Analysis Topic: Interest Rates and the Bond Market
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Ireland Debt Crisis Bailout For the Banks, Subjugation of the Irish People / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Philipp_Bagus
Europe is in turmoil once again. The sovereign-debt crisis threatens to spread from Ireland to Portugal and Spain. It all began with the financial crisis. Before the financial crisis, several governments of the eurozone, most notably those of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain (PIIGS), had been able to finance their deficits at artificially low interest rates. Some had accumulated unsustainable levels of public debts.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Can the Fed Become Insolvent? Should We Care? / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: Robert_Murphy
In light of Bernanke's plans to purchase $600 billion of longer-term government debt, many academic economists are beginning to worry: Could the Federal Reserve itself become insolvent? In this article I'll explain these fears and I'll argue that the Fed, with its printing press, cannot really go bankrupt the way other corporations can.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Debt Crisis New Phase Striking Now! Despite Bailouts! / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Martin_D_Weiss
Sadly, though, even while most Americans were enjoying the holiday or hitting the malls, much of Europe was sinking deeper into a new, more severe phase of its sovereign debt crisis.
This crisis is unfolding despite Herculean rescues by the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Financial Contagion Could Spread to "Core" Eurozone Countries and the U.S. / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Washingtons_Blog
It's not just the "peripheral" European countries which are in trouble.
As Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported yesterday:
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Global Sovereign Debt Default Bankruptcy Bailout and Contagion Risk Analysis / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This analysis seeks to update the global sovereign risk of bankruptcy following the developments of the past 9 months that have seen governments and economic policies change, economic austerity plans implemented or failure to implement, as well as the bailout of two Eurozone member countries with first Greece in May and now Ireland's Euro 85 billion bailout.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Ireland E.U. IMF Bailout Loan 6.7% Interest Rate Shocker? Belgium Joins PIGIBS / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Nadeem_Walayat
There is widespread speculation in the mainstream press that Ireland's Euro 85 billion bailout loan could carry an interest rate as high as 7% with most suggesting 6.7%, which is far higher than the expected rate of 5% that Greece agreed to in May and currently averages at 5.2% and therefore represents an 33% premium and thus would place a far higher annual debt interest burden on Ireland.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Money, Credit and the Federal Reserve Banking System - Part 3 / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: EWI
This is Part III, the final part of our series "Robert Prechter Explains The Fed." (Here are Part I and Part II.)
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Giving Thanks for the Bond Market Sell Off / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Mike_Larson
I don’t know about you, but I’m still stuffed from yesterday! I ate enough turkey to feed a small army, and that’s not even counting all the trimmings.
But frankly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Thanksgiving is a great time to get together with family, watch some football, eat well, and celebrate all we have to be thankful for. And believe me, there’s a lot … including the latest bond market sell off.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
United STRAITS of America: The Muni Bond Crisis Is Here / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: EWI
This November, the whole world tuned in as the greater part of the U.S.A.'s 50 states turned red -- and no, I don't mean the political shift to a republican majority during the November 2 mid-term elections. I mean "in the red" -- as in, financially fercockt, overdrawn, up to their eyeballs in debt.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Debt Crisis Destabilises Irish Government, E.U. Scrambles to Prevent Contagion From Spreading / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Ireland's debt crisis has destabilized its government and is fueling speculation that the $118 billion (85 billion euros) bailout may not be enough to keep it from spreading to other Eurozone countries including Portugal, Spain and Italy.
Nervous financial markets yesterday (Tuesday) continued to suggest global investors lack confidence that some governments will be able to manage their debt and cast doubt on the European Union's (EU) ability to contain the crisis.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Bernanke Is Making the Global Currency & Debt Crisis Worse / Interest-Rates / US Debt
By: Casey_Research
Bud Conrad, Chief Economist, Casey Research writes: The Fed is a corrupt and powerful institution, and Chairman Bernanke is making the global crisis worse. His new speech given last week in Europe was terribly misguided and will upset markets as the Chinese and Germans won't ignore his challenges. Bernanke’s interpretations of the markets have been wrong since before he was appointed to head the Fed, and his actions are doing nothing but aggravating the situation.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Muni Bond Crisis, The One Thing You Must Know / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Q1_Publishing
It’s a scary time for seemingly safe municipal bonds.
