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Shadow Play: How China’s Unregulated Banks Feed Its Boom And Bust Economy
By Nafis Alam More turbulence on the Chinese stock market highlights just some of the challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy. Following losses of US$3 trillion in the three weeks from mid-June, the Shanghai Composite has since recorded its biggest one-day fall for more than eight years. It’s clear that regulatory reform is needed in the … Continue reading
Guess How Many Nations In The World Do Not Have A Central Bank?
By Michael Snyder Central banking has truly taken over the entire planet. At this point, the only major nation on the globe that does not have a central bank is North Korea. Yes, there are some small island countries such as the Federated States of Micronesia that do not have a central bank, but even … Continue reading
The Central Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets
Every great con game eventually comes to an end. By Michael Snyder For years, global central banks have been manipulating the financial marketplace with their monetary voodoo. Somehow, they have convinced investors around the world to invest tens of trillions of dollars into bonds that provide a return that is way under the real rate … Continue reading
Could Greece Sue The ECB?
By Neil Wilson One thing I’ve noticed about the European Central Bank (ECB) is that it likes to publish woolly worded documents and then brief its preferred interpretation of them to those who hang around in the lobby. Those then get written up and disseminated to become The Truth in the classic repeated assertion fashion … Continue reading
Kazakhstan And The Emerging Market Gold Rush
By Paolo Sorbello Kazakhstan produces around 22 tons of gold each year, a figure comparable to neighboring Kyrgyzstan (18 tons), but only a quarter of Uzbekistan’s production (92 tons). Gold is not a major feature of Kazakhstan’s mining industry, which is dominated by chromium, copper, zinc, and uranium, but it is becoming a key asset … Continue reading
ECB Announces Milestone €1.14trn ‘Easy Money’ Program
The European Central Bank announced it will embark on a fully-fledged quantitative easing program from March, which will break down to €60 billion per month. The move is made to counter a triple-dip recession in the eurozone. “Under this expanded program, the combined monthly purchases of public and private securities will amount to €60 billion, … Continue reading
Medvedev: Russia Won’t Abandon Ruble Free-Float
Russia’s currency will continue to free float, despite the major damage incurred by sanctions and oil, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, supporting the Central Bank’s decision made in November. “The government will not reject the ruble’s free float,” the Prime Minister said at the sixth Gaidar Forum, being held in Moscow January 14-16. “Of course, … Continue reading
Era Of Record Foreign Reserve Stockpile In China Over – Economists
Foreign currency reserves in China have reached a ceiling of $4 trillion, and won’t rise above this threshold in 2015, according to the majority of economists in a Bloomberg survey. 11 out of 18 polled said the zenith was reached on June 30th of 2014, and 12 said the cash hoard will max out between … Continue reading
Russian Financial Market Worst Since 2008: Central Bank Deputy Chairman
The situation in the Russian financial market over the next few days can be compared to the worst period of 2008 crisis, says the Deputy Chairman of Russian Central Bank Sergey Shevtsov. “There are plenty of issues. In the coming days, I believe, the situation will be comparable to the most difficult period of 2008, … Continue reading
Russia Is Running Out Of Money – Not…
By Ben Aris in Moscow There has been a spate of articles recently suggesting that Russia is on the edge of a complete economic meltdown. There was an article in the UK’s The Daily Telegraph suggesting that its economy has lost a third of its value in dollar terms and dropped from eighth largest economy to 13th … Continue reading
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