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Two
Reasons Why the Global Economy Will Slow and Government Promises to Retirees
Will be Broken March 13, 2012 By gpc1981
http://gainspainscapital.com ‘The coming years will be marked by a seismic
change in the economic landscape in the US. Firstly and most importantly, we
are going to see economic growth slow down dramatically. , CBO
Hikes 2012 Budget Deficit Forecast By $97 Billion In One Month, Sees $1.17
Trillion In Funding Shortfall Durden
3-13-12 , ECRI Stays with
Recession Call New American | The
vicious cycle is starting where lower sales, lower production, lower employment
and lower income [leads] back to lower sales…BOB
ADELMANN New
American Tuesday, March 13, 2012 http://albertpeia.com/ecricallsrecession.htm
, Guest
Post: How Does FINRA Lose 8 Hours of Testimony? Wall Street’s “Kangaroo Court” Durden 3-13-12
, Troika
Finds Greece Already Likely To Miss Bailout Budget Targets Durden 3-13-12
, Fed
Stress Test Released: Citi, SunTrust, Ally And MetLife Have Insufficient
Capital Durden
3-13-12 , Market
Summary: FOMC Snoozer Followed By Premature Exuberation Durden 3-13-12 ,
Dave’s Daily: http://www.etfdigest.com 3-13-12 ‘Bernanke & Co had nothing new to
say and one assumes this must be bullish as stocks shot higher after the
announcement. Gold fell as it was “risk on” for stocks and as the dollar rose
slightly. Select commodity prices rose (USO, JJC) while bond prices continued
to fall as yields rose. Retail Sales were higher but below expectations (1.1%
vs 1.2% exp. & prior .6%) ex autos and gasoline sales were up only .6%.
Goldman Sachs same store sales data for the week was .7% vs 1.3% prior…’ , Conned 2012: Joseph Kony Is A CIA Contractor [ Yeah, cia, mossad, kony, they look like and
are a bunch of spooks. ] Saman Mohammadi | Former
European MP, journalist, and author Richard Cottrell says Lord Resistance Army
is backed by CIA and Mossad. , Who
Decided That It Would Be A Good Idea.... http://albertpeia.com/misplacedfaith.htm Do you have faith in the people running
this nation? When answering that question, most people would bash either the
Democrats or the Republicans, but my question goes much deeper than that.
Power is constantly shifting back and forth between the two major political
parties, and it seems like things don't really change no matter who is in
power. What I am asking is if you have faith in the entire system.
Do you have faith in the U.S.
government, the Federal Reserve, the state governments, the local governments,
our public schools and our financial system? Do you believe that the
people that are running things in this country are doing a good job? When
you look at the results, it is hard to argue that those in power are making
good decisions. In fact, this country is caught in such a downward spiral
that it would be easy to argue that most of our politicians should immediately
resign in disgrace. Our leaders just keep coming up with one bad idea
after another. Sometimes it almost seems as though it would be better for
our leaders to do absolutely nothing at all because every time they try to do
something they only make things worse. , Does
High Frequency Trading Add To Market Liquidity? Vote Here (No!) Durden 3-13-12 At this point it is safe
to say that the world has far greater
issues than simple trade scalping and a broken market structure courtesy of the
few robotic algorithms that still trade, even compared to three years ago. Back
then it was far less obvious that the global ponzi was on the edge every day,
and that only coordinated efforts such as today's one-two punch by Jamie Dimon
and his subordinates at the FRBNY could mask the fact that the stress test was
never actually needed, as any time banks suffer a 20% drop the Fed would simply
proceed to the New QE (pass go, and give the $200 direct to the banks). And
yet, years after the flash crash, pervasive central planning notwithstanding,
the High Freaks are still around, subpennying, stub quoting, channel stuffing
and otherwise making a total mockery of the retail investor (at least the one
who is dumb enough to put in a limit order and not split up a big order into
many tiny ones). Which is simply stunning - by now, even if reading just a
fraction of the hundreds
of posts on the topic on this site alone of which this one may be the
most encompassing, one would think that everyone, and that even includes the SEC, would be
well aware of the (borderline) criminal, and certainly liquidity destroying
(although volume spiking via churn), product that is High Frequency Trading.
Apparently not. , Is
This The Chart Of A Broken Inflation Transmission Mechanism? Durden 3-13-12
Sean Corrigan presents an interesting chart for everyone who still
believes that, contrary to millennia of evidence otherwise, money is not fungible.
Such as the Lerry Meyers of the world, who in a CNBC interview earlier said
the following: "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, you think he doesn't have the right
model of inflation, he would allow hyperinflation. Not a
prayer. Not a prayer. If you wanted to forecast inflation three or
four years out and you don't have it close to 2%, I don't know why. Balance
sheet, no impact. Level of reserves, no impact, so you have a different model
of inflation, hey, you like the hawk on the committee, you got good
company." (coupled with a stunning pronouncement by Steve Liesman: "I think
the Fed is going to be dead wrong on inflation. I think inflation is going up." -
yes, quite curious for a man who for the longest time has been arguing just the
opposite: 5 minutes
into the clip). , Japan's
Shocking Keynesian Slip: "We Are Worse Than Greece" Durden 3-13-12 In a stunning turn of
events, a Japanese Ministry of Finance official admits to Richard Koo's worst
nightmare "Japan is
fiscally worse than Greece".
