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For Those Who Don’t Understand Inflation
FOR THOSE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND INFLATION 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 inflation will accelerate again. It is time for everyone to […]
In Absurd Fiasco, Entire Market Spike Was Due To A CNBC Grammatical Mistake
In Absurd Fiasco, Entire Market Spike Was Due To A CNBC Grammatical Mistake The farce that is this “market” just took a whole new turn for the surreal. As we reported earlier, the reason why stocks surged just after 5am EDT is because of a CNBC headline, according to which the US Treasury Secretary said that […]
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices Two big events over the next two weeks will determine the trajectory for oil prices in the second half of the year. One of those events will take place in Japan, the other in Austria. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jingping on the sidelines […]
The Financial War Escalates
THE FINANCIAL WAR ESCALATES Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time of growing liquidation of dollar assets by foreigners, the US Treasury’s internal analysis will highlight future government funding problems in the light of a developing US recession. […]
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it started. Imagine cows from Mexicobeing fed corn imported from the United States, then being exported to the United States for butchering, and the resulting […]
Draghi Punts, Trump Grunts, Gold Bunts
Draghi Punts, Trump Grunts, Gold Bunts For months now the markets have been in denial that ECB President Mario Draghi has any answers to the Euro-zone’s problems. Today’s statement confirms what anyone with eyes to see has been saying. There is no Plan B. Draghi started the year saying he would end his various QE […]
Escalating Trade War Signals More Pain For Oil
Escalating Trade War Signals More Pain For Oil Trump backed off his proposed trade war with Mexico in the face of intense pressure from business groups and even his own party, but his faith in tariffs remains unbowed. In fact, Trump may have internalized a lesson that presents further risks to the global economy and […]
The Zeitgeist Knows
The Zeitgeist Knows Who said the global economy was a permanent installation in the human condition? The head cheerleader was The New York Times’s Tom Friedman, with his 1999 book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, the trumpet blast for the new order of things. Since then, we partied like it was 1999, with a few grand mal […]
Not Winning: Collapse in Global Trade Escalates, Imports -2.7%, Exports -4.0%
Not Winning: Collapse in Global Trade Escalates, Imports -2.7%, Exports -4.0% Those who claim that Trump has already won or is sure to win the trade war need to ponder actual trade results. Exports rose 1.0% in March with imports up a reported 0.9%. That progress was taken away and then some in April. The Census […]
Beijing Threatens Damaging Rare-Earth Export Ban As Trade Fight Intensifies
Beijing Threatens Damaging Rare-Earth Export Ban As Trade Fight Intensifies Once dismissed as a “nuclear option” that would only be invoked by Beijing as a last resort in the burgeoning trade war with the US, it’s looking increasingly likely that the Communist Party might impose an export ban on rare-earth metals, creating serious supply-chain issues for American […]
Commerce Department Targets China With Proposed Tariffs On ‘Currency Manipulators’
Commerce Department Targets China With Proposed Tariffs On ‘Currency Manipulators’ A lot has happened since then-candidate Trump said he would label China a currency manipulator on ‘day one’ should he make it to the Oval Office. So far, at least, the pledge to hold Beijing accountable for manipulating its currency wouldn’t fall into the ‘promises kept’ column. But […]
Could China dump its US Treasuries to fight the trade war? A contrarian view is emerging in Beijing
Could China dump its US Treasuries to fight the trade war? A contrarian view is emerging in Beijing As trade war escalates, market talk is emerging that Beijing will use monetary weapons to retaliate as ‘last resort’ China’s US Treasury holdings in March dropped by US$10.4 billion while foreign exchange reserves rose to highest level […]
The Boycott Begins: Chinese Company Orders Employees To “Stop Using American Products, Eating At KFC”
The Boycott Begins: Chinese Company Orders Employees To “Stop Using American Products, Eating At KFC” In a harbinger of what’s to come as the US-China trade war gets worse by the day, a Chinese company has told all of its employees to boycott American products and halt international travels to the U.S., reported The Epoch Times. […]
99 Lead Balloons… Are About To Come Crashing Down
99 Lead Balloons… Are About To Come Crashing Down ‘Lead balloon.’ That graphic description of public failure apparently dates from the US in 1924, and ironically was itself such a poorly-received idiom that it didn’t appear in the American press again until 1947. A few decades later, and the phrase was so well known that a […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019 “He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it…” Waves of negative news headlines battering markets. Might have to wear a hat.. Huawei – Trade War Threat Level Rises The Huawei embargo raises the trade war threat from undeclared to imminent shooting match. While it’s not quite […]
