MAR 20 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE
Justice
Department Rolls Out An Early Form Of Capital Controls In America. Submitted
by Tyler Durden
on 03/20/2015. Something stunning took place earlier this week, and it quietly
snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the "all important" FOMC meeting was
looming. That something could have been taken straight out of the playbook of
either Cyprus, or Greece, or the USSR "evil empire", or all three.
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One
Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes - Part 3. Submitted by
Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. In the previous installments of this series, we
discussed the hidden and often unspoken crisis brewing within the employment
market, as well as in personal debt. The primary consequence being a collapse
in overall consumer demand, something which we are at this very moment
witnessing in the macro-picture of the fiscal situation around the world. Lack
of real production and lack of sustainable employment options result in a lack
of savings, an over-dependency on debt and welfare, the destruction of
grass-roots entrepreneurship, a conflated and disingenuous representation of
gross domestic product, and ultimately an economic system devoid of structural
integrity — a hollow shell of a system, vulnerable to even the slightest
shocks.
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"Record
Corporate Cash And Profitability" Are Lies: Here Is The Truth. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. Since the number of
people who still believe this lie has soared in recent months, it is our duty
to conduct a public service announcement to show the truth. Here it is, from
Credit Suisse:"Cash levels have slipped relative to assets, while free
cash flow yields are nearly back to 2007 lows." and "Corporate
cash levels in the US are still high relative to history, but have been worked
down in recent years."
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Vladimir
Putin Proposes "Eurasian" Currency Union. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. While the distraction that is the stock market
continues to enthrall most Americans, the big shots in the global monetary
which for now are taking place behind the scenes, are getting ever louder. One
person who is paying attention to the failure of the US to grasp that the
unipolar world of the 1980s is long gone, is Russia's Vladimir Putin, who
earlier today proposed creating a "Eurasian" currency union which
would have Belarus and Kazakhstan as its first members, which already are
Russia's partners in a political and economic union made up of former Soviet
republics.
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100,000
Layoffs And Counting: Is This The New Normal?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. "This time a year ago, the oil industry's
biggest problem was finding a way to deal with the “retirement tsunami” about
to crash down on it as older oilfield workers hung up their cork boots to enjoy
freedom. Now, with oil prices still in the doldrums, many of those same
workers are lucky to be hanging onto their jobs, while others have been booted
from the payroll as an ugly wave of layoffs takes hold."
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When
The World's Reserve Currency Flash Crashed: "I Haven’t Seen Anything Like
It Since The Financial Crisis’. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. On Wednesday
afternoon, just after the close of the market, the US Dollar, the world's
reserve currency flash crashed. “I haven’t seen anything like it
since the financial crisis,” said Paul Lambert, head of currency at Insight
Investment, which manages $480 billion of assets. For a few minutes on
Wednesday, the lack of dollar buyers caused a short-term freeze in electronic
trading platforms, according to a New York-based trader at a major
currency-dealing bank. “There was a lot of shouting on the desk, a lot of
nervousness,” the trader said.
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US
Taxpayers To Fund Ukraine Bailout With Bond Guarantee. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. CCC-rated Ukraine is preparing to issue more debt,
debt with a Aa+/AAA rating because it will come with the explicit guarantee of
the United States of America. In other words, after raiding Greek pensions with
the IMF's blessing, the Kiev puppet government is now going after the "full
faith and credit" of the US... backed by its taxpayers. In yet other
words, the latest Ukraine "bailout" is courtesy of you, dear US
taxpaying reader.
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Income,
Education and Inequality in the "Recovery": Prepare to be Surprised.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. In other words,
wages are declining even in fields where advanced degrees are supposed to
inoculate the highly educated from declines in earnings. This is not
entirely surprising to anyone who has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous
glut in workers with advanced degrees, but it does drive a stake in the heart
of the argument that the solution to income inequality is more education.
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Shocking
Austerity: Greece’s Poor Lost 86% Of Income, But Rich Only 17-20%. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. The poorest
households in the debt-ridden country lost nearly 86% of their income,
while the richest lost only 17-20%. The tax burden on the poor increased by
337% while the burden on upper-income classes increased by only 9%!!!
