The China Delusion
Why the path forward for China is fraught from both an economic and political standpoint.
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Michael Hudson Discusses the New Global Financial Cold War
Michael Hudson discusses his paper, The IMF Changes Its Rules To Isolate China and Russia, and how jockeying among the big power players is becoming more visible and higher stakes.
Read more...Eurobanks: The Probable Point of Failure as Systemic Stress Rises
Why Eurobanks are the most likely fracture point if current economic stresses continue.
Read more...Chinese Communists and Wacko U.S. Right Want to Save Us from Girlie Men
Real men are evidently an endangered species,. Chinese communists and the American Enterprise Institute are in the vanguard of trying to fix that.
Read more...Capital Bleeds from Emerging Asia
2015 was a terrible year for emerging markets, not just in terms of trade in goods and services, but also capital exit.
Read more...Chinese Slowdown and the World Economy
China’s slowdown started years ago, not last year. And the impact on the US is likely to be lower than news reports would lead you to believe.
Read more...Ilargi: Square Holes and Currency Pegs
The difficultly of maintaining currency pegs, most important the renminbi and riyal versus the dollar, will put even more stress on financial markets.
Read more...US Oil Futures Plunge by Nearly 7%, to $26.55 a Barrel; Stocks Swoon
Oil has ratcheted down again and stocks are getting hammered.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: What US Treasury Yields Might Be Signalling
Bond yields warn of deflation. How real is this worry?
Read more...China’s Contradictory Aims, Greater International Role Versus Domestic Economic Control, HIt Breaking Point
China appears to be in denial that it can’t have more open financial markets and maintain the same degree of control over the economy that it once enjoyed.
Read more...Identifying Vectors Influencing China’s (and International) Markets
A list of some of the factors driving the recent market upheaval in China. Readers will hopefully add to and refine this compilation.
Read more...Another Slow Year for the Global Economy
The factors that dragged down the global economy in 2015 will persist – and in some cases worsen – in the new year.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Welcome to 2016! With Just a Touch of Mayhem for Stocks
Stocks took a beating around the globe on the first day back in 2016. Hopes of a better year start out inauspiciously.
Read more...Dollar Dominance: Deconstructing the Myths and Untangling the Web
It is not dollar hegemony that rules the world, but the global financial system which gives the dollar its place of privilege.
Read more...Private Equity Made Bad Bet on Ships, Hit by Collapse in China Trade
Private equity’s misadventure in ships is yet another proof of both hubris and too much money looking for deals.
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