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2020-07-24 01:52
Turn on the TV news, or look at a news website, and you’ll see charts, graphics, and dashboards that supposedly indicate the latest with COVID-19 – statistics revealing the numb… Read More
2020-07-15 02:14
Q: We’re in a very odd situation right now in terms of evaluating the state of the economy. We can see there is rising unemployment and there is likely to be a wave of missed m… Read More
2020-07-15 02:05
With all eyes on Trump's Rose Garden speech which unveiled that he'll sign new and punitive measures indirectly targeting China — namely the Hong Kong Auto… Read More
2020-07-15 01:32
Even though it might feel like 2020 should be coming to its end, in reality, the year is only half over. So much has happened though. We had the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, an Oil War, social u… Read More
2020-07-10 02:25
Cryogenic seals are used in products that undergo extreme temperature changes, so they have to be equipped to deal with extremely high or low temperature fluctuations. These kinds of seals a… Read More
2020-06-22 14:00
Once again, yields are low… really low. This creates an obvious challenge for investors that still need their portfolios to generate income. While junk bonds offer high levels… Read More
2020-06-20 19:16
For many investors, the decision about how to allocate occurs haphazardly—if done in a conscious manner at all. Investments are chosen based on their perceived attractiveness, sugg… Read More
2020-06-20 14:08
By Gita Gopinathعربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русскl… Read More
2020-06-19 18:00
The rhetoric out of the North against South Korean President Moon Jae-in, coming from the 32-year-old sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the rising star of the regime, Kim Yo Jo… Read More
2020-06-19 16:05
Here's the thing about gambling: risk cannot be made to disappear, it can only be transferred to others. Those taking seats at the gaming tables in the Federal Reserve's casino believe… Read More
2020-06-19 14:00
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said: “positive consensus” on resolving the latest border issue was achieved following “effective communication”… Read More
2020-06-16 18:30
Last year, at the beginning of September, we wrote a blog post entitled The Monetary Policy Endgame that laid out one possible future for the path of monetary policy, should economic growth… Read More
2020-06-16 16:00
Many of the emergency economic measures that were put into place to support the American people financially throughout this pandemic are about to disappear, and that means that big troubl… Read More
2020-06-16 13:00
The Monthly Treasury Statement for May showed federal withheld income tax receipts falling a record 33% from the comparable period one year ago. The decline in May tax receipts exceeds the… Read More
2020-06-15 19:30
By Kristalina Georgievaعربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語The COVID-19 crisis is inflicting the most pain on t… Read More
2020-06-15 16:30
Ours is a Wile E. Coyote economy, and now we're hanging in mid-air, realizing there is nothing solid beneath our feet.The story we're told about how our "capitalist" economy works is outdate… Read More
2020-06-15 14:30
This is where Trump finds himself today. To send in the troops or not.Let’s back up a bit first to see why this is such a conundrum.The first thing that I note is the fact that the mos… Read More
2020-06-14 17:52
U.S.-China relations are the worst they’ve been in decades – at least since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in June 1989, which led to almost complete international isolation of C… Read More
2020-06-13 18:21
China’s economy – the first to enter lockdowns and the first to emerge from them – is restarting. We see the economy likely returning to near-trend growth by late 2020, s… Read More
2020-06-13 16:43
Deflation: Why the "Japanification" of the U.S. Looms Large By Elliott Wave InternationalThe U.S. faces the prospect of a Japan-like deflation. Let's begin with a brief review of Japan.Here… Read More
2020-06-13 01:17
Oil prices have been on a tear since hitting a low in late April 2020. West Texas Intermediate prices hit a low of -$37, in April, and has rebounded back to $40 per barrel. Some of the incre… Read More
2020-06-13 00:27
The systematic dishonoring and disgracing of men once revered has only just begun. But it represents a spreading revolution in thought and belief about the origins and history of America… Read More
2020-06-12 15:37
It's hard to ignore the protests on the streets of the world's cities of late. Those protests are coming from a populace who knows that the system they live under long ago stopped benefiti… Read More
2020-06-11 18:00
We who have been suggesting that a peak in world oil production was nigh almost from the beginning of this century looked like we might be right when oil prices reached their all-time high… Read More
2020-06-11 16:00
The clues are starting pile up that the deepest phase of the economic loss for the US coronavirus recession has passed. There’s still a long way to go to climb out of the hole, but d… Read More
