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Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades
Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades Breakfast lovers are in for another jolt as orange juice prices surge to near-record levels. A new report released on Friday indicates that Brazil, the leading global exporter of OJ, is facing its worst harvest in over three decades. This alarming development […]
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise The U.S. oil and natural gas industry long fought for and in the last decade finally won release from federal restrictions that limited exports. The ostensible reason was that because of the so-called “shale revolution” in the country’s oil and gas fields, the United States […]
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise The U.S. oil and natural gas industry long fought for and in the last decade finally won release from federal restrictions that limited exports. The ostensible reason was that because of the so-called “shale revolution” in the country’s oil and gas fields, the United States […]
World War III is here, but it’s not what we expected
World War III is here, but it’s not what we expected Movies and books have often portrayed World War III as either the final chapter of the human epoch or as a new but primitive restart for those who survive the nuclear conflagration. We cannot know if such prophesies will ultimately come true. For now […]
Japan’s Economy Is Again Struggling
Japan’s Economy Is Again Struggling Japan. the world’s third-largest economy is highly dependent on exports and the reality it is still struggling even after a great deal of America’s stimulus money leaked into buying imported goods speaks volumes. While it feels a bit like ancient history, Japan’s GDP contracted at an annualized rate of 28.8 […]
Globalization Just Peaked
Globalization Just Peaked In Jackson Hole on Friday, Bank of England’s outgoing governor Mark Carney talked about a Synthetic Hegemonic Currency (SHC) that the world ‘must’ create, and I thought: that sounds as creepy as anything Halloween. Now, Carney is a central banker as well as a former Giant Squid partner, hence a certified cultist, […]
These New Numbers Are Telling Us That The Global Economic Slowdown Is Far More Advanced Than We Thought
These New Numbers Are Telling Us That The Global Economic Slowdown Is Far More Advanced Than We Thought We continue to get more confirmation that the global economy is slowing down substantially. On Monday, it was China’s turn to surprise analysts, and the numbers that they just released are absolutely stunning. When Chinese imports and […]
China Won’t Be Taking Over
China Won’t Be Taking Over Pablo Picasso Massacre in Korea 1951 In the New Year, after a close to the old one that was sort of terrible for our zombie markets, do prepare for a whole lot of stories about China (on top of Brexit and Yellow Vests and many more windmills fighting the Donald). […]
Global Economic Slump Imminent As Korean Exports ‘Canary’ Crashes
Global Economic Slump Imminent As Korean Exports ‘Canary’ Crashes In the latest sign that the slowdown in China and the global trade war is weighing on global commerce, South Korea’s exports fell in December. The 1.2% YoY decline was dramatically below the +2.5% YoY expected and missed even the most pessimistic forecast (which was still […]
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G As a single country, China is the US’s largest trading partner but Canada is the largest export partner. As Trump struggles to get a NAFTA deal going on account of Canada, the above chart puts things into perspective. Canada is the US’s largest […]
“Trump Won’t Back Down”: Bannon Warns Trade-War Will Be “Unbearably Painful” For China
“Trump Won’t Back Down”: Bannon Warns Trade-War Will Be “Unbearably Painful” For China Steve Bannon – who claims to have helped President Trump draft the battle plan for the ongoing trade war, says that Trump’s strategy is to make the conflict “unprecedentedly large” and “unbearably painful” for Beijing, according to an exclusive interview with the South China Morning […]
Ex-PBOC Head Warns China’s Exporters Could Soon Ditch The US
Ex-PBOC Head Warns China’s Exporters Could Soon Ditch The US Former Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggested on Wednesday that the direct impact on China of the trade war with the US “appears limited,” though it could quickly prompt China’s top exporters to pivot away from US markets. Xiaochuan, who left the bank in […]
Trading away our future?
Trading away our future? Early trade was about ecological adaptation, transporting essential food or other essential goods to a places where they were lacking. Very little in present international trade is based on that. Instead, trade in itself creates shortages. Today, Sweden only produces half the beef it consumes. This is not because there is […]
Canada’s Goods Producing Sector Caves
Canada’s Goods Producing Sector Caves Exports get blamed, despite the crushed loonie. Many countries, including the US, report GDP on a quarterly basis. Canada reports on a monthly basis. So today Statistics Canada reported GDP for October. What’s disconcerting isn’t so much that GDP fell 0.3% on a monthly basis – these things happen – though it […]
