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The Biggest Economic Story Going Into 2015 Is Not Oil – The Automatic Earth
The Biggest Economic Story Going Into 2015 Is Not Oil – The Automatic Earth. Isn’t it fun to just watch the market numbers roll by from time to time as you go about your day, see Europe markets up 3%+, Dubai 13%, US over 2% (biggest two-day rally since 2011!), and you just know oil […]
Fed Delivers the Message that Our Economy is Dead | First Rebuttal
Fed Delivers the Message that Our Economy is Dead | First Rebuttal. I used to get a kick out of the cute little children waiting for the Fed Chair to come and deliver presents or coal. So giddy and excited from the anticipation of not knowing who Janet thinks were good boys and girls. Who’s […]
Oil Prices as an Indicator of Global Economic Conditions
Oil Prices as an Indicator of Global Economic Conditions. West Texas Intermediate sold for $105 a barrel at the start of July, but ended last week at $58. The most important factor has been surging U.S. production. But another reason oil prices have slid so much is weakness in demand for the product, which may be […]
Nigeria Proposes Budget Cuts as Oil Plunge Depletes Revenue – Bloomberg
Nigeria Proposes Budget Cuts as Oil Plunge Depletes Revenue – Bloomberg. Nigeria proposed cutting next year’s budget by 8 percent and lowered its growth estimate as falling global crude prices erode government revenue ahead of a Feb. 14 presidential election. Expenditure was trimmed to 4.36 trillion naira ($23.3 billion) in 2015, while the economy will probably […]
Early slowdown signs emerge for U.S. oil states after crude slide | Reuters
Early slowdown signs emerge for U.S. oil states after crude slide | Reuters. (Reuters) – After leading the U.S. economic recovery out of recession, some of the nation’s top oil states are showing early signs of a slowdown as a result of the plunge in crude prices. In Houston, Texas, the first oil industry layoffs […]
The American Consumer Calls The Top – The Automatic Earth
The American Consumer Calls The Top – The Automatic Earth. Hey! Who said economics can’t be fun?! How is it not absolutely brilliant that in the face of a collapsing shale oil industry – or at least, for the moment, of its financing model -, and the worst week for the Dow since 2011, the […]
Three Conditions and Three Warning Signs | Mind on Money
Three Conditions and Three Warning Signs | Mind on Money. How to Tell if the Next Financial Crisis is Upon Us. In the last post, it was suggested that the rapid collapse in oil prices might have set up a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. Before we all run for the bunkers and the […]
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). “It’s the economy, stupid.” That famous phrase, uttered by advisor James Carville in 1992 to then presidential hopeful Bill Clinton, has resonated across the globe. It doesn’t matter how successful a leader is at […]
It’s official (finally): The US is no longer the world’s #1 economy
It’s official (finally): The US is no longer the world’s #1 economy. It seems rather appropriate that just seven days after the US government hit a whopping $18 trillion in debt, mainstream financial media has picked up the IMF’s recent World Economic Outlook report, which puts the US economy as #2 in the world. There’s […]
Nobel Prize Winning Economists, Federal Reserve Chair and Other Top Experts: War Is BAD for the Economy Washington’s Blog
Nobel Prize Winning Economists, Federal Reserve Chair and Other Top Experts: War Is BAD for the Economy Washington’s Blog. Debunking the Stubborn Myth that War Is Good for the Economy About.com notes: One of the more enduring myths in Western society is that wars are somehow good for the economy. It is vital for policy-makers, economists […]
Cheap Oil A Boon For The Economy? Think Again – The Automatic Earth
Cheap Oil A Boon For The Economy? Think Again – The Automatic Earth. I thought it might be a nice idea to question a certain someone’s theories using their own words, while at the same time showing everybody what the dangers are from falling oil prices. There are many ‘experts and ‘analysts’ out there claiming […]
OPEC Presents: Q4 and Deflation – The Automatic Earth
OPEC Presents: Q4 and Deflation – The Automatic Earth. Thinking plummeting oil prices are good for the economy is a mistake. They instead, as I said only yesterday in The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy, point out how bad the global economy is doing. QE has been able to inflate stock […]
Canada’s Expansion Tops Forecasts as Exports Lead Growth – Bloomberg
Canada’s Expansion Tops Forecasts as Exports Lead Growth – Bloomberg. Canada’s economy grew faster than economists forecast in the third quarter as exports of crude oil grew and consumers opened their wallets for cars and other big-ticket items. Gross domestic product rose at a 2.8 percent annualized pace from July to September, Statistics Canada said today […]
The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy – The Automatic Earth
The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy – The Automatic Earth. We should be glad the price of oil has fallen the way it has (losing another 6% today as I write this). Not because it makes the gas in our cars a bit cheaper, that’s nothing compared to the other […]
Global Business Outlook: “Darkest Picture since Financial Crisis.” US Deterioration “of Greatest Concern” | Wolf Street
Global Business Outlook: “Darkest Picture since Financial Crisis.” US Deterioration “of Greatest Concern” | Wolf Street. The plunging price of oil since June has been a leading indicator: global economic growth is in trouble, despite six years of unprecedented central-bank free-money policies that caused asset prices to soar but has accomplished little else. This scenario […]
