Economics

As I predicted last month in “We Have Just Witnessed The Last Gasp Of The Global Economy,” severe volatility is...

If it were not for the fact that the lives of some 45 million people are at stake, Ukrainian national...

Argentina and Belgium have separately accused HSBC bank's Geneva branch of setting up a network of offshore accounts to help...

While the Shakespearean reference, from As You Like It, compares the world to the seven ages of man, it can...

In a few days the Swiss people will go to the polls to decide whether the Swiss central bank is...

Barack Obama is secretly negotiating the largest international trade agreement in history, and the mainstream media in the United States...

Currency markets are massively rigged. And see this and this. Reuters notes today: Regulators fined six major banks including Citigroup...

Remember when everyone decried wholesale Libor manipulation as a crazy conspiracy theory (Zero Hedge: January 2009: "This Makes No Sense:...

HSBC deliberately deceived the Treasury Select Committee and was in contempt of Parliament by claiming their “fake” solicitors were regulated,...

A week after he parted ways with Greenwald and Co.'s First Look Media, Matt Taibbi has re-emerged at Rolling Stone...

It appears it is time for some Hillary-Clinton-esque backtracking and Liesman-esque translation of just what the former Federal Reserve Chief...

Iran and Russia plan to establish a joint bank as an effort to multiply bilateral trade and bypass sanctions on...

The central banks of China and Russia have signed a 3-year ruble-yuan currency swap deal up to $25 billion, in...

Sorry, America. China just overtook the US to become the world’s largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund. Chris...

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has confirmed that she is being investigated for alleged "negligence" in a corruption probe when she...

Bank of America, the second largest US lender is close to ending a landmark deal with US authorities to pay...

Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Lloyds may be forced to break up following a finance watchdog’s inquiry. The watchdog claims Britain's...

Most people have never heard of Jaime Caruana even though he is the head of an immensely powerful organization.  He...

The central bank for Central Banks just sent out a warning that markets have gotten excessively euphoric in spite of some...

America - its government, businesses, and people - are nearly $60 trillion in debt, according to the latest economic data...

Another conspiracy “theory” becomes conspiracy “fact” as The FT reports “a cluster of central banking investors has become major players on world equity...

It was almost inevitable: a week after we wrote "From Rothschild To Koch Industries: Meet The People Who "Fix" The...

(RT) Federal regulators in the United States are reportedly investigation no fewer than two major American banks with regards to...

It’s long been established that the financial system is infiltrated and controlled by criminals. However, recent scandals and the economic...

Is this a sign of trouble ahead for the banking industry? WASHINGTON— Just over 2 decades ago banker George Soros...

Slowly - but surely - the USD's hegemony is being chipped away whether by foreign policy faux pas, crossed red-lines,...

If you were wondering how banks got “too big to fail,” here’s a good place to start. This chart shows...

No, the economy is most definitely not "recovering".  Despite what you may hear from the politicians and from the mainstream...

The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have made significant progress in setting up structures that would...

Ratio of CEO-to-worker pay is 'unconscionable,' says AFl-CIO as prominent economist argues this level of inequality proves current capitalist system...