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Australia’s Bad Bet on China
Australia’s Bad Bet on China Wolf here: After any bubble, it’s always: “Nobody predicted the crash….” Central bankers don’t see bubbles. They’re not allowed to. At least officially, they don’t see them. And thus they can’t see the implosions coming. They can’t officially see these things because they help create them with their monetary policies. Industry insiders and their financiers don’t […]
Chinese energy figures suggest much slower growth than advertised
Chinese energy figures suggest much slower growth than advertised Last year China reported the slowest economic growth in 24 years, about 7.4 percent. But the true figure may actually be much lower, and the evidence is buried in electricity figures which show just 3.8 percent growth in electricity consumption. David Fridley, a staff scientist in the China Energy Group at […]
China Could Face “Sharp” Rise In Capital Outflows If Stocks, Economy Lose Momentum
China Could Face “Sharp” Rise In Capital Outflows If Stocks, Economy Lose Momentum We’ve written quite a bit over the past two months about capital outflows from China. Last week for instance, we documented how the country saw its fourth consecutive quarter of outflows in Q1, bringing the 12 month running total to some $300 billion. Why, […]
Chinese Economic Outlook “Skewed Heavily To The Downside,” BNP Says
Chinese Economic Outlook “Skewed Heavily To The Downside,” BNP Says Over the past several months we’ve built on several narratives out of China certainly not the least of which is the idea that economic growth in the country is decelerating quickly at a time when accelerating capital outflows make devaluation an unpalatable (if inevitable) proposition. […]
Why The Record Drop In Chinese House Prices Suggests Beijing Is Already In A Recession
Why The Record Drop In Chinese House Prices Suggests Beijing Is Already In A Recession Another month, and another confirmation that China’s hard landing is if not here, then likely mere months away. Overnight, the NBS reported that in March, Chinese house prices dropped in 69 of 70 cities compared to a year ago. According […]
Sand-nado – Beijing Battered By Blanket Of Red Dust
Sand-nado – Beijing Battered By Blanket Of Red Dust In yet another ripped from the movies-screen-esque event, Beijing was brought to a standstill today as a massive Interstellar-like sandstorm covered the Chinese capital in thick blanket of red dust, sparking social media discussions of the end of the world. As RT reports, The China Meteorological Administration issued a […]
The Global Liquidity Squeeze Has Begun
The Global Liquidity Squeeze Has Begun Get ready for another major worldwide credit crunch. Today, the entire global financial system resembles a colossal spiral of debt. Just about all economic activity involves the flow of credit in some way, and so the only way to have “economic growth” is to introduce even more debt into […]
The Collapse Of The Petrodollar: Oil Exporters Are Dumping US Assets At A Record Pace
The Collapse Of The Petrodollar: Oil Exporters Are Dumping US Assets At A Record Pace Back in November we chronicled the (quiet) death of the Petrodollar, the system that has buttressed USD hegemony for decades by ensuring that oil producers recycled their dollar proceeds into still more USD assets creating a very convenient (if your printing press […]
Australia Runs out of Luck, Now Needs a Miracle
Australia Runs out of Luck, Now Needs a Miracle Australia, you have officially run out of luck. While leveraged property investors in Sydney and Melbourne are desperately hunting for a senseless “net-yield” that makes the yield on a German 2-year bund look rewarding, the Australian mining sector is screaming towards what may be one of […]
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs As The United States continues to ‘deal’ with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Sputnik News reports that “the expansion of cooperation between the Russian Federation and China in the nuclear sphere is being actively discussed.” The source went on note that talks on the construction of […]
The Thucydides Trap or the Coming War with China
The Thucydides Trap or the Coming War with China Editor’s Note: Bill is still up on the family ranch in northern Argentina. And his satellite Internet link is down. So there is no new update from him today. Instead, we republish a classic piece from Bill on the potential for a war between the US […]
Chaos In Yemen: Chinese Troops Arrive As US-Armed Rebels Set Sights On Central Bank
Chaos In Yemen: Chinese Troops Arrive As US-Armed Rebels Set Sights On Central Bank Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are now in control of the central Crater district in the key Yemeni port city of Aden despite a seventh consecutive day of bombing raids by the Saudi-led coalition which is keen on preventing the city from falling. Aden is […]
China Targets Dollar, Washington Has Conniptions
China Targets Dollar, Washington Has Conniptions Now even Israel – joined at the hip to the US though the relationship has run into rough waters – has applied to become a founding member of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Despite US gyrations to keep them from it, over 40 countries, including bosom buddies Australia, […]
The “Deep State” Is Now in Charge
The “Deep State” Is Now in Charge The Most Important Change But when he is disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. – Plato on tyrants, The Republic […]
