Showing posts with label International Monetary Fund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Monetary Fund. Show all posts
Friday, September 19, 2025

IMF: Global debt in 2024 was $251 trillion, 235% of global GDP

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  https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2025/09/17/global-debt-remains-above-235-of-world-gdp

I keep hearing that gold is soaring because of continued dollar weakness lol

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On the contrary, gold has risen despite continued dollar strength. The enormous gains for gold in 2024 and 2025 are not explained by a round...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

NATO chief concedes Trump has a point lol

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 Stoltenberg knows damn well he might have to deal with Trump again if he's elected in November, and isn't about to alienate him now...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Surprise, The New York Times thinks Denmark, the land of the drunk, mean and discriminatory, is just wonderful!

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Here , lying through its teeth, as usual: '[Hillary] also said, “We are not Denmark.” Nope. Not by any stretch. Denmark has a slig...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

IMF signals that it cannot now participate in the third bailout of Greece

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Here , which The Guardian considers a "cannonball" shot into the bailout: Greece’s debt can now only be made sustainable th...

IMF may have to back out of latest Greek bailout deal reached in Brussels early Monday

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According to the story here , the International Monetary Fund, which has finally been calling for debt restructuring for Greece, i.e. hair...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

The New York Times speaks out against free-trade

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Here : Since the 1970s, economic orthodoxy has argued for low tariffs, free capital flows, elimination of industrial subsidies, deregu...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Central Bankers Buying Stocks: Is This Another Sign Of A Top?

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Bloomberg reports  here : Central banks, guardians of the world’s $11 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, are buying stocks in record amo...
Friday, March 29, 2013

US Bank Failures 2009-2011 See $3.92 Billion In Uninsured Deposits Lost

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Click each to enlarge. Losses from 2012 payoffs remain as yet unconcluded at the FDIC website. These things do take time. "Payoffs...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Possible LIBOR Penalties Hardly Match The Enormity Of The Crimes

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CNBC reports, here : Activity in the Libor investigation, which has been going on for three years, has quickened since Barclays agreed last ...