All is not well in the German economy | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in August 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Banking Association, Berlin, Credit Crunch, Crisis Mode, Dark Clouds, Economic Engine, Economic Headlines, Economic Horizon, Europe, Financial Crisis, German Economy, Germany, Global Financial Crisis, President Of Germany, Recession, Second Quarter

Analysis: Despite new growth, experts sound the alarm on a looming credit crunch.
BERLIN — Economic headlines last week bore unexpected good news for Germany: With positive, if modest, growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter of the year, Europe’s largest economic engine had officially moved out of recession.
But there are more dark clouds gathering [...]

Debit Crisis Articles

Posted by Matt in June 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, 1913 Intel, Budget Deficit, Coffins, Credit Crunch, Debt Crisis, Economic Rebound, Fema, Government Auction, Great Depression, Martial Law, Meltdown, National Debt, National Savings, Nytimes, Pbs Org, Pyramid Scheme, Sovereign Debt, Subprime Mortgage Market, Treasury Auction, Undeniable Reality

The next great crisis: America’s debt | 1913 Intel
At this rate, your share of the load will be $155000 in a decade. How chronic deficits are putting the country on a path to fiscal collapse.
Sovereign Debt | 1913 Intel
Latvian debt crisis shakes Eastern Europe Telegraph.co.uk – Jun 3, 2009 … a sovereign debt crisis after [...]

The great bailout – Europe’s best-kept secret

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Bailout, Baltic State, Best Kept Secret, Centenary Celebrations, Confluence, Credit Crunch, democracy, Devastation, Economic Crises, Europe, European Election, Freedom, German People, Heart, Isaiah Berlin, Jewish Philosopher, Perfect Storm, Secret Germany, Vote

Germany is at the heart of a huge plan to prop up crippled EU economies – not that the German people would ever know
I will not vote in today’s European election. Instead, I am doing something much more interesting and relevant to the future of Europe and Britain. I am travelling to Riga to speak [...]

The Looming Crisis in Commercial Real Estate

Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Borrowers, Commercial Loans, Commercial Real Estate, Commerical Real Estate, Credit Crunch, Deutsche Bank, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Losses, Mortgages, Real Estate Loans, Refinancing, Residential Mortgage, Shopping Centers, Time Bomb, Trillion, Two Thirds

The credit crunch has thus far focused on the residential mortgage mess. But with $1.3 trillion in loans to shopping centers and other commercial properties coming due between now and 2013, another time bomb is ticking. In a report scheduled for release on Wednesday, Deutsche Bank estimates that at least half the loans — and [...]

RGE 2009 Global Economic Outlook

Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Chile, Credit Crunch, Credit Losses, Economic Consensus, Economic Contraction, Economic Downturn, Excess Capacity, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Full Swing, Global Demand, Global Economic Outlook, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Global Growth, Global Recovery, Great Depression, Leading Indicators, Negative Territory, Policy Responses, Supply Chains, Trade Finance, Trade Volumes

The global economy is in the middle of a synchronized contraction that will push global growth into negative territory in 2009 for the first time in decades. . This will be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the worst global economic downturn in decades. Global trade volumes face their sharpest contractions of [...]

The List: The World’s Most Unexpected Crime Waves

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Crime, Accounting Firm, China, Copenhagen, Credit Crunch, Crime Wave, Crime Waves, Criminals, Denmark, Denmark Copenhagen, Detective, Drug Gangs, Elderly, Elderly Population, Fraud, Gang Wars, Ground Zero, Human Smuggling, Illegal Narcotics, Japan, Japan Population, Kpmg, Marginalized, Mexican Gangs, Migrant Workers, Phoenix Police Department, Population China, Prison Population, Rage, Rival, Ul, White Collar

1. Denmark – Rival Copenhagen drug gangs
2. Japan – The disenchanted elderly
3. China – Marginalized youths and migrant workers
4. Britain – White-collar fraudsters
5. Arizona – Mexican drug gangs
Read More…

Gang wars rage in Denmark

Japan’s elderly prison population

The Real China / Shocking, Dangerous, Dirty China(??)
[Not suitable for minors.]

Fraud in Britain
Fraud in the UK hit near-record levels [...]

Geopolitical Consequences of the Credit Crunch

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Niall Ferguson, Brazil, British Pound, China China, Consequences, Credit Crunch, Financial Crisis, Foreseeable Future, Global Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Gross Domestic Product, India, Inevitable Consequence, infrastructure, Niall-Ferguson, Planned Economy, Reserve Currencies, Reserve Currency, Russia, Sneeze, United States

Link to this video.
By Niall Ferguson Sunday, September 21, 2008
What are the geopolitical implications of all this? One possibility is that the “great reconvergence” between East and West is speeding up. If you go back to the very first report that Goldman Sachs produced about the “BRICs economies” (Brazil, Russia, India and China), China was [...]

Popular Rage Grows as Global Crisis Worsens

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Bailout, beijing, Big Crunch, British Trade Unions, Credit Crunch, Economic Downturn, Financial Crisis, Full Coverage, Germany, Global Crisis, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland, Organizing, Rage, Spiegel, Strikes, Takeover, Tempers

As the global economic crisis deepens, tempers around the world are getting shorter. French and British trade unions are organizing strikes, Putin is sending troops into the streets and Beijing is trying to buy itself calm. By SPIEGEL Staff more…

The State’s Silent Takeover: Germany’s Big Banking Bailout
The Credit Crunch Lab: Iceland’s Warning to the World
SPIEGEL [...]

Russia devalues ruble for 13th time in two months

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Russia, Credit Crunch, Devaluation, Dmitri Medvedev, Economy, Financial Crisis, Global Economic Slowdown, Global Financial Crisis, Indexes, Jobs, moscow, Recession, Ruble, Ruble Devaluation, Russia, Russian Exports

Russia started the first trading day of 2009 with its 13th ruble devaluation in two months on Sunday, and President Dmitri Medvedev urged a faster response to a crisis that could see the economy slide into recession.
The global economic slowdown and credit crunch have hit demand for Russian exports, shaved over 70 percent off Moscow’s [...]