We are nearing a crucial inflection point in the worldwide bubble finance cycle that has been underway for more than two decades.To wit, the world’s central banks have finally run out of dry powder. They will be unable to stop the credit implosion which must inexorably follow the false boom.
We will get to the Fed’s upcoming once in a lifetime shift to raising rates below, but first it is crucial to sketch the global macroeconomic context.
In a word, we are now entering an epic deflation. Its leading edge is manifested in the renewed carnage in the commodity pits.
This week the Bloomberg commodity index, which encompasses everything from crude oil to soybeans, copper, nickel, cotton and livestock, plunged below 80 for the first time since 1999. It is now down nearly 70% from its all-time high on the eve of the financial crisis, and 55% from its 2011 recovery high..."
at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-13/end-bubble-finance-era
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