Bloomberg is reporting that, at a conference in Tokyo, Yasushi Kinoshita says Japan's 2011
fiscal deficit was up to 10% of GDP and its debt-to-GDP has soared to over
230%. What is more concerning is the Kyle-Bass- / Hugh-Hendry-recognized
concentration risk that Kinoshita admits to also - with a large amount of JGBs
held domestically, the Japanese financial system is much
more vulnerable to fiscal shocks (cough energy price cough) than
Europe. Of course, the market is catatonic in its reaction
to this - mesmerized by the possibility of buybacks and hypnotized at
big-banks-passing-stress-tests - though we do note the small reverse stronger
in USDJPY has reversed as this news broke and the USD pushes modestly higher. ,
Four Big
'Troubles' In Little China Durden
on 03/14/2012 While not quite as dramatic as Kim Cattrall in a
cheongsam, the recent group-think of 'heads bulls win, tails
bears lose" on the back of seemingly ever-rising strike prices on central
bankers implied-puts is becoming crescendo-like. Nowhere
is this more evident in China
currently, as the world views every inflation, growth, and lending print as
either positive because of more stimulation or positive because of global
growth. Of course all of this ignores the 'trap' that is/has already sprung in Japan (ZIRP, deflation, and zombification), US
(ZIRP, addiction, and energy prices), and Europe
(print, subordinate, and alienate foreign bond purchasers) and the care with
which even insane printers must tread for fear of upsetting the world economy.
Tonight we hear from China's
Premier Wen that, via Bloomberg,
China seeks to
establish social democracy and much to Chuck Schumer's chagrin we pre-suppose,
that the Yuan is close to equilibrium levels.
Furthermore the veiled threat that China-US cooperation is
better than confrontation, which brings us to four
charts we found interesting in their potential to upset the euphoria of a global
race-to-the-bottom which apparently makes US stocks invincible. , Why
Are Millions Of Americans Preparing For Doomsday? http://albertpeia.com/preparingfordoomsday.htm
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(some prior links of current interest)
A Warning Sign For The World
http://albertpeia.com/warningsignfortheworld.htm, 20 Signs You Might Be A Typical American
Worker http://albertpeia.com/20signsoftypicalamericanworker.htm
, 10
Signs That America Is Decomposing Right In Front Of Our Eyes http://albertpeia.com/10signsamericadecomposing.htm
, 8
Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default http://albertpeia.com/8reasonsgreekdebtdefaultstillcoming.htm
, 55
Interesting Facts About The U.S. Economy In 2012 http://albertpeia.com/55factsaboutus2012economy.htm , http://albertpeia.com/debtpercapita.jpg , Double-dip recession setting in across eurozone: EU
, America 1950 vs.
America 2012 http://albertpeia.com/downhillslideofamerica.htm
, Society’s
Five Stages of Economic Collapse http://albertpeia.com/5stagesofcollapse.htm ,
No
Housing Recovery - Case Shiller Shows 8th Consecutive Month Of House Price
Declines Durden
, Goldman:
Germany Is Now On The Hook By €1 Trillion (Or 40% Of GDP) Durden, , 20
Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple Up From Their Entertainment-Induced
Comas http://albertpeia.com/20ecostatstowakesheeple.htm , Central
bank balance sheet expansion since end 2007
Mar 1st, 2012 by News (ZeroHedge) — SNB +230%; Fed +222%, BOJ +125%, BOE +87%, PBOC +93%, ECB
+51%. USA
Gold / PG View: Pretty strong evidence that the rally in bonds — and by extension the
rally in stocks — is nothing but a charade. , 10.7
Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse Than It Was At The Peak Of The Last
Recession http://albertpeia.com/europeunemploymentworsethanrecession.htm
, Inflation
Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is Taxing The Living Daylights Out Of Us http://albertpeia.com/inflationisatax.htm , 15
Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Economy Over The Next 12 Months http://albertpeia.com/15massivethreatstoeconomy.htm
, 1
Through 30 – The Coming U.S. Financial Crisis By The Numbers http://albertpeia.com/1-30usfinancialcrisiscoming.htm
, Greece
Has Defaulted - Which Country In Europe Is Next? http://albertpeia.com/greecehasdefaultedwhonext.htm , Five
Charts That Prove We’re in a Depression and That the Federal Reserve and
Washington Are Wasting Money gpc1981 http://albertpeia.com/usindepressionfedandgovwastingmoney.htm , Broken
Promises: Pensions All Over America Are Being Savagely Cut Or Are Vanishing
Completely .http://albertpeia.com/uspensionscutorvanishing.htm , America
Is Being Transformed From A Wealthy Nation Into A Poor Nation At Breathtaking
Speed http://albertpeia.com/ustransformedfromwealthytopoor.htm
, As
US Rakes Largest Monthly Deficit In History, 2012 Tax Revenues Net Of Refunds
Trail 2011 Durden,
Guest
Post: The Audacity of Bonuses At MF Global Durden
3-12-12 In the spirit of George Orwell’s Animal Farm commandment: “all animals are equal, but some
animals are more equal then others” comes the galling news that bankruptcy
trustee, Louis Freeh, could approve the defunct, MF Global to pay bonuses to
certain senior executives. This, despite the fact that nearly $1.6 billion of
customer funds remains “missing” or otherwise partially accounted for, yet
beyond the reach of those customers, perhaps forever, since before the firm
declared bankruptcy on October 31, 2011... ,