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The
Planned Obsolescence of America. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. America is headed for planned obsolescence by a
shortsighted, uneducated and careless society that values the enjoyment of
cheap trinkets and quick fixes rather than the solid value of time tested
products and customs.
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Desperate
Shale Companies Issue Stock To Stay Afloat. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. U.S. oil
producers are issuing new shares of stock at the fastest pace in more than a
decade, looking to investors for a cash lifeline to pay down debt and keep
drilling as crude prices continue to sink, Bloomberg notes, a move which
paradoxically will only serve to depress prices further.
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The
Latest Flashing Red Light: Global Earnings Plunge Most Since Lehman. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. The latest red
light: Global equity 12-month forward EPS has turned to the tune of 7% negative
on a YoY basis.In fact, as the chart below shows, global forward EPS is now
plunging at the fastest rate since Lehman, and is down to levels last seen in
2011.
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Varoufakis
Explains How The Video Of His Middle Finger Is "Turning Proud Nations
Against Each Other". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015. Varoufakis' middle finger was useful in one specific
way: to rip away the facade of solidarity and freidnship in Europe, and
reveal just how ugly the undelrying truth is, and to hint just how much
uglier it will become once the money runs out not only for Greece, but for
everyone else, or as Varoufakis himself who in a blog post today summarized his
"middle finger" best when he said that it "has sparked off a
kerfuffle reflecting the manner in which the 2008 banking crisis began to
undermine Europe’s badly designed monetary union, turning proud nations against
each other."
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US
"Isolated" As Key Ally Japan Considers Joining China-Led Bank.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. And then there were
none. Like dominoes, US allies have fallen in line on the heels of the UK's
decision to join the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment bank and
now, the stanuchest supporter of Washington's position on the venture looks set
to defect as well.
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German
DAX Surges Over 12,000 On Greek Optimism, But The Money Has Run Out. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2015. Tsipras said Greece was "moving swiftly
to meet creditors' demands for a detailed economic reform plan" and
assured euro zone leaders his leftist-led coalition would speed up work to
avert bankruptcy. Alas, even a best case scenario which sees some €1.9 billion
in payment unlcoked, will not be enough: as Bloomberg calculated, "The
country’s cash shortfall is projected to hit 3.5 billion euros ($3.7 billion)
in March, according to Bloomberg calculations based on 2015 budget
figures."
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/20/2015 - 07:30
- Clinton Charity Tapped Foreign Friends (WSJ)
- Dollar Set for Worst Week Since ’13; S&P Futures Rise (BBG)
- Shale Producers Have Found Another Lifeline: Shareholders (BBG)
- BOJ Kuroda says no sign of 'currency war' brewing in world (Reuters)
- Fed Is Pushing and Pulling on Rates Riddle (WSJ
- Brent oil falls towards $54 on OPEC output, Iran (Reuters)
- Iran Talks Stall Over Ending of Sanctions (WSJ)
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FUTURE FAST FORWARD FFF
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
Forgiving Al-Qaeda in Pursuit of a New Enemy
By Jim Naureckas
There are indications of a shift toward groups like Al-Qaeda– as potential allies against the governments Washington has identified as more important enemies, namely Shi'ite-led Iran and Syria.
By Jim Naureckas
There are indications of a shift toward groups like Al-Qaeda– as potential allies against the governments Washington has identified as more important enemies, namely Shi'ite-led Iran and Syria.
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US Weapons Have a Nasty Habit of Going AWOL
By AJ Vicens
From Afghanistan to Yemen, a short history of American arms ending up in the wrong hands.
By AJ Vicens
From Afghanistan to Yemen, a short history of American arms ending up in the wrong hands.
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Bill C-51 Reveals Harper's Inner Bully
By Murray Dobbin
The Harper government's pursuit of its odious Secret Police Act (Bill C-51) is just another chapter in the most through-going, and massive social engineering project in the history of the country.
By Murray Dobbin
The Harper government's pursuit of its odious Secret Police Act (Bill C-51) is just another chapter in the most through-going, and massive social engineering project in the history of the country.
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What You Need to Know about Venezuela
By George Ciccariello-Maher
Venezuela is a “national security threat” only because it refuses to be controlled by the US.
