Instability, Here We Come

Jon Banking, Blogosphere, Economy, Government, Market Commentary

Last week saw the global financial system tip from delusion – where it had happily drifted for several years – into chaos. Consider the following more-or-less randomly chosen data points:
French unemployment hits record high
Italian unemployment hits record high
Oil’s price falls by $10.36/bbl, or 13.5%, in a single day, to its lowest price since 2010.
Copper falls by 6% to $2.86/lb, 25% below its 2013 high.
European bond yields fall to record lows. Even Italy, with government debt exceeding 130% of GDP, can now borrow for around 2%. Japan, meanwhile, issues bonds with negative interest rates.

This post was published at DollarCollapse on November 30, 2014.