A systemic crisis in the debt market festers as the Fed’s pitiful fight against inflation, which has not even raised the Fed fund rates above the pampered core inflation rate, threatens to collapse the house of cards bond market, taking banks with it. US annual core inflation, the data that strips out everything relevant, like …
Bank Runs
It is game over for central bank inflation hawks; there have been two bank runs in the US in as many days, and policymakers have been working overtime, weekend to prevent a systemic financial meltdown. So let’s get to the bones of why Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest commercial US bank in Santa Clara, …
Housing Bust 2023
Housing bust 2023 is underway. As Darren Winters explains, the US housing market typically falls in different regions, with some areas being more sensitive than others due to spiralling mortgage increases egged on by Fed rate hikes. So in the 2008 housing bust, the first house of cards to fall was Miami, Phoenix, Santiago, and …
Distressed Banks
Distressed banks are another red flag as aggressive monetary tightening in 2022 has ensured no soft-landing, another narrative soon to be assigned to the fairytale book. Distressed banks are the latest fallout of central banks tackling policy-made inflation. Over 10 trillion dollars of asset prices were wiped out across the asset spectrum in 2022 as …