Blog/Interest Rates

Big Bang v REPO
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I can see your warning about Big Bang and the bonds markets would crash after 2015.75 going into the bottom of your business cycle on [...]
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Can Interest Rates Rise when Central Banks are the Only Market Maker?
QUESTION: How can interest rates can rise when central banks are the only market maker, & pension funds FORCED to buy gov.debt by their statutes? but why [...]
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Interest Rates and the Great Global Crisis
COMMENT: I attended your 2016 WEC and I thought you would be wrong that interest rates would rise and the whole big bang thing. Rates have risen only in the US, the [...]
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PRIVATE BLOG – The Federal Reserve to Raise Interest Rates?
PRIVATE BLOG – The Federal Reserve to Raise Interest Rates? Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to [...]
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Banks – Interest Rates – Mortgages
COMMENT: Martin, as an avid follower, I took your advice to heart to try to fix our interest rate for the loan we have on our house. This was the answer I got from [...]
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Could the Fed Ever Exit the Repo Market?
It is stunning how after more than three months, the analysis on the repo market is still nowhere close to reality. I believe that those in the trenches are, like [...]
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Can Central Banks Ever Control Long-Term Rates?
QUESTION: Marty, you said that central banks can only control short-term rates not long-term. Do you see a scenario where they could control the long-term rates? [...]
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PRIVATE BLOG – Update REPO Crisis?
PRIVATE BLOG – Update REPO Crisis? Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please [...]
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PRIVATE BLOG – Repo Crisis & Strategy
PRIVATE BLOG – Repo Crisis & Strategy Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please [...]
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Why the Repo Report Must Remain Private
I am asking everyone to please refrain from telling the world what is really taking place. Only the core people involved in high-level finance understand the risks [...]
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