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PetroYuan Futures Open – Over 10 BillIon Notional Trades In First Hour
PetroYuan Futures Open – Over 10 BillIon Notional Trades In First Hour After all the preparation, all the expectation, cheerleading and doomsaying, China’s Yuan-denominated crude oil futures contract began trading tonight and appears to be off a good start with well over 10 billion yuan notional traded within the first hour. So far it has […]
China is One Signature Away From Dealing the Dollar a Death Blow
China is One Signature Away From Dealing the Dollar a Death Blow If you leave your sliding glass door open, you might let in a stray cat, raccoon, or bugs without knowing it. Some intruders are worse than others. All can be annoying. But let in a thief, who robs your home… and it only […]
China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar
China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar Not long ago, there was a popular joke in China that went something like, “Who is Xi Jinping?” The answer was, “The husband of Peng Liyuan,” the famous singer Xi is married to. Today, Xi is China’s president. He leads 1.4 billion people. And he’ll likely be […]
Still None, and Even More Reasons to Expect None
STILL NONE, AND EVEN MORE REASONS TO EXPECT NONE The parallels between the last few years and those at the end of the 1990’s are striking. There was a few years ago the monetary intrusion of the “rising dollar” which at its worst seriously depressed the global economy. Oil prices crashed, as did several key […]
The Fed Must Have Inflation. Failure Is Not an Option
The Fed Must Have Inflation. Failure Is Not an Option The Fed says incessantly that “price stability” is part of their dual mandate and they are committed to maintaining the purchasing power of the dollar. But the Fed has a funny definition of price stability. Common sense says price stability should be zero inflation and […]
Currency Exchange Value Dynamics
CURRENCY EXCHANGE VALUE DYNAMICS In a recent article I postulated that the dollar could lose all its purchasing power with a rapidity that will come as an unpleasant bombshell, even to those who already see inflation as society’s greatest problem in the future. The key to understanding why this may be so lies in human […]
Ron Paul: ‘The Fed Is At A Crossroads…Crisis Is Coming’
Ron Paul: ‘The Fed Is At A Crossroads…Crisis Is Coming’ The Fed has created a mountain of problems for everyone in the United States and every single solution that they come up with leads to even more problems. Ron Paul recently discussed what the Fed has done, how it tries to keep things going, and […]
Forget the Yuan: King Dollar is Here to Stay
Forget the Yuan: King Dollar is Here to Stay Many believe deficit spending will kill the US dollar as a reserve currency and the yuan will take over. They are wrong. Economist Daniel Lacalle asks Can China Really Kill The US Dollar Supremacy? >Why China Will Fail to Dethrone the US Dollar First, because it […]
ECB minutes reveal fears over Trump currency wars
ECB minutes reveal fears over Trump currency wars Account of January meeting also show communications differences on QE A man wearing a monkey costume passes in front of the old European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany Photograph: EPA Euro zone concerns over the weakness of the dollar were laid bare in a set of […]
“Strong Dollar,” “Weak Dollar,” What About a Gold-Backed Dollar?
“Strong Dollar,” “Weak Dollar,” What About a Gold-Backed Dollar? The recent hullabaloo among President Trump’s top monetary officials about the Administration’s “dollar policy” is just the start of what will likely be the first of many contradictory pronoucements and reversals which will take place in the coming months/years as the world’s reserve currency continues to be […]
India Will Lead Global Oil Demand By 2035
India Will Lead Global Oil Demand By 2035 Oil market participants and analysts have been closely watching the record level of supply coming out of the United States that is threatening to undo OPEC’s production cuts. But in the latter part of 2017 and early in 2018, robust oil demand growth — both in emerging […]
Financial Markets Definitely Destabilizing – Charles Hugh Smith
Financial Markets Definitely Destabilizing – Charles Hugh Smith Financial writer and book author Charles Hugh Smith has been watching the extreme movements in financial markets closely. Is he nervous? Smith says, “Oh yeah, it’s definitely destabilizing. In other words, it’s becoming not just more volatile, the whole underlying structure of our economy is destabilizing. What […]
