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The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024
The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024 The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years | Energy industry | The Guardian Homesteading 101: Regenerative Farming and the American Farmer. A Predicament With An Outcome […]
Aluminum Prices Hit Two-Year High On Smelter Output Limits In China
Aluminum Prices Hit Two-Year High On Smelter Output Limits In China Aluminum prices in London reached their highest in two years as the industrial metals rebound theme continued, driven by a combination of supply constraints and the prospect of increased demand in China and the US. The latest driver for the silvery-white, lightweight metal, used in everything from vehicles […]
“Global Trade War Looms, But It’s Not Just Trade War To Fear”
“Global Trade War Looms, But It’s Not Just Trade War To Fear” History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking The UK election and the “I will protect you, but forgot my umbrella” Tory campaign have both been shaken up by its pledge to bring back conscription for 18-year-olds. This is seen as a desperate gamble and sad […]
Hoot of the Day: No One Wants Green Energy if It’s Too Cheap
Hoot of the Day: No One Wants Green Energy if It’s Too Cheap Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants the EU to hike tariffs on China just as the US did. Curbs on Cheap Chinese Exports The Guardian reports Janet Yellen urges EU to join US in curbs on cheap Chinese exports Janet Yellen, the US treasury […]
China Shock II Is Coming, the EU Will Be Hit Hard, Then the US
China Shock II Is Coming, the EU Will Be Hit Hard, Then the US Germany is feeling the pinch of China shock. But the US is on deck too. A global trade war looms. China Shock Eurointelligence discusses China shock in its article Technology Is Why We Are Losing. We are not sure that the effect […]
Can China Dethrone the US Dollar as Global Reserve
Can China Dethrone the US Dollar as Global Reserve As a result of this ‘trade war’ China has let the yuan slide versus the USD which is a warning to Trump, specifically Mnuchin. On the US dollar as reserve currency, that is a tough thing to break especially for China since the yuan is not […]
The Masses Are Being Conditioned to Ignore the Economic Bubble
The Masses Are Being Conditioned to Ignore the Economic Bubble In the second week of October, after the “partial” U.S.-China trade deal was announced to much fanfare, I made this prediction: US and Chinese officials rarely waste an opportunity to use trade talk headlines to head-fake markets with false hope. Rumors of a “partial” or tentative […]
America’s trade policy will end up destroying the dollar
America’s trade policy will end up destroying the dollar America’s tariffs against China are already showing signs of undermining the global economy and will create a funding crisis for the Federal Government when it leads to foreigners no longer buying US Treasury debt and selling down their existing dollar holdings. A subversive attempt by America […]
Central Bankers Are Starting To Lose Control
Central Bankers Are Starting To Lose Control All is good. The trade war between China and the United States comes to an end, the global economy has weathered the worst, and central banks are making sure that markets continue to go up. This is the scenario currently shaping the consensus. Kevin Duffy is a battle-proven […]
Global Supply Chains Imploding As Quarter Of German Firms Plan To Leave China
Global Supply Chains Imploding As Quarter Of German Firms Plan To Leave China The Bussiness Confidence Survey 2019/20 published by the German Chamber of Commerce in China, in cooperation with KPMG in Germany, finds that almost a quarter of German companies operating in China are preparing to relocate production facilities. The survey was conducted from late July through […]
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow As President Trump has said many times, we rebuilt China over the past 25 years. No truer words were spoken, but those days are over. The United States now recognizes China as a strategic and economic rival. – Vice President Mike Pence during a […]
Here’s How the New U.S.-China Trade Talks May End
Here’s How the New U.S.-China Trade Talks May End With the U.S. and China in the midst of a new round of high level trade talks, this Thursday marks 22 months since tariffs were launched and the trade war began. Far from being “easy to win”, the trade war has lasted far longer than most […]
Geopolitical Signals Of Global Economic Crisis Abound
Geopolitical Signals Of Global Economic Crisis Abound As I write this, news feeds are buzzing with questions and confusion over the October US/China trade talks. In September there was a massive propaganda campaign within the mainstream media to push the notion that a deal with China was imminent, which boosted markets otherwise on the verge […]
The Ugly Truth About The Trade War
The Ugly Truth About The Trade War This past week was an interesting exercise in false expectations and assumptions. Once again, trade war theatrics were used to stall a stock market plunge as insinuations of a possible “deal” were made by Donald Trump, followed by China’s claim that maybe, just maybe, they would not immediately […]
US Slaps New Tariffs On China; One Minute Later China Retaliates
US Slaps New Tariffs On China; One Minute Later China Retaliates The biggest reason for last week’s torrid stock market rally was rekindled “optimism” that the escalating trade war between the US and China may be on the verge of another ceasefire following phone conversations, fake as they may have been, between the US and […]
