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Has China Finally Lifted its Thumb off of Gold?
Has China Finally Lifted its Thumb off of Gold? There’s a lot of talk about the Yuan price of gold falling out of a price suppression channel. Both Zerohedge and Nomura have weighed in on this. The Yuan price of gold surged overnight to above CNY 8500 per ounce which is a major breakdown But […]
Implosion of Stock Market Double-Bubble in China Hits New Lows, Authorities Busy Elsewhere Keeping China Miracle from Unraveling
Implosion of Stock Market Double-Bubble in China Hits New Lows, Authorities Busy Elsewhere Keeping China Miracle from Unraveling Bigger issues than propping up the stock market beckon. Today, the Shanghai Composite Index dropped another 2.9% to 2,486.42. In the bigger picture, that’s quite an accomplishment: Lowest since November 27, 2014, nearly four years ago Down […]
Oil Markets Tremble As Chinese Stocks Crash
Oil Markets Tremble As Chinese Stocks Crash China’s stock market fell sharply on Thursday, dragged down by a range of concerns that should offer a warning to the broader global economy. The Shanghai Composite Index fell nearly 3 percent on Thursday, falling to its lowest point in nearly four years. The problems in China are […]
“One Size Fits Germany” Math Impossibility, Get Your Money Out of Italy Now!
“One Size Fits Germany” Math Impossibility, Get Your Money Out of Italy Now! Italy, on the Euro, has a currency that is 9% too high. Germany, on the Euro, has a currency that is 11% too low. There was much discussion yesterday about the US Treasury report that determined China was not a currency manipulator. […]
Are Chinese Municipal $6 Trillion (40 Trillion Yuan) Hidden Debts Posing Titanic Risks?
Are Chinese Municipal $6 Trillion (40 Trillion Yuan) Hidden Debts Posing Titanic Risks? The China Collapse trope is rearing its ugly head again. This time round, the spin is on China’s local government or municipal debts. The latest narrative goes like this : local governments in China are estimated to have hidden debts of 40 […]
Russia And China Prepare To Ditch Dollar In Bilateral Trade
Russia And China Prepare To Ditch Dollar In Bilateral Trade In a time when many nations have gone public with their intention to ditch the dollar in part or in whole, in bilateral trade with non-US counterparts, either to prevent the US from having “veto power” of commerce courtesy of SWIFT or simply in response […]
Chinese Verbal Intervention In The Market Fails As Stock Rout Accelerates
Chinese Verbal Intervention In The Market Fails As Stock Rout Accelerates This morning, when we reported that the latest flood of margin calls, resulting from $600 billion in shares pledged as collateral for loans and representing a whopping 11% of China’s market cap, sent the Shanghai Composite tumbling 3% to the lowest level since November […]
China Crashes As Flood Of Margin Calls Sparks “Liquidity Crisis”, Panic Selling
China Crashes As Flood Of Margin Calls Sparks “Liquidity Crisis”, Panic Selling The Treasury’s latest semiannual FX report may have spared China the designation of currency manipulator (for now… in a new twist, there was a section dedicated exclusively to China in the Executive Summary, a clear signal from the Treasury that China is the […]
China Changes Definition Of Aggregate Financing To Disguise Sharp Credit Slowdown
China Changes Definition Of Aggregate Financing To Disguise Sharp Credit Slowdown With investor attention increasingly focused on China’s credit pipeline to see if the recent crackdown on shadow lending has unlocked other sources of debt in a country where growth is always and only a credit phenomenon, and where both the housing and auto sectors […]
Forced Buy-Ins Spark “Liquidity Crisis” In China’s ‘Nasdaq’
Forced Buy-Ins Spark “Liquidity Crisis” In China’s ‘Nasdaq’ Marking the worst year since 2008, China’s tech-heavy (Nasdaq-equivalent) Shenzhen Composite index is down a shocking 35% year-to-date, and it’s starting to become a self-feeding vicious circle… As Bloomberg reports, the most recent slump in the teach-heavy index comes despite regulators’ efforts to rein in risks of […]
China & Japan Dump Treasuries As Dollar’s Reserve Status Slumps To 5 Year Lows
China & Japan Dump Treasuries As Dollar’s Reserve Status Slumps To 5 Year Lows Treasury International Capital flows showed Brazil the biggest buyer of Treasurys in August (followed by Ireland and France), but it was China and ‘ally’ Japan that dumped the most Treasurys in the month… Brazil is Steve Mnuchin’s best friend… As China […]
S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks”
S&P Reveals $5.8 Trillion In “Hidden” Chinese Debt With “Titanic Credit Risks” When it comes to estimating China’s total outstanding debt, there has long been confusion about the real number with most putting the debt/GDP at around 250%, while the IIF last year calculated China’s debt load as high as 300% of GDP. Now, China […]
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy With China and Russia named as the two greatest threats to continuing American hegemony end of last year, the velvet gloves have come off the Washington establishment, baring their knuckles against the Middle Kingdom in plain view of […]
Violence, Public Anger Erupts In China As Home Prices Slide
Violence, Public Anger Erupts In China As Home Prices Slide Last March, we discussed why few things are as important for China’s wealth effect and economy, as its housing bubble market. Specifically, as Deutsche Bank calculated at the time, “in 2016 the rise of property prices boosted household wealth in 37 tier 1 and tier […]