Why Hong Kong’s Untold History Of Protecting Refugee Rights Matters Now In Its Struggle With China
2020-06-11 14:00
New national security measures proposed by China would significantly undermine the rule of law in Hong Kong, limiting freedom of speech, restricting the right to due process and curtailin… Read More
2020-06-11 00:23
Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities. When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, Presiden… Read More
2020-06-08 15:42
By Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry and Nour Tawkعربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Р… Read More
2020-05-27 19:00
The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained momentum in recent weeks. And China itself has a… Read More
2020-05-27 16:24
Why are Central Banks promoting the idea of a Cashless Society?The talking heads featured on the corporate mainstream media have started to disseminate the idea that cash is a barbarous re… Read More
2020-05-27 13:15
If cities across the U.S. had moved just one week faster to shut down restaurants and businesses and order residents to stay home, they could have avoided over 35,000 coronavirus deaths by… Read More
2020-05-26 19:00
The protesters seem to be saying: We deplore the losses and know the risks, but we cannot live our lives behind closed doors in our homes until the elites tell us, as though we were child… Read More
2020-05-26 16:00
Recently, I was reminded of John F. Kennedy’s most famous line, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” when I heard it among s… Read More
2020-05-26 13:00
Warren Buffett is arguably the most respected and accomplished investor in U.S. history. He turned Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile company, into a multibillion-dollar holding comp… Read More
2020-05-25 23:57
China is poised to announce new policy initiatives later this month to cushion the pandemic’s fallout, including possible fiscal stimulus. The changes could be announced at the upcom… Read More
2020-05-15 01:52
As more Americans lose all or part of their incomes and struggle with mounting debts, another crisis looms: a wave of personal bankruptcies.Bankruptcy can discharge or erase many types of de… Read More
2020-05-15 01:19
On China, Trump is the first realist we have had in the Oval Office in decades. But both parties colluded in the buildup of China… The mighty malevolent China we face today was mad… Read More
2020-05-15 01:15
Monopolies, quasi-monopolies and cartels are inherently exploitive and thus evil. What was "normal" for the past two decades was to turn a blind eye to the moral and financial bankrup… Read More
2020-05-15 00:54
Anyone can open a trading account to participate in the financial market. They can even take advantage of the leverage and start taking the trades with a decent lot. To earn a substantial am… Read More
2020-05-03 19:53
China's Exploiting The COVID-19 Pandemic To Expand In Asia While the rest of the world is preoccupied with tackling the coronavirus pandemic, China is intensifying its efforts to extend its… Read More
2020-05-03 19:35
CFDs keep gaining popularity around the world. This is because of some clear benefits this trading method has over other options on the market right now. The fact that CFDs trading can be do… Read More
2020-04-29 13:00
Global economic activity is being deliberately frozen to stem the coronavirus pandemic. This initial shock is very sudden and deep. Yet what matters for asset pricing is the cumulative imp… Read More
2020-04-20 23:23
The imposition of lockdowns to counter the spread of the infection from the coronavirus is likely to severely damage the real economy. As a result of these lockdowns, economies have ground… Read More
2020-04-20 16:07
By Gita Gopinathعربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русскl… Read More
2020-04-14 14:33
These are unusual times, to say the least. Few in the financial industry have seen a global pandemic and widespread economic shutdown, and we must approach our outlooks with a dose of humi… Read More
2020-04-06 17:13
he U.S. unemployment rate climbed from a half-century low of 3.5% to 4.4% in March – and is expected to go a lot higher.But could the rate, as some predict, surpass the 25% joblessness… Read More
2020-04-04 00:56
Securing your financial stability has become a difficult task. In the past, having some basic educational degrees would have secured a decent day job. But things have changed a lot. The ongo… Read More
2020-04-03 19:03
Following the drops in US Manufacturing survey data (even with ISM's data skewed by the vendor-delivery-bias issues), expectations were for further deterioration in the services side of th… Read More
2020-04-03 14:33
New traders often fail in their trade and say that it’s very tough to make money from the market, to be honest making money from the market is tough only for them who don’t know… Read More
2020-03-27 13:41
Lawmakers are pinning their hopes on a US$2 trillion package to prop up the U.S. economy and provide relief to individuals and business ravaged by the coronavirus.The stimulus is expected to… Read More
2020-03-26 17:32
