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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.

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.

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.

US Oil Futures Plunge by Nearly 7%, to $26.55 a Barrel; Stocks Swoon

Oil has ratcheted down again and stocks are getting hammered.

Marshall Auerback: What US Treasury Yields Might Be Signalling

Bond yields warn of deflation. How real is this worry?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Michael Hudson: The Top Three Economic Stories of 2015

Yves here. I beg to differ a tad with Hudson in this Real News Network video regarding his third economic story. The US had already pushed Europe to side with it against Russia when it hit Russia with economic sanctions. The US had similarly declared an economic war of sorts against China with its “pivot […]