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Global Trade Dives Most since the Financial Crisis
Global Trade Dives Most since the Financial Crisis How great was the global economy in the first quarter? We know the US economy was crummy. The revised GDP estimate will likely sink into red mire. Hence the heated proposals these days, including at the Fed, to apply “a second round of seasonal adjustment” that would “correct” […]
CFR Says China Must Be Defeated And TPP Is Essential To That
CFR Says China Must Be Defeated And TPP Is Essential To That Wall Street’s Council on Foreign Relations has issued a major report, alleging that China must be defeated because it threatens to become a bigger power in the world than the U.S. This report, which is titled “Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China,” is […]
China Containerized Freight Index Plunges to Multi-Year Low, Shanghai-EU Rates Totally Collapse, US Rates Morose
China Containerized Freight Index Plunges to Multi-Year Low, Shanghai-EU Rates Totally Collapse, US Rates Morose If trade is a reflection of global demand, and if shipping rates are a reflection of the supply of ships by carriers and the demand for those ships by exporters to meet that global demand for goods – well then, we’ve […]
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Collapses: China-US Rates Hit Hard, China-Europe Rates Plunge to All-Time Low
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Collapses: China-US Rates Hit Hard, China-Europe Rates Plunge to All-Time Low First was the Baltic Dry Index, which tracks rates for transporting the major raw materials in bulk by sea. Reflecting the totally battered global commodities market, it crashed to an all-time low in February, though it has since edged up […]
Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy
Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy Did you know that the number of publicly traded companies declaring bankruptcy has reached a five year high? And did you know that Chinese exports are absolutely collapsing and that Chinese economic growth in 2014 was the weakest in over 20 years? Even […]
Global Trade Grinds To A Crawl
Global Trade Grinds To A Crawl At the start of this month, those who contend that depression-level readings on the Baltic Dry are no longer very meaningful because at this juncture, the index simply shows the extent to which the industry is oversupplied got a rude awakening when the CEO of the company (Maersk) that […]
Dismal January Rolls On For Now Total Global Trade
Dismal January Rolls On For Now Total Global Trade More bad news for the rest of the world, or at least the world’s economists, that has been anticipating the US economy as a means by which to expel negative economic forces. The idea of decoupling is not just something that suggests the US economy is […]
World’s Largest Container-Shipper Warns Global Trade Is Slowing Down
World’s Largest Container-Shipper Warns Global Trade Is Slowing Down While it will hardly come as a surprise to many, especially those who have followed the historic collapse of the Baltic Dry index to levels which, all else equal, signify a global depression of epic proportions… … and which led South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s […]
US government’s new ‘rule’ allows banks to completely make sh*t up
US government’s new ‘rule’ allows banks to completely make sh*t up In 1494, a 47-year old Franciscan friar named Luca Pacioli invented something that was revolutionary. Pacioli was, in fact, a friend and contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, and the two collaborated frequently. So you’re probably guessing that Pacioli was a co-designer in Leonardo’s famed […]