As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, “social distancing” has become a buzzword of these strange times.Instead of stockpiling food or rushing to the hospital, auth… Read More
2020-03-26 13:59
A Record 3.3 Million Americans Just Filed For Unemployment Benefits The pace at which Americans are losing their jobs is absolutely breathtaking. According to the Wall Street… Read More
2020-03-24 19:00
We have learned historically that if we can isolate sick people, we can often keep a communicable disease from spreading. Unfortunately, the situation with the new coronavirus causing COVI… Read More
2020-03-24 17:00
Can mayors and governors of beach towns along the East Coast from Maine to Miami, and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, keep tens of millions from gathering on beaches this summer?&ld&hell…Read More
2020-03-24 15:00
As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, it is abundantly clear that the global economy is entering a recession – the first we’ve seen since 2008.Some officials h… Read More
2020-03-24 13:00
Investment professionals on Wall Street spend their days reading financial reports and looking at numbers flash on screens. These numbers record the moment-to-moment changes in the collect… Read More
2020-03-21 12:08
In February, the general consensus between large investment banks and supranational entities was that there would be a one-time hit to GDP in the first quarter due to the impact of the co… Read More
2020-03-19 19:00
Two things I have been predicting for years that most people just can’t get have just started to happen.You know when a person keeps going into cardiac arrest or flatlining, the docto… Read More
2020-03-19 18:00
The coronavirus outbreak is set to deliver a sharp and deep economic shock – akin to that of a large-scale natural disaster. Markets have been fretting over the economic impact, evid… Read More
2020-03-19 16:00
If you asked the average telecommuter if they were more productive when working at home or working from a corporate office, they would likely tell you that they were more productive at home… Read More
2020-03-19 15:00
President Donald Trump signed into law a coronavirus relief package on Wednesday. The law was passed by the Senate earlier in the day.Stimulus measures to combat COVID-19’s economic f… Read More
2020-03-14 22:43
This Will Signal the Bear Market's Halfway Point By Elliott Wave InternationalOn March 12, the date the DJIA closed lower more than 2350 points, the U.S. chief equity strategist for a major… Read More
2020-03-13 16:53
The Fed is going nuts trying to contain this.Thursday early afternoon, during the chaos when the S&P 500 was down nearly 9%, what would turn into the worst single-day stock market sell… Read More
2020-03-13 14:46
The World Health Organization officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic (like we didn’t already know this.) As well, President Trump addressed the nation, closing American borders to a… Read More
2020-03-13 10:03
Getting a loan is quite difficult for people with a bad credit score due to financial challenges or the struggle to build credit scores for the first time. Everyone knows how loans can be yo… Read More
2020-02-29 20:00
Everyone is trying to figure out how to get around the sudden hurdles.A small US company that specializes in exporting US frozen and refrigerated food products to Asia, including to South K… Read More
2020-02-29 18:18
New coronavirus cases confirmed in the Pacific Northwest suggest the new virus may be spreading in the community in the United States, officials said.Washington state, Oregon, and Californi… Read More
2020-02-29 18:11
By Kristalina Georgievaعربي, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский As the Grou… Read More
2020-02-29 15:53
If you have started a business, the reality is probably settling in right now. The honeymoon period, where you’re blinded by the excitement of starting your dream company, is over. Now… Read More
2020-02-23 16:00
It wasn't supposed to be this way. The fall of the Berlin Wall was to bring about one, integrated world market where goods and services freely traversed borders without the interference of… Read More
2020-02-22 20:34
The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis – let’s not waste it.Undeniably, the international community is taking the matter very seriously, as it should given that the dea… Read More
2020-02-22 18:41
Yield is commonly viewed from the standpoint of income. It’s a measure of how much cash you can expect to receive from an investment, such as a stock. Yield has other uses, particula… Read More
2020-02-22 14:06
The Shanghai Composite and Coronavirus: A Revealing Perspective By Elliott Wave InternationalChina's Shanghai Composite has been in a large-scale downtrend for about 13 years.So, when the n… Read More
2020-02-22 13:58
In today’s digital world, pretty much all information is available at the touch of your fingers online. As a matter of fact, even information that you would rather keep private or have… Read More
2020-02-15 13:04
How to Shrink Market "Maybes" Down to a Minimum By Elliott Wave InternationalNo analytical method can offer 100% clarity about the market's future.Yet critics of technical analysis, particu… Read More
