Daily Archives: April 16, 2019

Boom-bust cycles have increased savings deficits

Extreme monetary accommodation and share buybacks have extended the last three economic expansion cycles since 1991, but magnified savings and investment deficits through the economy at the same time.  For one important example see WSJ:  Long Bull Market has failed … Continue reading

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Perpetual monetary easing is no longer accommodative

Bleakley Advisory Group’s Peter Boockvar and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss monetary policy and economic growth. Here is a direct video link.

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Debt-fueled property bubble deflating in Stockholm too

Low-interest rates, lax-lending and speculative fever, drove a boom in property demand, size and opulence over the past decade in most of the world’s major cities.  Now home prices are unaffordable for most and debt is maxed out everywhere, just … Continue reading

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