Metric Just Turned Negative For The First Time Since 2005
13.05.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Broadest Credit Metric Just Turned Negative For The First Time Since 2005 China has lots of economic problems (even if the market has been surprisingly generous in the past 4 months and allowed Chinese stocks to surge despite any actual economic rebound or recovery), but this is a new one. It is hardly a secret that for much of the past 15 years...
Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore
13.05.2024, 15:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore After a very slow week, the key event for markets this week will be US inflation data with April’s PPI (Tuesday) and CPI (Wednesday) the highlights. We’ll see if the higher-than-expected US inflation seen in Q1 extends into Q2 or not. Markets will also hear from Powell (tomorrow) and Vice...
Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister
12.05.2024, 20:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister Russian state media is confirming a huge breaking development that President Putin has removed his longtime Defense Minister and personal friend Sergei Shoigu as defense chief, who has overseen the Ukraine war since its beginning in Feb. 2022. He will now serve as...
The Davos Class Is Desperate
12.05.2024, 18:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Davos Class Is Desperate Authored by Marty Bent via bombthrower.com, One of Davos’ favorite front men, Yuval Noah Harari, joined the BIS Innovation Summit earlier this week to spread some laughable anti-bitcoin propaganda. “The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be...
Nebraska Ends Income Taxes On Gold And Silver, Declares CBDC’s Are Not Lawful Money
12.05.2024, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nebraska Ends Income Taxes On Gold And Silver, Declares CBDC’s Are Not Lawful Money Authroed by JP Cortez via the Mises Institute, With Gov. Jim Pillen’s recent signature, Nebraska has become the 12th state to end capital gains taxes on sales of gold and silver. LB 1317 is the fourth major sound money bill to become law this year, as state lawmakers...
The Latent Fascism Of Today’s Anti-Fascists
12.05.2024, 05:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Latent Fascism Of Today’s Anti-Fascists Authored by Aaron Kheriaty via the Brownstone Institute, "Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison." -Simone Weil The terms “fascist” and “fascism” are continuously bandied about today. But those who use these words most...
The Land Of The Setting Sun: The Currency Crisis Of Japan Has Just Started
12.05.2024, 01:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Land Of The Setting Sun: The Currency Crisis Of Japan Has Just Started By Tuomas Malinen of The MT Malinen substack On Tuesday, we shortly commented the flash crash and the (assisted) recovery of the Japanese Yen between Friday and Monday, 26-29 April, on the GnS Economic’s Deprcon Outlook. In this entry, I will detail the reasons behind the crash...
Over 124 Pounds Of Cocaine And Fentanyl Seized In El Paso In 1 Week
11.05.2024, 19:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Over 124 Pounds Of Cocaine And Fentanyl Seized In El Paso In 1 Week Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in the El Paso region seized more than 124 pounds of fentanyl and cocaine last week in four separate incidents, amid criticism of lax border policies. On April 30,...
Why We Are At The Start Of A Multi-Year Gold Bull Market
11.05.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why We Are At The Start Of A Multi-Year Gold Bull Market By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainesvillecoins.com Recently the dollar gold price aggressively broke a multiyear resistance level on the back of escalating wars, worrying asset bubbles, and sticky inflation. Long term indicators show gold is undervalued under these circumstances and can easily double...
World's Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm On Fragility Of Cashless Economies
11.05.2024, 11:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm On Fragility Of Cashless Economies Authored by Nick Corbishley via naked capitalism, At a time when the dominant narrative around cash is that its demise is all but inevitable, as well as broadly desirable, the 2024 payment report by Sweden’s Riksbank may offer a cautionary tale. In October last year...
Russia Launches Surprise Offensive In Kharkiv, Aims To Extend Border 10km Deep Into Ukraine
10.05.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Launches Surprise Offensive In Kharkiv, Aims To Extend Border 10km Deep Into Ukraine Following several more cross-border attacks from Ukraine, including direct drone hits on Russian oil facilities over the past 48 hours, Russian forces have launched a surprise ground offensive which seeks to break through front lines in the northeastern Kharkiv...
"The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening"
10.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening" By Rabobank The Bank of England left the Bank Rate unchanged at 5.25% yesterday, but the clear signal from the record of votes, and Governor Bailey, is that cuts aren’t far away. This time around the vote split 7-2 in favour of holding (previously 8-1), with arch-dove Dhingra being joined by former...
As The Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation
10.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As The Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation Authored by Douglas French via The Mises Institute, Economics trumps sentimentality, and gold’s elevated price has some people raiding the family jewelry box to pay bills. “Young people are not wearing grandma’s jewels. Most of the young people, they want an Apple watch. They don’t...
Six Reasons To Own Bitcoin In Retirement
10.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Six Reasons To Own Bitcoin In Retirement Via BitcoinMagazine.com, For newcomers, especially those in and around retirement age, the idea of investing in or owning bitcoin can evoke reactions from skepticism to disbelief. If you look beyond the popular narratives, however, you might find there is more to the story than first impressions suggest. Here...
Malta's Central Bank Governor Charged With Fraud And Misappropriation Of Funds
10.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Malta's Central Bank Governor Charged With Fraud And Misappropriation Of Funds They say central bankers can always print money out thin air: in this one case, however, the head of Malta's central bank could desperately do with a bigger money printer, or at least a much better attorney. Malta's attorney general filed charges of fraud and misappropriation...
Was bedeuten CBDCs für Gold?
