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Currency Devaluation: The Crushing Vice of Price

30/07/2015(0)
Devaluation has a negative consequence few mention: the cost of imports skyrockets. When stagnation grabs exporting nations by the throat, the universal solution offered is devalue your currency to boost ... Read More
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Snapshots of the Global Energy

29/07/2015(0)
When the BP Statistical Review of World Energy is published each year, I skim through the figures and tables as a way of grounding myself in some basic facts. Here’s are ... Read More
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China: Major Devaluation Coming

28/07/2015(0)
The whole “market economy” thing is turning out to be a little trickier than China’s dictators expected. To set up the story: After the 2008 crash the country borrowed ... Read More
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When Authorities “Own” the Market, The System Breaks Down: Here’s Why

28/07/2015(0)
Central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors. Panicked by the possibility of declines that undermine the official narrative ... Read More
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Copper, China And World Trade Are All Screaming That The Next Economic Crisis Is Here

27/07/2015(0)
If you are looking for a “canary in a coal mine” type of warning for the entire global economy, you have a whole bunch to pick from right now.  ... Read More
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What Blows Up Next? Part 1: Resource-Based Economies

24/07/2015(0)
The Great Recession and its aftermath was actually the best of times for countries with natural resources to sell. The US, Europe and Japan ran record deficits and cut ... Read More
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Commodities Collapsed Just Before The Last Stock Market Crash – So Guess What Is Happening Right Now?

23/07/2015(0)
If we were going to see a stock market crash in the United States in the fall of 2015 (to use a hypothetical example), we would expect to see ... Read More
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Will the Oil Patch Bust Trigger Recession?

23/07/2015(0)
This seemingly inexhaustible credit line is now drying up, with severely negative consequences for oil producers with debt that’s coming due. Could the oil patch bust triggered by oil ... Read More
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The Euro is Destroying the European Movement

23/07/2015(0)
“Terrorists”, “blackmail”, “lack of trust” are just some of the terms voiced during the recent negotiations between Greece and its Eurogroup partners during the recent Greek negotiations. There were ... Read More
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12 Ways The Economy Is Already In Worse Shape Than It Was During The Depths Of The Last Recession

22/07/2015(0)
Did you know that the percentage of children in the United States that are living in poverty is actually significantly higher than it was back in 2008? When I ... Read More
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