Saturday, December 14, 2024

Tag: Bank Failures

BRICS Go Gold: Dollar Dives as Global Economy Braces for Inflation, Bank Failures, Bank Runs & QE Returns

by Jon Forrest Little, Gold Seek:

The US dollar, a currency on the brink of a financial abyss, is in a critical state. With an alarming 34 Trillion debt, unfunded liabilities approaching 200 Trillion, and no signs of ceasing perpetual wars, the situation is grave.

The outcome? MORE MONEY PRINTING.

BRICS ++ can now purchase more oil (the lifeblood of our factories, cars, power grids, hospitals, schools, and militaries) with the gold proxy than they could previously using the US dollar, which has lost its petrodollar status.

The unprecedented offloading of US treasuries results in those dollars flooding back to US shores, triggering a 2nd wave of inflation.

The Banks: “Unrealized Losses” in Q4, Securities Held by Banks, Bank Failures, and the Dropping Bank Count

by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street:

In 2024, some banks will fail. In 2023, five banks failed. In 1989, over 500 banks failed. Since 1936, there were only 5 years without bank failures.

The rate-cut-mania-inspired plunge in longer-term yields at the end of Q4, now partially reverse, had a salubrious effect on the balance sheets of commercial banks, according to the FDIC’s quarterly bank data released on Thursday.