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Amid Government Shutdowns and Rising Debt, Gold Stands as a Safe Haven

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Looming Shutdown Highlights Government Instability The specter of a government shutdown is looming large. With only seven working days remaining, there is no budget agreement in sight. This impending shutdown is not an isolated incident. Instead, it’s part of a troubling pattern of government dysfunction. Along with escalating national debt and political infighting, it reflects […]

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Stablecoins Could Trigger a Crisis at the Heart of the Financial Industry 

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President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act into law on July 18.© BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images  About the author: Mark Copelovitch is a professor of political science and public affairs and director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the co-author of Banks on

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Debt Wall, Consumer Strain, and a Fed ‘Trapped By Politics’: Stephanie Pomboy Warns of Market Reckoning

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Markets may be celebrating a temporary U.S.-China trade truce, but macro strategist Stephanie Pomboy warns the party won’t last. In an interview with Kitco News, Pomboy, founder of MacroMavens, cast doubt on the sustainability of the current market rally, citing structural imbalances across debt, credit, and consumption. “This is just a 90-day ceasefire,” Pomboy said

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Former SEC Attorney Warns of ‘Most Ignored Financial Crisis in America’ as Pension Risks Mount

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Edward Siedle, former SEC attorney and record-setting whistleblower, has issued a stark warning that the next financial crisis won’t be triggered by banks or stock markets but by America’s underregulated and opaque public pension system. “Public pensions that have $6 trillion in them are not subject to any comprehensive federal law or any comprehensive state

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

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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

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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 

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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? 

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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

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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

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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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