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via notayesmanseconomics The twist and turns of economic activity so far in 2026 have impacted the Euro area but let me start with something that feels like the tide coming in. Put like that, it sounds like we are introducing …
France is facing a full-blown credit crisis. S&P Global Ratings just downgraded the country’s credit rating from AA- to A+, marking the third downgrade in barely a month. The move reflects both political chaos and growing debt problems in Europe’s …
via notayesmanseconomics This week has opened with some sobering news for La Belle France as late on Friday we were told this. Fitch Ratings – Frankfurt am Main – 12 Sep 2025: FitchRatings has downgraded France’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default …
Silver surges above $39 for the first time since the first US downgrade in Aug 2011 pic.twitter.com/2MUb0zDOZa — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 14, 2025 Gold about to go on a canter. https://t.co/DVdYZ05t0F pic.twitter.com/u0bhtdLoG8 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 14, 2025
The bond market doesn’t shout. It signals. And right now, it’s sending a message no one in Washington wants to hear. Credit markets are quietly pricing in a six-level downgrade to U.S. sovereign debt. That would drop the country’s rating …
San Francisco’s public high schools are making a dramatic shift in grading policy, allowing students to pass with scores as low as 41 percent. The initiative, part of a broader “Grading for Equity” movement, has sparked intense debate among educators, …
BREAKING 🚨: United States Credit markets are currently pricing in a 6-level credit downgrade for the United States, which would give it a rating of BBB, just a smidge above investment grade 👀 pic.twitter.com/WlwiP5IN6p — Barchart (@Barchart) May 21, 2025 …
When Japan’s 40-year yield spikes…It’s not just a Japan problem.It’s a global leverage problem ticking louder. — FromRedToRiches (@FromRedToRiches) May 20, 2025 Japan’s 10 year yield the past month💀☠️: I mean this is so far below where their 40 year …
Retail traders bought $4.1 billion of U.S. Stocks during the first 3 hours of today's trading sessions, the most in history 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/IooUGeT3xI — Barchart (@Barchart) May 20, 2025 Retail traders made history on Monday, pouring a record $4.1 billion …
BUY THE DIP AFTER MOODY’S DOWNGRADE: MORGAN STANLEY’S WILSON Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson sees the recent U.S. stock selloff after Moody’s credit downgrade as a buying opportunity, driven more by interest rate fears than fundamentals. He notes that Moody’s is …
The S&P 500 is down by 1% in after hours on this news 🔴 https://t.co/pLuCvuz8Vy pic.twitter.com/Kn4NWqPDmg — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 16, 2025 Institutions missed this entire rally. They're going to get their discount one way or another. https://t.co/WDXUJqfIni pic.twitter.com/UszYwZuup5 — …
via WSJ S&P Global Ratings jolted markets nearly 15 years ago when it stripped the U.S. of its triple-A credit rating, citing mounting debts and political discord. Moritz Kraemer was an executive in S&P’s sovereign-bond unit when it cut the …
The recent downgrade of France’s debt rating to negative by Moody’s has sent shockwaves through Europe, reigniting fears of a potential debt crisis reminiscent of the turmoil seen in previous years. The term “EU debt crisis 2.0” is now being …
Microsoft (MSFT) received a rare Wall Street downgrade on Monday over concerns the tech giant’s artificial intelligence lead is diminishing and that it has become too reliant on Nvidia (NVDA) for its AI infrastructure. Analysts at D.A. Davidson downgraded the …
Expect a major downgrade in both stocks and the economy. 50 bps cut with stocks at 200% Market cap/GDP 🤷♂️ — Anthony Sarich 🇦🇺🇭🇷 (@AnthonySarich) September 18, 2024 The current ratio of the total U.S. stock market value to GDP, …
There are some people out there who think that they are better than everyone else because their life is going great while so many others are having a tough time in this tough economy, where inflation is still outpacing, wages, …
🚨BREAKING: BANK DOWNGRADES🚨 ** @SPGlobalRatings Downgrades 5 Major Regional Banks Due to High Exposures to CRE loans – @SPGlobalRatings lowers outlook on First Commonwealth, M&T Bank, Synovus, Trustmark, & Valley National Bancorp. pic.twitter.com/EdfpKjTsFy — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) March 27, …
Following Moody’s suit, US ratings agency Fitch’s economic analysts have opted to lower “Israel’s” credit rating given the current wartime conditions, unless persuaded otherwise in last-minute discussions with senior economic officials to delay the downgrade, the Israeli Ynet news website …
Starting off 2024 with: – Record U.S. debt – Record U.S. debt interest payments – Expected record U.S. Treasury issuances in 2024 – Record speculative-grade debt maturing over the next 5 years – Moody’s downgrades U.S. to "negative" from "stable" …
“A Fitch Ratings analyst warned that the U.S. banking industry has inched closer to another source of turbulence — the risk of sweeping rating downgrades on dozens of U.S. banks that could even include the likes of JPMorgan Chase . …
From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: U.S. credit rating and de-dollarization, China boosts official gold reserves for 9th consecutive month, …
by Simon Black Last week, the credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the US national debt. Predictably, senior officials like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed Fitch’s “flawed assessment was based on outdated data” and that the downgrade was “entirely unwarranted.” What …
*BLACKSTONE CEO: THE NUMBERS JUSTIFY FITCH'S US DOWNGRADE — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 4, 2023 US credit downgrade, another sign of a deepening crisis: The downgrade reflects the massive surge in the US federal debt, which has been driven by a …
The US government has experienced a credit downgrade at a critical juncture, and it couldn’t have happened at a worse time for the country and its currency. Investors are losing faith in the US dollar, and the downgrade poses significant …
via Mike Shedlock: “Everybody who reads the newspaper knows that the United States has a very serious long-term fiscal problem,” said Fitch in its downgrade of US debt. Government expenditures and receipts through 2023 Q1 from the BEA, chart by …
Animated: Global Debt Projections (2005-2027P) 💳️https://t.co/8XFqKNQowE pic.twitter.com/v4lUyCxnDE — Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) August 1, 2023 In 1971, global debt was a “mere” $4 trillion. In 2023 global debt is $325T excluding derivatives. How much longer can this debt bubble go? 🚨 pic.twitter.com/jJbSMdWH7h …
It’s not a growing jobs market, strong U.S. dollar or a resilient economy that will help the U.S. regain the top rating from Fitch. According to the firm, it’s going to take a major step up in governance. Fitch Ratings …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics is where the Attorney General Garland gives Hunter Biden blanket amnesty and arrests Biden’s Presidential opponent. Welcome to the United Venezuelan States of America!e The new regime talking points are out – namely that Fitch downgraded the …
by ThreeD710 Not sure how many of you have read about the US Debt downgrade, but this could be the catalyst for a major turning point for the World. If you are thinking how does this affect the World or …