10.05.2024, 07:35 Uhr. uncut-news.ch - https: - Da die Einführung digitaler Zentralbankwährungen (Central Bank Digital Currencies, CBDCs ) nun unvermeidlich scheint, gibt es viele Richtungen, die Zentralbanken mit ihren digitalen Währungsprojekten einschlagen könnten und die dramatische Auswirkungen auf den Goldpreis hätten. Digitale Währungen, die als “bequem” und “effizient”...
Peronistische Opposition in Argentinien versucht den Schulterschluss
10.05.2024, 05:21 Uhr. amerika21 - https: - Breite Unterstützung für Unterschriftenkampagne und Generalstreik der Gewerkschaften. Einigende Rolle des Gouverneurs von Buenos Aires Buenos Aires. Die linksperonistische Gewerkschaft CTA-A (Central de Trabajadores Argentinos Autónoma) hat eine Kampagne unter dem Motto "Ein entschlossenes Volk gegen das DNU" gestartet. Ziel ist es, eine Million...
Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth?
10.05.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A group of climate alarmists have concluded that global GDP will be 23 percent lower on the current path. I was aware of the ridiculous article when it came out. I stopped reading when I noted that all countries were all given equal weighting...
How People Get Around In America, Europe, And Asia
10.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How People Get Around In America, Europe, And Asia This chart, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao, highlights the popularity of different transportation types in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, calculated by modal share. Data for this article and visualization is sourced from ‘The ABC of Mobility’, a research paper by Rafael Prieto-Curiel (Complexity...
Huawei's New 'Made-In-China' Smartphone Sources More Chips Locally Amid US Tech War
10.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Huawei's New 'Made-In-China' Smartphone Sources More Chips Locally Amid US Tech War With draconian export controls and blacklisting by Washington elites, Chinese tech giant Huawei is still operating and, in fact, producing new high-tech smartphones with components increasingly sourced from domestic suppliers. A new teardown analysis by tech repair...
"You Need Two Years Of Food" - Martin Armstrong Warns "There Will Be Shortages" As 'Perfect Storm' Looms
09.05.2024, 21:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "You Need Two Years Of Food" - Martin Armstrong Warns "There Will Be Shortages" As 'Perfect Storm' Looms Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong has new data on how well the Biden economy is doing. Spoiler alert: It’s not doing well, and the financial system is about to tank. ...
The Catalyst For A Banking Renaissance
09.05.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Catalyst For A Banking Renaissance Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Every day, there are over 2,000,000,000 consumer transactions around the world. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and other large companies process many of these payments. Bitcoin, on the other hand, does not have anywhere near the capacity to handle this kind...
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon?
09.05.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon? Via SchiffGold.com, Peter’s back to recap the last week in markets and economic news. This episode starts with April’s dismal stock performance and also discusses Jerome Powell’s most recent appearance. Peter wraps up the episode by recounting the Bitcoin debate he participated in on Friday. Peter notes...
Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption"
09.05.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption" By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday saw the Riksbank in Sweden cut rates by 25bp to 3.75% for the first time since 2016 (as Brazil cut 25bp to 10.50% as expected, yet the BoJ opened the door to another tiny June hike). Rate cuts, and a month before the ECB is...
Denver Illegals Make Demands, Include 'Culturally Appropriate' Food, Lawyers, Unlimited Showers And Warnings Before Evictions
09.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Denver Illegals Make Demands, Include 'Culturally Appropriate' Food, Lawyers, Unlimited Showers And Warnings Before Evictions Illegal immigrants at a Denver, Colorado encampment that is set to be removed are refusing to leave until the city meets a list of 13 demands, which include access to "fresh, culturally appropriate ingredients" for food, unlimited...
Can You Guess What It Costs To Live "The American Dream" After 3 Years Of Inflation Under Joe Biden?
09.05.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Can You Guess What It Costs To Live "The American Dream" After 3 Years Of Inflation Under Joe Biden? Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, If you are like most Americans, the cost of living has been going up much faster than your income has been. Right now, millions of Americans that were once prospering are now deeply...
BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged But Edges Closer To Cutting As Deputy Governor Calls For Easing
09.05.2024, 13:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged But Edges Closer To Cutting As Deputy Governor Calls For Easing With both the Swiss SNB and Swedish Riksbank starting to cut rates, many were wondering if the BOE would join the easing cycle next. And while it did not, instead keeping rates unchanged at 5.25% for the sixth straight meeting of its policymakers, in line with...
The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited
09.05.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Fascism became a swear word in the US and UK during the Second World War. It has been ever since, to the point that the content of the term has been drained away completely. It is not a system of political economy but an insult. If we go back a decade before...
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt"
09.05.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt" Yesterday we discussed the latest consumer credit data, which revealed that the amount of credit card debt across the US has hit a new record high of $1.337 trillion (even though it appears to have finally hit a brick wall, barely rising...
Be Careful What You Wish For: Weaker Yen A Blessing And A Curse For Japan
08.05.2024, 23:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Be Careful What You Wish For: Weaker Yen A Blessing And A Curse For Japan By Simon White, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist A weaker yen will boost inflation in Japan, but it may do so to an undesirable extent, especially as there are growing signs price growth is becoming embedded. Be careful what you wish for. For years, Japan has yearned...
The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway
08.05.2024, 23:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If people have learned anything from the past few years of Ivy League elites and TV talking heads feeding them economic predictions, I hope they finally understand that the “experts” are usually wrong and that alternative analysts...