India And Vietnam Are Trying To Get Their People Off Gold
• Business InsiderWhen uncertainty reigns, investors all over the world turn to gold as a safe haven.
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Vanguard FSOC Comment Urges Standby Liquidity, Prime Funds Only
• http://cranedata.com"The key to preventing a run on Prime MMFs from contributing to broader dislocations in the financial markets during a widespread crisis is to ensure that these funds have adequate liquidity, and have the ability to slow redemptions..."
Ecuador's 2012 Banking Sector Profit Down 21% to $312 Million
• foxbusiness.comCombined profit for Ecuador's private banks fell 21% in 2012 due to a series of measures taken by President Rafael Correa's administration.
The Worldwide Demographic Cliff Is Going To Be Brutal
• Business InsiderTHE post-war generation of baby boomers - those born between 1946 and 1964 - have had a huge appetite on the world, creating "youth culture", changing social attitudes from the sixties onwards,
Here Are 10 Scary Signs Of Fragility In China's Massive Financial System
• Business InsiderThe Chinese economy is "very credit dependent", warn GMO analysts Edward Chancellor and Mike Monnelly.
Capitalism Imbalance and Resolutions
• arcleinWhat remains the same across all such forms - why they all deserve the label "capitalist" - is the exclusion of the mass of workers that produces the output and generates the profits from receiving and distributing that profit, and from generally p
Revolutionary Japan is suddenly the centre of world affairs
• Daily TelegraphTakahasi was the first of his era to tear up rule book completely. He took Japan off gold in December 1931. He ran "Keynesian" budget deficits deliberately, launching a New Deal blitz before Franklin Roosevelt took office.
The 'Best' Countries In The World Have Changed A Lot Since 1988
• Business InsiderThe Economist Intelligence Unit recently published its "Where To Be Born in 2013" list, a measure of which countries provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in the years ahead.
What Wall Street Traders Are Reading This Weekend
• Business InsiderMonday is a holiday in the US, but the preparation for the re-opening of markets has begun.
A Huge Shift Is Happening In The Currency Market, Just In Time For The Folks Going To Davos
• Business InsiderAs we wrote about yesterday, one of the biggest moves in currencies has been the Euro rallying against the Swiss Franc.
By The Numbers: 20 Facts About The Collapse Of Europe That Everyone Should Know
• http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By MichaelThe economic implosion of Europe is accelerating.
German Bundesbank To Repatriate Gold From New York Fed
• Prison Planet“Trust in central banks by other central banks is ending”
Germany demands all their gold be returned; the global money masters pee their pants
• Zero HedgeSending all their gold back home pulls the rug out from under the global money scheme, and may have just launched the greatest gold scramble of all time. Because if the central banks don't have faith in one another, why should anyone else?
Pain in Spain: Austerity Falls Mostly on the Middle Class, And Yet
• Common DreamsScratch the surface of any austerity policy, and chances are you’ll see a bank protection program masquerading as good economic policy.
Crackerjack Global Analysis or Analysis on Crack?
• The Daily BellSave? Party like it's 2013! ... Economic forecast for 2013: Forget the fiscal cliff, this is the year to spend, spend, spend ...
Bartering Gets Popular
• Free Press PublicationsBartering and alternative currencies are gaining ground... at least in Greece. Are Greeks turning to gold & silver as those in Zimbabwe did?
Chinese Military On “High Alert” After It Scrambles Fighter Jets To “Counter” Japanese Jets
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Zero HedgeThe one thing that most seem to forget in the epic 30 year old story (which has a very sad ending) that is the Japanese floundering economy, is that while the new Abe government may and will likely try everything to crush the Yen
Homeless Handled in Scotland
• arclein“With homelessness figures already heading in the right direction, today we have taken a huge step forward for Scotland,” she said. The BBC reports that official figures in February show that Scotland’s homelessness rate has fallen to its lowest l
Anyone Who Thinks America Has High Taxes Needs To Look At These Charts
• Business InsiderThere is a vehement and polarized debate going on in this country about our budget deficit.
The 7 Most Important Oil Chokepoints In The World
• Business Insider"About half of the world's total oil production of nearly 90 million barrels per day is transported over water," write US Funds analysts.
Thought The Euro Crisis Was Over? These 18 Charts Show The Real Crisis That Lies Ahead
• Business InsiderEveryone thought 2012 was the year the euro crisis subsided.
Barter and Alternative Currencies Growing in Greece
• Daily BellCommunities set up local currencies and exchange networks in attempt to beat the economic crisis ... It's been a busy day at the market in downtown Volos.
Spain Plunders 90% Of Social Security Fund To Buy Its Own Debt
• Zero HedgeSpain has been quietly tapping the country's richest piggy bank, the Social Security Reserve Fund, as a buyer of last resort for Spanish government bonds - with at least 90% of the $85.7 billion fund invested in increasingly risky Spanish debt.
Child benefit reforms under fire as parents fail to opt out
• The GuardianMost families who will lose all of their benefit under changes coming in on Monday have not taken step to stop payments.
Investors Who Think Venezuela's Economy Will Open Up After Chavez Have Another Thing Coming
• Business InsiderAll signs point to the fact that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not long for this world.
France's Financial Transaction Tax Experiment Is Turning Into The Worst Kind Of Failure
• Business InsiderOne suggestion that has gained popularity in the post-crisis regulatory debate is a tax on financial transactions.
Zambia central bank launches rebased currency
• ReutersZambia's central bank launched its rebased kwacha currency on Tuesday, removing three zeros from new denominations which will run side by side with the old bank notes until June this year.
Yen Decline
• arcleinl. A weaker yen is itself a form of stimulus, and should help the country's domestic manufacturers. Nomura recently upgraded the Japanese automakers specifically on this, and in general the Nikkei has been on a total tear.
Euro zone factory slump deepens but Asia perks up
• ReutersEuro zone factories sank deeper into recession in December as new orders tumbled, business surveys showed on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to continuing signs of revival in China.
Central Bankers Gone Wild
• arcleinThe jargon is no different in Brussels, London, Tokyo, Beijing or other places around the world where pinstriped policymakers congregate and pontificate. But sometimes even central bankers can be perfectly clear. They can also, apparently, be surpr
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