—- FrenchBanksFace €285 Bn Capital Shortfall, Germany €199 Bn, Spain €92 Bn; MishFrench Fine Update // Mish’s Global EconomicTrendAnalysis At the risk of incurring another nonsensical fine for quoting someone on leverage and capital ratios of French banks, please consider EuropeanBanksFace $1 Trillion Gap BeforeReview. European banks have a capital shortfall of as much as 767 billion euros ($1 trillion) before the European Central Bank’s … Seguir leyendo French Banks Face €285 Bn Capital Shortfall, Germany €199 Bn, Spain €92 Bn; Mish French Fine Update

—- Top 30 HeterodoxKeynesian/MMTEconomics Blogs, Updated // Social Democracyforthe 21st Century: A Post KeynesianPerspective This is my updated list of top 30 heterodox Keynesian/MMT economics blogs. Again, it is not based on objective criteria like number of web hits, but is a rather subjective list, on the basis of how popular various sites seem to be and (in my view) their importance. Have I made … Seguir leyendo Top 30 Heterodox Keynesian/MMT Economics Blogs, Updated

—- TheMythoftheDeservingRich – NYTimes.com —- Shared via myfeedlyreader Seguir leyendo The Myth of the Deserving Rich – NYTimes.com

—- RefutingTheBiggest "Recovery" LiesInFour Simple Charts // ZeroHedge "USprofits are growing, companieshaveunderinvestedandhave no choicebuttospend more onCapEx, andcorporationshavemuchlessdebtthantheydidduringthe crisis thanksto a massivecashbuildup." These are the generic goto explanations by soundbity talking heads for why the US recovery is gaining traction with US corporations, if not so much Joe Sixpack, and why companies are still cheap. There is one problem: they are all wrong. As SocGen’s Andrew … Seguir leyendo Refuting The Biggest “Recovery” Lies In Four Simple Charts

—- ¿quiebra griega en mayo.? GreeceWillDefaultinMayWithoutAnotherBailoutorChangeinTerms // Mish’s Global EconomicTrendAnalysis Cash flow analysis shows Greece is in serious trouble again in spite of having a current account surplus. Specifically, Greece needs a change in payback terms or another bailout or it will default in August, if not May. I use the words "will default" imprecisely. The only way Greece is making loan payments now is … Seguir leyendo Greece Will Default in May Without Another Bailout or Change in Terms

—- ConsumerConfidenceSlides, MissesByMostIn 8 Years // ZeroHedge Following December’s biggest-surge-in-4-years for UMich consumer confidence (though a miss), UMich data has fallen backto 80.4 – missingexpectationsbythebiggestmarginin 8 years. This is the 4th miss in the last 5 months as hope for moar multiple expansion begins to fade. Both current conditions and the outlook indices fell (for the first time sicne October). As UPSwouldsays, confidencedroppedbecausetherewastoomuchconfidence… Following Bernanke’s … Seguir leyendo Consumer Confidence Slides, Misses By Most In 8 Years

—- IMFWarnsThese 4 EuropeanNations Are "PotentiallyDestabilizing" To Global Economy // ZeroHedge Europe is recovering, right? Wrong. As NigelFarageragedlastnight, things are not what they seem and even the IMF is now beginning to get concerned again (especially after Lagarde’s call yesterday for moar from Draghi and every other central banker). As Bloomberg’s Niraj Shah notes, it’s not just the PIIGS we have to worry about (or … Seguir leyendo IMF Warns These 4 European Nations Are “Potentially Destabilizing” To Global Economy