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Cyber wars and all that

03/05/2019(0)
  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 ... Read More
A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes and Japanese 10,000 yen notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

The US Government Debt Crisis

02/05/2019(0)
  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 ... Read More
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The Lesson Of Argentina: You Can’t Stabilize A Bankrupt Economy

02/05/2019(0)
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 ... Read More
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Clothes billions in worth imported in EU in 2018; Form where do they come?

25/04/2019(0)
The EU Member States imported clothes worth €166 billion in 2018, just over half of which came from non-EU Member States (51%, or €84 billion). Compared to 2013, import ... Read More
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Oil prices slip on Wednesday reversing earlier gains

27/03/2019(0)
Oil prices declined on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains, as further disruptions to Venezuela’s crude exports were offset by a report that U.S. inventories rose last week. Brent crude futures ... Read More
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Hourly labour costs rose in the euro area; The two main components of labour costs

21/03/2019(0)
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 ... Read More
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Hello old friend…Gold nears $1,350 resistance that has repelled it four times in 5 years

21/02/2019(0)
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’ ... Read More
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Currencies threatened by a credit crisis

15/02/2019(0)
In this article I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today’s unbacked currencies. There is the coincidence ... Read More
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As US piles on sanctions, foreign investors pour more money into Russia

14/02/2019(0)
Russian companies’ stocks attracted the most foreign investment in 5 years, adding nearly $576 million in January, the Central Bank of Russia reported. Investors also actively poured money into ... Read More
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Industrial production down by 0.9% in euro area

13/02/2019(0)
In December 2018 compared with November 2018, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.9% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.5% in the EU28, according to estimates from ... Read More
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