Category Archives: Economic fundamentals

Oil Price Crash: 50% Of U.S. Shale Could Go Bankrupt

Yesterday’s oil price downdraft, if not meaningfully reversed, will create a world of hurt among US producers, most of all shale gas players.

Mr. Market Loses It Over Coronavirus Risk: Oil Tanks, S&P Futures Trades Halted on Limit Down Overnight, Gold Jumps

Coronavirus infects Mr. Market.

Airlines: Bleeding from Coronavirus, and Worse to Come

Coronavirus carnage continues, particularly at bankruptcy-prone airlines.

Banks and Landlords Have To Pick Up the Costs of the Pandemic To Come to Forestall a Depression

Why banks and landlords (and the health care industry) need to pay their share of coronavirus costs.

Brexit: Pawing and Snorting

In theory, Brexit negotiations are moving forward, but they sure don’t look like it.

Coronavirus: Bracing for the Economic Shockwave

The coronavirus spread is setting up a nasty real economy-financial system contraction.

Coronavirus Collateral Damage: How a Case in Korea Hit a Small Business in the US

How coronavirus is causing some US businesses headaches, and potentially distress

The Race to Slash ‘Red Tape’ in Post-Brexit Britain Has Begun. How Can It Be Resisted?

Brexit is being used to accelerate the neoliberal race to the bottom.

3 Energy Sectors Most Threatened by the Coronavirus

The coronavirus has already whacked energy prices. But which products are particularly vulnerable?

Coronavirus: Panic Starting

The rapid spread of coronavirus in Italy has finally focused Mr. Market’s mind, as well as that of officials in Europe.

Taxcast: Financial Secrecy Index: Who Are the World’s Worst Offenders?

Taxcast – the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast: 30 minutes of unmissable corruption, scandal and analysis you won’t hear anywhere else.

HSBC Announces Mass Job Cuts, Huge Write-Down, Asset Sales, Halt of Share Buybacks. Warns of Coronavirus Impact on Credit Losses & Revenues in China & Hong Kong

Once storied, now sprawling TBTF HSBC has started a big retrenchment in the face of mounting business woes. Is it the canary in the coal mine?

Most Long-Term Growth Forecasts by Economics Researchers Biased Upwards

Forecasts tend to be biased upwards and involve significant uncertainty, even for economics researchers specialising in macroeconomics or economic growth.