Financial Crisis

Bond-Market Chaos is Fueling Concerns About a Crisis. Here’s What You Need to Know

Bond-market chaos is fueling concerns about a crisis. Here’s what you need to know. © MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Chaos in the U.S. stock market has infected the bond market, fueling speculation about a potentially destabilizing shock to the global financial system. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has climbed as much as 65 basis points over the […]

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Bitcoin is more like mortgage-backed securities than gold, and 2008 may be repeating itself – Wharton

MSN While Bitcoin is often compared to gold, crucial differences in their value structures and ownership transparency mean the cryptocurrency carries the same kinds of risks seen in mortgage-backed securities during the 2008 financial crisis, and history may now be repeating itself, according to two academic researchers. “Bitcoin is now priced at almost a hundred thousand dollars

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A U.S. Fiscal Crisis Would Happen Incredibly Quickly — And There’s No Way to Predict When, Says Head of Budget Watchdog 

What is a level of U.S. debt that financial markets think is too large?  The answer is “we have no idea” because it will depend on what is going on around the world and where else investors could park their money, said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a

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Is The Fed Ignoring Signs of Another Financial Collapse? 

In March 2008, the Fed overlooked the clear signals provided by the Bear Stearns’ failure leading to the Great Economic Recession. The Federal Reserve is sticking to its mantra of high-interest rates for longer in order to regain inflation control. By so doing, the Fed risks inviting a financial system crisis next year that could

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Fed Economists Warn of Looming Disaster Due to High Interest Rates

The Fed’s interest rate hikes have already precipitated a financial crisis. The central bank created an economy that depends on artificially low interest rates and periodic quantitative easing. It simply can’t function in a high-interest-rate environment. An economist at the Fed – According to their analysis, more than one-third (37%) of non-financial US companies are in

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“It’s Really the Perfect Storm”: Empty Office Buildings Across U.S. Could Lead to Financial Meltdown

New York and San Francisco, where less than half of the office spaces are occupied. “It’s really the perfect storm,” he said. “You know, these buildings are worth less than they were when they were originally financed, and interest rates being up, valuations down, they’re not going to be able to refinance these buildings.” Many

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Every Hiking Cycle Over the Last 70 Years Ends in Recession or a Financial Crisis. ‘It’s Not Going to Be Different This Time,’ Morgan Stanley Strategist Says

“Every rate hiking cycle of the last 70 years has ended in recession (c. 80% of the time) and/or a financial crisis… His comments came after three U.S. banks have collapsed, as federal authorities organized major banks to deposit $30 billion into First Republic Bank FRC, +3.57% to stave off a fourth. “At this stage,

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