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For those who don’t understand inflation
June 14th, 2019
This article is a wake-up call for those who do not understand the true purpose of monetary inflation, and do not realise they are the suckers being robbed by monetary policy. With the world facing a deepening recession, monetary ...
Post-tariff considerations
May 17th, 2019
President Trump has declared he will extend tariffs of 25% on all America’s imports of Chinese goods. China is responding with tariff increases of its own. The consequences of this action and reaction will be to kick-start higher ...
European stocks traded higher Thursday; This was the strongest performer
May 16th, 2019
European stocks traded higher Thursday as markets recovered from an early rattle caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed targeting of Chinese tech firm Huawei. The pan-European STOXX 600 hit a day high in late-morning trade. The STOXX 600 ...
Cayman Islands plans to broaden regulatory regime for securities and investments
May 8th, 2019
The Cayman Islands plans to broaden the territory’s regulatory regime for securities and investments. The territory launched a consultation on The Securities Investment Business (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on April 16, and parliament will discuss the bill at its next ...
Cyber wars and all that
May 3rd, 2019
Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short of dollars are incorrect: the shortage is of inward capital ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
The Lesson Of Argentina: You Can’t Stabilize A Bankrupt Economy
May 2nd, 2019
So the U.S. puts Republicans (the party of small government) in charge, and gets… trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see AND a revival of socialism among Democrats. Scary as this may seem, the real (and ...
Dutch Beneficial Ownership Register effective 2020
April 25th, 2019
The Dutch Government has confirmed that a registry of ultimate beneficial owners of companies will enter into force in the Netherlands from January 2020. Legislation to implement the UBO register was submitted to the lower house of parliament on ...
Hourly labour costs rose in the euro area; The two main components of labour costs
March 21st, 2019
Hourly labour costs rose by 2.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 2.8% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2018, hourly ...
Hello old friend…Gold nears $1,350 resistance that has repelled it four times in 5 years
February 21st, 2019
The past five years have been baffling for gold bugs. In an environment of massive central bank money creation, rising government deficits and a populist takeover of many countries’ political systems – all of which should be great for ...
