Full story here from Jim Willie.
History is being made. The American public has never been no nervous, perhaps fearful of something dreadful and imminent. The global monetary system is crumbling. The typical stimulus has failed to jumpstart the USEconomy. The 20 months of near 0% short-term official interest rate has failed to revive the moribund [...]
Full story here from ZeroHedge.
First existing, now new home sales: 276K (yes a record low) on expectations of 330K, and a revised prior of 315K – a drop of 12.4% MoM. And, even worse, prices are dropping as deflation rages: the Home Price Index down 0.3% on expectations of a 0.1% increase (and previously at [...]
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In his latest letter, Pimco’s Bill Gross explains why neither he, nor his fund, are some bloodthirsty vampire squid, monopolizing the bond market: all he wants is the greater social good, which can only be perpetuated by endless government subsidizes of the housing ponzi. What follows is truly entertaining:
Full story here from Mike Whitney. Like you haven’t heard me say this a bunch of times already.
Imagine the reaction at the White House when the Department of Labor released its weekly unemployment figures on Thursday. Jobless claims rose by 12,000 to 500,000 in the second week of August. There’s been no improvement in the [...]
Full story here from Market Ticker.
If this is true, it’s deadly-serious.
I have here a record of a note that was open (and unpaid) during a bankruptcy. It was held by one of the big mortgage joints that was swallowed The debt was not reconfirmed, and it was a second.
The first is underwater. [...]
Full story here from Ellen Brown.
Mortgages bundled into securities were a favorite investment of speculators at the height of the financial bubble leading up to the crash of 2008. The securities changed hands frequently, and the companies profiting from mortgage payments were often not the same parties that negotiated the loans. At the heart of [...]
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In a unorthodox piece by the WSJ, which goes direct to discussing some of the less than pleasant possible outcomes of central planning, Brett Arends asks “could Wall Street be about to crash again? This week’s bone-rattlers may be making you wonder” and says: “way too many people are way too complacent [...]
Full story here from Mike Whitney.
On Tuesday, the 30-year fixed rate for mortgages plunged to an all-time low of 4.56 per cent. Rates are falling because investors are still moving into risk-free liquid assets, like Treasuries. It’s a sign of panic and the Fed’s lame policy response has done nothing to sooth the public’s fears. [...]
Full story here from Mike Whitney.
The housing depression will last for a decade or more. This is by design. The Fed has been working with the banks to withhold inventory so prices do not fall too fast or too far. That way the banks can manage their write-downs without slipping into insolvency. But what’s good [...]
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By Dylan Ratigan
They Keep Stealing – Why Keep Paying?
The dire straits of the middle class of America has made it near impossible for our politicians to keep up the pretense that our current government truly works for the “people.” Between the multiple overt and secretive bailouts, the massive bonuses and the circular use [...]