By George Ciccariello-Maher
Venezuela is a “national security threat” only because it refuses to be controlled by the US.
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Real Unemployment is Double the ‘Official’
Unemployment Rate
By Pete Dolack
Across North America, Europe and Australia, the real unemployment rate is approximately double the “official” unemployment rate.
By Pete Dolack
Across North America, Europe and Australia, the real unemployment rate is approximately double the “official” unemployment rate.
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RT &REBELLION & SPUTNIK
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Una agenda para Europa.
Yanis Varufakis
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PRESSTV
US
students protest violent police arrest. Fri Mar 20, 2015 Students have protested against aggressive
police actions in the US following the brutal arrest of a black man.
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US,
allies hit ISIL targets in Syria, Iraq The US and its allies staged 29
air strikes on ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday.
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'US
playing cynical game in Middle East' The Pentagon has announced it is
deploying about 1,000 troops to train militants in Syria.
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‘Takfiris
serve US objectives in Syria’ The political analyst Dean Henderson believes that the US
and its Arab allies created the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front and the ISIL
terrorist group so that they could justify their meddling in Syria.
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ISIL
kills 70 Syrian soldiers: Report.
Fri Mar 20, 2015 An attack by ISIL Takfiris has claimed the lives of 70
Syrian army soldiers, according to a pro-opposition monitoring group.
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Iraq: Syria crisis needs peaceful end. Fri Mar 20, 2015 Iraq says it backs a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Syria.
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‘ISIL enjoys durable Israel ties’. Fri Mar 20, 2015 James
Petras says ISIL has established longstanding and durable ties with the Israeli
regime.
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Bomb
attacks kill over 20 Syria Kurds . Fri Mar 20, 2015 Twin bomb attacks
kill over 20 Syria Kurds celebrating the new year Nowruz festival.
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‘US
to escalate Ukraine situation’. Fri Mar 20, 2015 An activist says
sending in military units to train Ukrainian army shows nothing but a full desire
to escalate the situation into war on the part of the United States.
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Sudan kids recruitments worry UNICEF . Fri Mar 20, 2015 UNICEF is
concerned about the forceful recruitment of children to fight in South Sudan.
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US
warns Syria over downing drone Fri Mar 20, 2015 The US has warned
Damascus not to interfere in its ongoing air campaign in Syrian airspace. [THE ONES who ordered to send drones to Syria should be
indicted .. their intentions were criminal .. they violate foreign space.. ]
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‘Bibi
to behave arrogantly after vote’. Fri Mar 20, 2015 An analyst says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would adopt a more arrogant approach
towards Palestinians after his party won the elections.
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World
facing severe water crisis: UN. Fri Mar 20, 2015 The UN warns that the
world will plunge into a severe water crisis unless countries adopt reforms.
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Obama:
US to 'reassess' ties with Israel. Fri Mar 20, 2015 Obama has told
Netanyahu that Washington will "reassess" its ties with Tel Aviv
after the Israeli premier's recent provocative statements. [ El psicópata Israeli se
cagoo en el Presidente negro de EU y los émulos del KKK en el congreso, los
neocons, le exigen que haga las paces con ese troglodita y genocida y Obama acepta la humillación .... que
desgracia la de nuestra America .. mas tarde tendrá que avalarle al genocida sus
guerras de agresión contra Gaza y los vecinos . Que vergüenza!]
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CONTACTO LATINO.com
Sieren's China: Beijing's new
development bank divides western nations
Britain has become
the first G7 country to join a new Chinese-led investment bank, marking a
historic step towards a multipolar world order, says DW columnist Frank Sieren.
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Sieren’s China: Business is
thicker than blood
In the north of Myanmar a Chinese minority is fighting for
more autonomy. But according to DW columnist Frank Sieren, the rebels cannot
count on support from China because Beijing has broader interests. http://contacto-latino.com
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As the dollar rally
continues, two more big names just said that the greenback’s rise is continuing
to hurt their business. Nike reported third quarter …
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ÚN.- Los presidentes de la Comisión Europea,
Jean-Claude Juncker, y del Consejo Europeo, Donald Tusk, han anunciado este
viernes una ayuda de emergencia
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DW DEUTSCHE WELLE
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