The Boston Globe warns muni bonds “have been sinking like a rock” and the fall “signals turmoil ahead.” The New York Times suggests it is “akin to the one that brought Greece to its knees.” Time magazine warns they’re the “next financial land mine.” The mainstream media is all over the emerging muni bond crisis.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
How to Profit as China Dumps Japan's Debt / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
As a veteran trader, I have a tendency to look past the day's top headlines. That's why a recent Bloomberg News story - which stated that China sold a net total of 769.2 billion yen ($9.24 billion) worth of Japanese debt in September - really caught my eye.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Does the Fed Create Money? / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Michael_Pento
Certain deflationists have recently gone on record saying that the increase in the Fed's balance sheet is meaningless with regard to creating inflation because our central bank can't print money, it can only create bank reserves. The problem with their view is that it both disregards the definition of money and ignores the process of creating bank reserves.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Global Monetary Policy - Negligence, Ignorance or Fraud? / Interest-Rates / Global Financial System
By: The_Gold_Report
Recovery? What recovery? With more money in circulation than ever before in history, Midas Letter Editor James West asks, "Where's all the money?" The government would have us believe a "recovery" is underway and that we're all firmly back on the road to prosperity. "A recovery is underway," says James, "but those elements of the global economy that are recovering aren't in the economic interests of most planetary citizens." In this Gold Report exclusive, James looks beyond media talking heads and rosy governmental economic forecasts to ponder the eventual consequences of a regulatory framework that is fractured and impotent.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Robert Prechter Explains Money, Credit and the Federal Reserve Banking System, Part II / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: EWI
This is Part II of our three-part series "Robert Prechter Explains The Fed." You can read Part I here -- and come back later this week for Part III.
Monday, November 22, 2010
U.S. Treasury Bond Yields Explode Higher, Opportunity to Buy 10 Year Bonds / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Levente_Mady
The bond market sold off a little more last week. Not only did the Treasury market sell off quite sharply over the past few months, but other sectors in the fixed income space got hit even harder. It appears that the market has been de-sensitized to all the sovereign problems of the basket case European countries. Financial markets just shrug nonchalantly when headlines of another Irish or Greek bail-out come across the tape. The sector that was perhaps even uglier than the European PIIGS over the past couple of weeks were the US municipal bonds. In our new cozy world, investors will need to start getting used to the idea that government bonds might not be as infallible or default proof as previously thought and priced. Meanwhile stocks remain close to 2 standard deviations expensive to bonds according to the Fed model I follow.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Roubini being Roubini, Central Banks Have Mountains More Leverage Than Lehman or Bear Ever did / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis
By: Trader_Mark
With the market on another of its rocket ships as every asset on earth is backstopped by a central banker or sovereign government (which is in turn backstopped by a central banker), Mr, Nouriel Roubini is not getting the same air time or rock star status as he had a few years ago. That said, he is always an interesting mind to listen to ... and since we share many thoughts of the future, of course I want to share ;) As Nouriel says - who is going to backstop the central banks? Mars? ;) (if you look at their balance sheets they have mountains more leverage than Lehman or Bear ever had - but no problemo I guess as we have full faith and trust in their Socrates like actions)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Higher Interest Rate Yields Impact on Gold, Metals and Other Commodities / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Every precious metals investor should be concerned about China raising its rates and rising yields. Rising rates in one of the fastest growing economies will affect precious metals investors. Changes in the rates affect stock prices. China is leading the world and we can see the fears are profound as sell offs this week were much stronger that any of the relief rallies. If China’s market corrects then the commodity market which was fueling the equity market could experience a severe correction. It is a domino effect.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Robert Prechter Explains The Fed, Interest Rates, Quantitative Easing (QE2), Monetary Stimulus / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: EWI
The ongoing financial crisis has made the central bank's decisions -- interest rates, quantitative easing (QE2), monetary stimulus, etc. -- a permanent fixture on six-o'clock news.
Yet many of us don't truly understand the role of the Federal Reserve.
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