financial

IBM’s CEO says trillions spent on AI data centers can’t pay off at today’s costs. The Bank of England warns AI is creating new financial risks in lending.

Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, has argued that the recent surge in spending by Big Tech on AI-data centers is economically unrealistic. On the “Decoder” podcast he estimated that building and fully outfitting a one-gigawatt AI data center costs about $80 billion. Given that industry announcements suggest firms are planning up to 100 gigawatts of …

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World central banks have cut rates over 300 times in the past 2 years, the most this century, and global financial conditions are now the easiest they’ve been since 2021.

‼️Global central bank rate cuts are running ABOVE the Great Financial Crisis pace: World central banks have cut rates 316 times over the last 2 years, the most THIS CENTURY. Following the Financial Crisis response, they cut 313 times in 2 years. 👇https://t.co/hNOlF08Opy — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) November 29, 2025 In the two years …

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Japanese 10 Yr Bond rate at amost ATH and 30 Yr rate at ATH. Will Japan bring down the world financial market house of cards?

Reuters – BOJ nearing decision to raise rates TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is “nearing” a decision to raise interest rates and will not wait until after next year’s spring wage negotiations end, its board member Kazuyuki Masu was quoted in the Nikkei newspaper as saying. The remark follows those by Governor Kazuo Ueda …

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Yen carry trade is over, Japan triggered the biggest unwind in financial history

The explosion of the “greatest carry trade in financial history,” explaining how for 30 years, Japan’s zero-interest policy artificially suppressed borrowing costs worldwide, fueling everything from cheap mortgages to sky-high stock multiples. For risk assets, the sudden reversal of the decades-old yen carry trade is the actual nightmare. For years, global funds borrowed almost gratis …

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How Private Credit criminal banksters are quietly seizing your 401K earnings – 12 Trillion dollar Greater Financial Crisis looms

$12 TRILLION CRISIS | Leveraged Loan Defaults EXPLODE 0:00 – Intro 01:19 – Sourced Data 1:50 – #1 Private Credit New Sub-Prime 3:06 – #2 Large Banks Exposed 5:30 – GFC Made Things Worse 9:30 – Bancorp Bad Debt 11:49 – #3 Private Credit Defaults Hidden 14:45 – Intentionally Unregulated 17:39 – #4 $12.4 Trillion …

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Debt defaults are exploding and major hedge funds and banks are stumbling, a twin crisis showing the U.S. financial system is entering its most dangerous phase in years.

Everything here points to stress building faster than anyone in charge wants to admit. When this many cracks show up at the same time, something bigger is already pushing underneath the surface. Odds of a U.S. recession in next year almost 40%https://t.co/b3edTK8whk — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) November 16, 2025 There’s never just one cockroach 🪳 https://t.co/yVDebFcIo7 …

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The world’s financial backbone is cracking, Japan pulling its capital and triggering the most dangerous reversal in modern markets. You have 30days!

💥BREAKING: 🇯🇵 JAPAN’S 10-YEAR YIELD JUMPS TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. pic.twitter.com/YDicvBvKV3 — Crypto Rover (@cryptorover) November 17, 2025 JAPAN JUST KILLED THE GLOBAL MONEY PRINTER AND NOBODY NOTICED The most dangerous number in finance right now is 1.71%. That’s Japan’s 10-year bond yield. Highest since 2008. Here’s why your retirement just …

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FINAL Financial hours of U.S.A. just before the 1929 crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxiSOlvKUlA October 1929 — the most powerful financial machine in history was about to collapse. Investors were euphoric. Stocks were unstoppable. And then, within hours, it all fell apart. This is the untold story of America’s final financial hours before the 1929 crash — the panic on Wall Street, the desperate phone calls, and the …

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Norwegian oil fund is set to vote against Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay deal, according to Financial Times report.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has voted against a Tesla proposal to give CEO Elon Musk a compensation package worth $1 trillion. The fund, which is managed by Norges Bank Investment Management, holds a 1.14% stake in Tesla valued at about $11.7 billion, according to its mid-year filings in June. “While we appreciate the significant value …

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Something Just Broke – It Appears That A Liquidity Crisis Is Upon Us, And That Is Really Bad News For The Financial Markets

by Michael What is the Fed not telling us?  The numbers clearly indicate that big trouble is brewing in the banking system.  I wish that I could specifically tell you which banks are in the most trouble, but at this stage we simply aren’t being told anything.  They probably figure that the best approach is …

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$24B in emergency liquidity from Japan, Britain, and the U.S. to keep the global financial system from breaking

$11.5B of emergency liquidity support from the BOJ 🇯🇵while the financial system was asking for $30B 🙊 £3.8B (~$5B) of help from BOE 🇬🇧 Indexed Long Term Repo Open Market Operations $7.753B from the Federal Reserve 🇺🇸 $24B+ to keep the financial system afloat. pic.twitter.com/D2sJsxwRzS — WhatCanIMakeToday (@WhatCanIMT) October 28, 2025 $7.753B from Federal Reserve …

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump tariffs next week. Trump warns of “financial mess” if Supreme Court kills tariffs

The president has frequently spoken about the potentially drastic consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down his sweeping tariffs, a view contested by his opponents. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s strategy to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold his sweeping tariffs is not subtle. To some opponents of his tariffs, Trump’s frequent use of apocalyptic …

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Reporter: 6.4% of subprime borrowers are 60 days or more late. That’s higher than during COVID, higher than during the 2008 financial crisis. Institutional knows when to bail.

