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Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy
April 16th, 2015
Did you know that the number of publicly traded companies declaring bankruptcy has reached a five year high? And did you know that Chinese exports are absolutely collapsing and that Chinese economic growth in 2014 was the weakest in ...
Chinese, Australian benchmarks lead Asian stock market gains
April 16th, 2015
Most major Asian stock indexes were higher Thursday as Chinese shares rebounded on stimulus hopes a day after gloomy first-quarter economic numbers and Australian shares rose on a surprise drop in the jobless rate. KEEPING SCORE: Most Asian indexes ...
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
April 15th, 2015
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds issued by frackers, for instance, might default, oil field services ...
India is world’s fastest growing major economy. Can it last?
April 15th, 2015
India is looking like the success story of 2015. Its economy is growing faster than China‘s this year, and the most of any major economy in the world. It will surpass Russia‘s this year in size and nearly equal ...
Shale Output Is Falling Faster Than Expected
April 15th, 2015
Shale drillers will see production drop sooner than expected under a U.S. government forecast, a momentum change that hints at an eventual price rally. Just five months after Saudi Arabia put the market into a tailspin by refusing to ...
Asian markets stumble over China
April 15th, 2015
Asian markets stumbled on Wednesday as relief China had matched its own growth target was soured by poor readings on consumer demand and industrial activity, underlining the need for more policy action by Beijing. Growth in China’s colossal economy did slow ...
Dollar heads for biggest weekly gain in nearly a month
April 10th, 2015
The dollar rose Friday against most major rivals, remaining on track to log its best week in about a month. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +50% a key measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six currencies, ...
Rouhani: Iran will only sign nuclear deal if sanctions lifted ‘same day’
April 9th, 2015
Iran will only sign a final nuclear accord with six world powers if all sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic work are lifted on the same day, President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Thursday. Iran and the powers ...
Asia stocks gain after Fed official signals slow rate rises
April 7th, 2015
Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street gained on a jump in crude prices and expectations the Federal Reserve will put off an interest rate hike until late in the year. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.8 ...
Is The Whole World Slowing Down?
April 6th, 2015
The stats just keep getting stranger and, if you’re a policymaker or an investor, scarier. According to a (now widely publicized) McKinsey & Co study, instead of deleveraging after the debt-induced crisis of 2008-2009, the world borrowed another $57 trillion. ...