2020-02-13 01:19
John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, a large U.S.-based independent oil producer, recently told a Houston audience where he's putting the company's money these days: Offshore drilling.That s… Read More
2020-02-13 01:02
As the new coronavirus spreads around the world, and confirmed cases and deaths mount, economists are increasingly concerned about the impact on the U.S. economy.In a recent report to Congre… Read More
2020-02-13 00:57
It was reported in 2019 by the Pew Charitable Trusts that eight out of ten Americans are in debt. Debt does not discriminate. There are as many retirees in debt as there are young people.The… Read More
2020-02-12 10:14
Ending the limited quarantine and falsely proclaiming China safe for visitors and business travelers will only re-introduce the virus to workplaces and infect foreigners.China faces an ine… Read More
2020-02-11 23:32
If your retail business hasn’t been making you a whole lot of money as of late, then it’s high-time you resolved to change things up a bit. Those cash registers aren’t goin… Read More
2020-02-07 16:00
Remember when t-shirts were cool? In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, high school and college kids got a kick out of wearing shirts with pithy sayings. We’d go to the mall and h… Read More
2020-02-07 10:28
The coronavirus outbreak that started in China has sent jitters across global financial markets amid fears of a hit to the global economy. We think it is too early to assess the eventual i… Read More
2020-02-07 01:55
The global oil and gas industry is facing the "twin threats" of the loss of profitability and the loss of social acceptability as the climate crisis continues to worsen. The industry is no… Read More
2020-02-01 16:30
By IMFBlogHave you thought about how much garbage you generate every day? Economists have looked at the data and it turns out that higher-income countries like the United States, Denmark… Read More
2020-01-29 18:00
The American obsession with Iran is about oil and natural gas. If these two resources had been absent, it is hard to imagine such an intense American focus on the country from the time of… Read More
2020-01-29 16:00
nvestors almost always expect markets to react to current disruptions the same way they reacted to similar disruptions in the past.We’re seeing that today with the spread of the coron… Read More
2020-01-29 14:00
Assassinations, militaries on high alert, geopolitical tensions at the boil. Any one of these in Persian Gulf countries would have roiled oil prices a few years ago. Today, even in combina… Read More
2020-01-29 00:11
Following comments from the WHO chief that the coronavirus is only a China problem, not a global problem - which seems false given the apparent first non-Chinese death this morning in Tha… Read More
2020-01-28 23:59
As a restaurant manager, you’ll know the trials and tribulations of running a successful restaurant business. From managing your staff, revising menus, checking the stock, and ensuring… Read More
2020-01-22 10:29
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is hosting its annual conference for global academic, business, policy and political leaders beginning today, January 21, through January 24. The theme for t… Read More
2020-01-21 10:23
By Gita Gopinathعربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, РусскийIn the Octobe… Read More
2020-01-18 15:34
The U.S. killing of a top Iranian military leader and the subsequent retaliation by Iran in recent weeks marked an escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions. This reminds us of still heightened geo… Read More
2020-01-18 15:30
For many citizens, appellate courts represent a venue of last resort when seeking to rectify failures by trial courts.Two elements of civil law, however, act as a barrier to equality under t… Read More
2020-01-17 01:09
Make no mistake: Oil and gas companies may be doing some serious cost-cutting and slimming-and-trimming to stay competitive after the shale boom binge, but when it comes to employment, it'… Read More
2020-01-17 00:57
Is your company new to the global marketplace? If so, you're joining an exciting international class of companies whose business helps connect different people economically and sometimes eve… Read More
2020-01-15 18:00
The Iranian regime and the Saudi Arabian regime are longtime enemies, with both vying for control of the Persian Gulf region. Part of the conflict stems from religious differences —… Read More
2020-01-15 16:00
By David Liptonعربي, 中文, Español, Français, Русский Last March, Operation Taiex led to the… Read More
2020-01-15 14:00
The EIA Is Grossly Overestimating U.S. Shale The prevailing wisdom that sees explosive and long-term potential for U.S. shale may rest on some faulty and overly-optimistic assumptions, acc… Read More
2020-01-15 10:14
The financial service sector is going through some dramatic changes. New technologies create new opportunities for financial crime and fraud. Combined with the ever-increasing volume of regu… Read More
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