Institutional knows when to bail. They milked the housing game for all it was worth. Now we get to watch inventories rise as retail is left holding the bag. https://t.co/DWGLugCHZk — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 21, 2025 🚨 *IT'S `PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999' IN CREDIT MARKETS: JIM CHANOS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 22, 2025 …

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Regional banks are breaking again, shutdown delays choke liquidity and expose hidden weakness in U.S. financial system

Something broke again in the banking system today. The headlines say regional banks fell because of a few bad loans. That is not the real story. Zions Bancorporation confessed to a $50 million loss on two California loans, and Western Alliance collapsed 11% after admitting it was suing a borrower for fraud (Yahoo Finance, Star …

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Consumer Debt Flatlined Again in August Signaling Financial Stress

by Mike Maharrey After unexpectedly surging in July, consumer debt returned to its previous trend and flatlined again in August, signaling growing financial stress on American households. The growth of revolving debt, primarily reflecting credit card debt, has been slowing all year. It contracted in May and June, after a one-off surge in April, before …

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Historic Financial Carnage: More Than A Trillion Dollars In Market Value Was Just Wiped Out In A 24 Hour Period

by Michael Was this just an isolated incident, or is this the beginning of the Big Crash?  The carnage that we witnessed on Friday was absolutely breathtaking.  The largest single day wipeout in the history of the cryptocurrency industry was accompanied by a tech bloodbath of epic proportions.  Many investors that were very highly leveraged got …

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URGENT: Global Central Banks Are Panic Cutting Rates… Is America Next? Gold’s Run to $5,000, Silver $50 Isn’t a Rally: It’s Proof of a Dying Financial System

Another major central bank panicked today into a 50 bps rate cut, just as markets have been predicting. Not only that, officials at that bank said they’re ready for more as ultra-low rates are back within reach already. The Pringles can is far from empty even though central banks around the world would like you …

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AI keeps financial media from reporting on real economic collapse

https://twitter.com/MacroNatures/status/1975539158727991798 I mean…. How could anybody POSSIBLY have seen THIS coming? 🙄 Salt Bae suffers record loss as diners lose appetite for £600 steaks https://t.co/HX7hC4xOiV — Grant Williams (@ttmygh) October 8, 2025 See this is one of my key charts…. To say that we definitely have a SLOWDOWN – Unemployment Level is UP – Short …

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NVIDIA invests in Musk’s xAI, turning a $20 billion chip deal into a financial loop

NVIDIA is not just selling GPUs to Musk’s xAI. They own a stake in the company. Every dollar xAI spends on hardware flows back to NVIDIA through sales and equity growth. Every time xAI succeeds, NVIDIA’s valuation rises. This is not a normal supplier relationship. It is a financial loop engineered to maximize control, influence, …

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Government Shutdown Distracts from the Bigger Financial Crisis

Shutdowns make for political theater, but the true risk isn’t missed paychecks – it’s the mounting debt, weakened confidence and rising mistrust they reveal. Here’s why the Congressional “budget drama” points to a deeper crisis… By Peter Reagan Well, it’s time for another government shutdown. While the news media wants you to focus on the political conflicts that led …

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Robinhood CEO warns tokenization will consume entire financial system

Robinhood $HOOD CEO Vlad Tenev at Token2049: “Tokenization is a freight train and it’ll eat the entire financial system. It really starts to get interesting when all of those assets, public and private, get on crypto technology.” 'The push to make it easier to trade real-world… pic.twitter.com/UACBNgGSiy — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) October 2, 2025 …

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Epstein’s financial empire penetrated major banks and investment firms, revealing shocking compliance failures and oversight gaps

The story everyone thought was finished is still unfolding, and the newest pieces are more disturbing than the last. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial reach was not the confined, shadowy network that official accounts implied. It was woven into mainstream banks and investment firms that most Americans trust with their savings, and the documents now surfacing show …

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Anyone who is ignoring Gold and Silver right now is putting his financial future in danger

Especially considering that relative to money supply/inflation/ purchasing power of the dollar Gold is not anywhere near its all time highs…..still has a way to go pic.twitter.com/JfLMal85ga — CaptainFlowers (@slomdumballs) September 23, 2025 It’s already up so much, would you still be buying now? #Silver just broke a 40-year trendline vs inflation! The XAG/CPI ratio …

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