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Banking Crisis

Why Bail-Ins in Europe Are Not Likely in the USA

The public was outraged over the use of tax dollars to bail out banks during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

Will Governments Respond Globally or Just Act Independently?

QUESTION: Is there any comparison to be made between the current suppression of interest rates by the Fed and its suppression of interest rates in the 1920s? With...

The Coming Crisis – What to Watch?

QUESTION: Dear Martin – We owe your respect for what you are doing and I wanna say thanks for educating your followers like me. With the issue of this growing...

European Banking Crisis Picking Up Steam

The banking crisis in Europe is expanding.  European banks have no liquidity and the negative interest rates have done so much harm to traditional banking in...

US Banks v Foreign Branches of US Banks

QUESTION: Marty, finally we decided to open a bank account in the USA which is not part of the CRS. But now we do not know which US-bank is safe enough and where to...

How Will Europe Respond to Being the Source of the Crisis?

QUESTION: Dear Martin, You have discussed the structural design flaw in the euro being due to the lack of consolidation of EU countries’ debt, as well as, EU...

Bank of England will Remain Outside of the Eurozone

QUESTION: Dear Martin, I am a follower of your blog since I saw your film on a plane coming back from the US. Recently I purchased access to the private blog...

PRIVATE BLOG – REPO & the Big Fear

PRIVATE BLOG – REPO & the Big Fear Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please...

Italian Bank Still in Trouble

Italy is again helping a troubled bank. The government approved an emergency ordinance to support the Volksbank Popolare di Bari on Sunday and provided grants of up...

Mother of All Financial Crises

QUESTION: The distinction between the Repo Crisis and Quantitative Easing is the duration and purpose as distinguished from 2007-2009? HS ANSWER: Yes. Under QE, the...