Given a lot of noise about economic re-opening and abatement of the late 2020 wave of the pandemic, we expected BRIC countries PMIs to improve significantly...
Peter Schiff: Friday's Payrolls Report Does Not Reflect "Job Creation" Via SchiffGold.com, The economy is recovering quickly! Just look at the rebounding jobs market. But in...
What's Changed And What Hasn't In A Tumultuous Year Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Inequality is America's Monster Id, and we're continuing to...
The strong productivity growth from last year seems to be continuing The March employment reports show the economy bouncing back sharply due to the spread of...
Buchanan: Joe Biden's Bid To Remake America Authored by Pat Buchanan, If Joe Biden’s American Jobs Program, outlined in Pittsburgh, is enacted, then the federal government...
US New Vehicle Sales For March Smashed Expectations Authored by Christophe Barraud, As I previewed, US new vehicle sales rebounded sharply in March. What is more surprising...
by Federico J. Díez, Romain Duval, Chiara Maggi and Nicola Pierri The pandemic has hit small and medium enterprises particularly hard, partly because they are predominant...
Spanish Tourism Industry Rebels Against Outdoor Mask Decree As Drones Used To Spy On Beachgoers For more than a year now, Spain's tourism industry, which accounts...
Japan's Economy Is Again Struggling Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, Japan. the world's third-largest economy is highly dependent on exports and the reality...
Will Biden's Spending Spree Shake Confidence In The World's Reserve Currency By Laura Cooper, macro strategist who writes for Bloomberg U.S. Exceptionalism Comes With a Cost to...
Four major forces shaped the investment climate in the first quarter: the evolution of the virus and the rollout of the vaccine, the rising long-term interest rates...
By David Amaglobeli, Vitor Gaspar, and Paolo Mauro The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vicious circle of inequality. To break this pattern and give everyone a...
S&P Futures Hit All Time High To Start The New Quarter Now that the quarter-end rebalance malarkey is behind us, it's full steam ahead into the...
Overview: The global capital markets have begun the new month and quarter on a good note. Equity markets are encouraged by yesterday's gains in the US. ...
Record Leverage Means No Policy U-Turn For The PBOC By Ye Xie, Bloomberg macro commentator and analyst That seems the thinking behind U.S. President Joe Biden’s economic...
The Canadian dollar could be renewing its 2021 rally against its US peer in the middle of the trading week, buoyed by better-than-expected economic data from earlier this year. The loonie also found...
Futures Flat, Yields Rise Ahead Of Biden Multi-Trillion Infrastructure Plan US index futures were little changed and global stocks treaded water on Wednesday as Treasury yields...
By Sonali Das and Philippe Wingender Recessions wreak havoc and the damage is often long-lived. Businesses shut down, investment spending is cut, and people out of...
After a weak handover from Wall Street and Asia, European bourses are heading south, giving back some of yesterday’s gains. A combination of surging US treasury...
Overview: The US dollar is paring its recent gains against most major and emerging market currencies today, mainly on the back of month and quarter-end position...
China equities dip despite strong PMI reports Wall Street stocks ranged noisily overnight, finishing slightly lower on the day as they were buffeted by bond market...
In February, money supply growth hit yet another all-time high. February's surge in money-supply growth makes February the eleventh month in a row of remarkably high growth, and came in the wake...
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co said its financial results in 2020 were "largely in line" with forecasts amid the global pandemic and intense pressure on...
The Canadian economy is starting to find its feet, but historic debt levels could plague the government for years to come, with GDP growth slowing towards...
Russian National Wealth Fund Turning To Gold, Dumping Dollars Via SchiffGold.com, The Russian Finance Ministry has given the green light for the Russian National Wealth fund...
Overview: The US 10-year yield is at new highs since January 2020, pressing above 1.77% and helping pull up global yields today. European benchmarks yields are...
Empty office buildings. Reduced store hours. Unbelievably low hotel room rates. All are signs of the times.
By Adolfo Barajas and Fabio Natalucci Leverage, the ability to borrow, is a double-edged sword. It can boost economic growth by allowing firms to invest in...
Futures Rebound Despite Global Margin Call Fears After initially dipping as much as -0.7% during the early Asian session on fears that the Archegos margin call...
Overview: The large block trade (~$20 bln) before the weekend, apparently from a family office, continued to have ripple effects today, but the MSCI Asia Pacific...