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The crisis goes up a gear
June 22nd, 2020
Dollar-denominated financial markets appeared to suffer a dramatic change on or about the 23 March. This article examines the possibility that it marks the beginning of the end for the Fed’s dollar. At this stage of an evolving economic ...
Geopolitics post COVID-19
May 7th, 2020
Before the coronavirus caused governments to impose lockdowns, whole economies, markets and even currencies were already on course to be destroyed by a vicious downturn in bank lending at a time of contracting trade and record debt. The ...
France makes big move towards a digital euro
April 2nd, 2020
France’s central bank has announced its plans to launch an experimental program to test a digital euro in settlement procedures. Qualified institutions are also invited to participate. According to the bank’s statement published on March 27, the program will ...
Dollar dips, set for smallest annual gain in six years; The Euro rose
December 30th, 2019
The dollar was on the defensive on Monday in light year-end trading after suffering a setback in the previous session, as safe-haven demand for the greenback waned on hopes of a U.S.-China trade deal and renewed optimism about global ...
Airbnb cannot be treated as a real estate agency – European Court of Justice
December 27th, 2019
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s top court,delivered Airbnb a major victory as the company readies for its public debut next year. Airbnb cannot be treated as a real estate agency by European regulators, the European Court of Justice ...
Post-Brexit planning
December 20th, 2019
Brexit will be done by the end of next month, when trade negotiations with the EU will begin. Importantly, Britain’s negotiating position has strengthened immeasurably, and the new government is not afraid to use it. This Conservative government ...
UPDATE: European stocks recovered some of their early losses
December 10th, 2019
European stocks recovered some of their early losses on Tuesday after a report that the U.S. will delay implementing the additional tariffs on Chinese goods scheduled for December 15. The pan-European Stoxx 600 pared early losses but was still ...
Pound surges to two-year high against the euro
December 5th, 2019
Sterling has jumped after opinion polls suggested the UK would avoid a hung parliament after next week’s election. The pound reached a seven month high against the dollar and its highest level against the euro since May 2017. The ...
150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
November 22nd, 2019
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of expansion and collapse of outstanding bank credit. Erroneously attributed to business, the origin of ...
Resolving creeping communism
November 15th, 2019
The thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain coincides with a popular resurgence of communism and a drift into more socialism. A collective amnesia sees a return of the Soviet Union’s failed policies in a Marxist ...