How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/financeNordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions
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If Men Were Angels, We Wouldn't Need the Blockchain
• arcleinIf men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." - James Madison
China Industrial Profits Fall Most Since 2011 as Economy Slumps
• BloombergChinese industrial companies' profits declined the most in at least four years, the latest sign that the nation's old growth drivers are faltering.
Tracking the Implosion of Brazil;
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comBe Careful of What You Wish; Perfect Storm; Email from Brazil; More Intervention Madness
We Still Aren't Sure What Will Cause Janet Yellen to Pull the Trigger
• http://www.bloomberg.comThe central bank is facing a communications problem.
HSBC Thinks China Stocks Rout Is Nearly Over
• BloombergFurther losses by Chinese stocks are limited after leveraged traders cut $218 billion of positions, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
The market just completed an epic round-trip
• Business InsiderUS stock futures got crushed overnight after some ugly economic data out of China. But they have since recovered those losses and then some.
Of Eurodollars And Asian Dollars, That Is The Question
• by Jeffrey P. SniderCopper prices are getting pummeled this morning. Since copper is somewhat unique in its setting between wholesale finance and the real economy, but most especially what might fairly be termed the Asian dollar, it functions not just as a "dollar"
Meanwhile, Brazil's Currency Just Plunged To An All-Time Low...
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenOn Monday, we updated the rapidly deteriorating situation in Brazil which for the uninitiated, faces a laundry list of seemingly intractable problems which Goldman recently summarized as follows:
Should You Worry That the Stock Market Just Formed a "Death Cross"?
• caseyresearch.comThe world economy appears to be stalling…
Guest Post: Safe Assets In A World Gone Mad
• http://www.zerohedge.comGold and silver are good assets to hold to insure the preservation of EXCESS wealth but there are other assets that are even more valuable longterm. Those things that can be used to produce a product are the elements that can be used to leverage your
Greece election: Alexis Tsipras hails 'victory of the people'
•Alexis Tsipras has hailed a "victory of the people" after his left-wing Syriza party won Greece's fifth election in six years.
Asia's key risks this week: China flash PMI, Japan inflation
• http://www.cnbc.comAs financial markets in Asia recover from the Fed's decision to keep rates unchanged, other risk events will likely serve up fresh volatility this week.
2.3 million answer Indian state's post for 368 menial jobs
• Associated PressWhen a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, the response was staggering.
Bank Of England Economist Calls For Cash Ban, Urges Negative Rates
• http://www.zerohedge.comAndy Haldane, one of the Bank's nine interest rate setters, made the case for the "radical" option of supporting the economy with negative interest rates, and even suggested that cash could have to be abolished.
The 5,000-year history of interest rates shows just how historically low US rates are right now
• http://www.businessinsider.comInterestingly, rates aren't just low within the context of American history. They also happen to be at the lowest levels in the 5,000 years of civilization.
Still Waiting...
• www.lewrockwell.com - Peter SchiffDespite months of expectations that it would finally raise rates for the first time since 2006, the Fed continued to sit on its hands
Inside Janet Yellen's Brain at 4 a.m. (Part II)
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Bill BonnerAccording to several headlines, the U.S. stock market rose yesterday "ahead of Fed."
The global financial system is now resting on a margin of 1.3%
• http://www.sovereignman.com, by Simon BlackSeven years ago on September 15, 2008, one of the oldest investment banks in America filed for bankruptcy.
A Central Banker After Midnight
• Daily ReckoningThe Fed has as much as promised to make the blind see and the lame walk. It claims that it – and it alone – is capable of improving the U.S. economy and, by extension, the world economy.
Means and Ends and the Pope
• https://www.lewrockwell.comThe Pope has commented more than once on the ongoing refugee / migrant situation that is consuming the news. In a recent interview, he suggests that the underlying cause is an unjust economic system:
How Does the Economy Look Now Compared to When the Fed Hiked Rates in the Past?
• http://www.bloomberg.comIf the Federal Reserve raises interest rates on Thursday, it will be doing so in an economy that is radically different from the past.
Stocks at three-week highs as Fed decision looms
• http://www.reuters.comWorld stocks inched to a three-week high and the dollar drifted lower on Thursday as markets waited to see if the Federal Reserve would raise U.S. interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, or opt to wait a little longer.
Kyle Bass On The Currency Wars And Central Bank Race To The Bottom...
• By Everett RosenfeldKyle Bass On The Currency Wars And Central Bank Race To The Bottom--You Haven't Seen Nothing Yet
There Are No Markets, Only [IMF] Manipulation
• http://www.nestmann.com, By Mark NestmannI can't help but be reminded of the truism of this week's article title, watching Chinese stock prices drop, day after day. In response, Chinese securities regulators have banned most short selling.
China Stocks Sink Again as Growth Concerns Spur Investor Exodus
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-15/China's stocks slumped for a second day in thin turnover amid concern government measures to support the world's second-largest equity market and economy are failing.
The burden of paying back Puerto Rico's debt should not fall on the island's poor
• The GuardianWe are a tax haven for wealthy foreigners with a low corporate tax rate and huge business subsidies. So why increase income taxes on working class residents?
Why the Fed Is Likely to Stand Pat This Week
• http://www.bloomberg.comMarket turmoil means moving from the zero bound gets even trickier.
Pimco, Fidelity Stung by Collapse of Petrobras's 100-Year Bond
• http://www.bloomberg.comWhen Petroleo Brasileiro SA sold 100-year bonds in June, the move was largely seen as a sign the corruption-tainted oil producer had put the worst of its problems behind it.
Was Tom Hayes Running the Biggest Financial Conspiracy in History?
• http://www.bloomberg.comOr just taking the fall for one?
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