The Biden administration on April 16 said it will invest $1.7 billion to help states and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fight Covid-19...
Overview: Like the dog that did not bark, the long-term US yields tumbled despite data that confirms the acceleration of the US economy and labor market. ...
China Officially 'Enemy Number 1' In Annual US Threat Assessment Report Via SouthFront.org, On April 13th, the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)...
Oil prices rise on higher demand Crude prices continue to push higher as the demand outlook is starting to improve for Europe now that they have...
Denmark Permanently Bans AstraZeneca Jab Over Blood Clots As EU Tops 100M Vaccinations As the US's decision to discontinue the Johnson & Johnson vaccine provokes a...
COVID Abates, Tax And Geopolitical Risks Emerge Submitted by Paul Hoffmeister, Chief Economist at Camelot Portfolios Covid outlook continues to improve. Fed prioritizes Covid over inflation....
The 3 Nations Vying For Global LNG Dominance Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Last year was an unprecedented year for natural gas and liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) markets....
7 Reasons Why A Vaccine Passport Should Give Us Pause For Thought Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, As the use of vaccine passports snowballs around...
Integrated pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. has been allowed to import the Sputnik V vaccine, which is a vaccine against COVID-19, into India by the...
The USD2.8 billion antitrust fine levelled upon Alibaba by Chinese authorities this weekend has set the tone for the Asian equity market this morning, which is...
Escobar: Russia "Would Really Not Want" Cold War 2.0 Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, The Triple Yoda, Nikolai Patrushev, hopes cooler heads can...
GDP only measures economic growth – not inequality, poverty or unpaid work like elder care. So researchers in the Netherlands developed a new way for governments to...
Futures Spooked By Hottest Chinese Factory Inflation Since 2018 US equity future struggled for direction after hitting an all time high of 4,102 as investors assessed...
Overview: The dollar has come back bid. A disappointing and unexpected increase in the US weekly jobless claims pressed yields lower, with the 10-year falling a...
Powell sticks to dovish script Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stayed solidly on message overnight, emphasising once again the Fed’s priority in assisting the US employment recovery...
I covered BRIC Manufacturing PMIs for 1Q 2021 (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/5421-brics-manufacturing-pmis-1q-2021.html) and BRIC Services PMIs (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/8421-bric-services-pmi-1q-2021-slowing.html) in...
Earlier this week, I posted on the latest PMI reports for BRIC economies for Manufacturing sector (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/5421-brics-manufacturing-pmis-1q-2021.html). Now, let's cover Services Sector 1Q 2021 PMIs. Remember,...
Overview: Global stocks are moving higher today. Fears of a new lockdown in Tokyo amid rising covid cases weighed on Japanese stocks, a notable exception as the...
Escobar: Bombshell Book In Germany Revives 9/11 As A Business Model Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Saker blog, Nearly 20 years after 9/11, Germany and...
Germany Says It Will Buy Russia's Sputnik Vaccine, But EU Approving Agency To Likely Drag Its Feet At the moment over 50 countries across the globe...
WTI Maintains Losses After Big Gasoline Build Oil prices are lower this morning following last night's API-reported surprise build in gasoline and distillates stocks (with WTI...
COVID-19 forced many retailers and brands to adopt new technologies. Retail analytics unicorn Trax expects that this openness to tech innovation will continue even after the...
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on April 6, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of Covid-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts...
US Futures Dip As European Stocks Finally Erase All Pandemic Losses, Hit Record High Global stocks hit record highs on Tuesday, supported by strong economic data...
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...
By Philipp Engler, Roberto Piazza and Galen Sher Español, 日本語, Русский Rapid vaccine rollout in the United States and passage of its $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package...
Germany's Political Crisis And The Future Of Nord Stream 2 Submitted by South Front, In a Blinken of an Eye The Biden Administration entered the White...
EU Infighting Over Vaccine Supplies Intensifies As France, Germany Turn To Russia
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...
What To Expect From Today's OPEC+ Meeting: Another Saudi Surprise? After Wednesday's JMMC meeting ended without reaching a recommendation (as is customary and expected), the key...