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Oil_well

How dependent is your country on oil imports?

03/09/2019(0)
In 2017 the European Union (EU) relied on net imports for 87% of its oil consumption. This ratio, known as the oil import dependency rate, is unchanged from 2016 ... Read More
interest-rates

Negative interest rates and gold

30/08/2019(0)
  The reason for persistent strength in the price of gold can be found in the changing relationship between time preference for monetary gold, and a new round of ... Read More
Economy

Our costly dalliance with Lord Keynes

28/08/2019(0)
  In “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, Keynes virtually created macroeconomics. But Keynes was a mathematician, not an economist, and did not fully understand free markets, ... Read More
european stocks

Inflationary financing and GDP

16/08/2019(0)
  This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP does not represent economic ... Read More
european union flag and uk flag

Casting off the EU millstone

07/08/2019(0)
  In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, ... Read More
gold bars

The reasoning behind Gold’s breakout

01/08/2019(1)
  Gold’s dramatic move above $1400 has caught the investment establishment by surprise. Physical gold ETFs, as a proxy for direct portfolio investment, amount to only 0.05% of the ... Read More
citizenship

These are the countries of Europe that most people acquired a citizenship

25/07/2019(0)
In 2017, 825 000 persons acquired a citizenship of a Member State in the EU. The Member States where most people acquired citizenship in 2017 were Italy (18 % ... Read More
markets flow

Stalling Markets

22/07/2019(0)
  The combination of American trade protectionism and the end of a failing credit expansion is leading into a global economic downturn, and potentially a systemic crisis. Meanwhile, investors ... Read More
silver

A whale is accumulating silver futures

12/07/2019(0)
Silver’s recent price performance has been disappointing. Normally, it is almost twice as volatile as gold, so when the gold price rises 11%, as it has since last December, ... Read More
world-euro-notes

The financial war escalates

03/07/2019(0)
Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time of growing liquidation of dollar ... Read More
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