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Europe is now ground zero for the war on cash.
Europe is perhaps the most centrally controlled political system in the
world: a place in which political and economic policies range from socialist
(the public sector accounts for 30% of “free market” German’s employment) to extremely
socialist (the public sector accounts for 56% of France’s employment).
As such, Europe is where a Central Banker can implement the most insane
policy and get away with it.
Remember, it was Europe that first implemented “bail-ins” in which
deposits were STOLEN to bail out a bank.
It was also Europe that first implemented Negative Interest rate Policy or
NIRP.
And it was Europe that banned using physical cash in numerous
transactions: France and Spain have banned any transaction over
€1,000 or €2,500, respectively, from using physical cash.
Despite having implementing both NIRP and QE, Europe’s economy is lurching
back towards deflation. So now the ECB is looking into even more extreme
measures to trash cash in an attempt to drive capital into risk assets.
At the top of the list?
Staggering charges on banks that are “hoarding cash.”
Euro zone central bank officials are considering options such as
whether to stagger charges on banks hoarding cash or to buy more debt ahead
of the next European Central Bank meeting, according to officials.
Little over a week before the meeting to set the ECB's policy course,
numerous alternatives are open, from snapping up the bonds of towns and
regions to introducing a two-tier penalty charge on banks that park money
with the ECB.
Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that even
buying rebundled loans at risk of non-payment has been discussed in
preparatory meetings, although such a radical step is highly unlikely for now.
The ECB declined to comment.
Source: UK Reuters.
That’s correct. Sitting on cash is now an evil thing according to Central
Bankers in Europe.
This is not the end of the war on cash. Ultimately it will culminate in
efforts to impose a carry tax on physical cash if not ban cash outright.
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