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Indonesian President Widodo Vows “Massive Deregulation” To Boost Sentiment, Revive Investment
Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has vowed for a quick “massive deregulation” on Wednesday in order to boost sentiment and revive investment as growth in Southeast Asia’s largest economy expands at the weakest pace since 2009 amid a plunge in commodity prices. “We need to carry out massive deregulation and introduce new regulations that will really create a good climate … Continue reading
The Fed And Spillover Effects For Emerging Markets
By Jiaqian Chen, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, and Ratna Sahay The Federal Reserve’s recent unconventional monetary policies seem to have affected emerging markets more than traditional policies. When the United States sneezes, the saying goes, the rest of the world catches a cold. This adage is not mere folklore. The recent global financial crisis drove home the importance … Continue reading
In The Month Of September 2015 We Officially Enter The Danger Zone – OpEd
By Michael Snyder Is September 2015 going to be one of the most important months in modern American history? When I issued my first ever “red alert” for the last six months of 2015 back in June, I was particularly concerned with the months of September through December, and not just for economic reasons. All … Continue reading
Market Meltdown Means More Pain For Oil-Producing Economies
By Zachary Fillingham Supply-side downward price pressure has been the story of global energy prices over the past year: newfound supply from the Shale Revolution, OPEC’s gambit of market-share grabbing inundation, and new supply coming online from Iraq and soon Iran. The result was a plunge in oil prices from $115 in mid-June 2014 to below … Continue reading
China’s Road To Recovery Brings Emerging Market Turmoil
By Miguel Ferreyra de Bone Following the decision of the Chinese government to trim interest rates and adjust the requisites of bank reserves for commercial banks, we are starting to see some improvement from the 20% loss in the Shanghai stock exchange last week. More losses in emerging markets should be expected, however. The financial turmoil that the … Continue reading
Why Devaluing The Yuan Won’t Help China’s Economy
By Frank Shostak Earlier this month, the Chinese government decided to depreciate its currency on three consecutive occasions. On August 13, the price of the US dollar was trading at 6.413 — an increase of 3.3 percent against July. The key factor behind the central bank’s lowering of the yuan is a sharp decline in the … Continue reading
Is Economic Data From China Accurate?
By Jim Randle Some investors say China’s wild stock market gyrations have been made worse by worries about the reliability of that nation’s economic data. Critics say the reports can mislead investors by painting an unrealistically strong picture of the economy. Some economists doubt the official growth figures because other data, such as passenger travel and … Continue reading
How A Chinese Slowdown Will Hit Global Growth
By Dr. Linda Yueh As China’s markets fall and drag down global equities, the underlying concern is undoubtedly how much a slowdown in the Chinese economy will affect the rest of the world. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China has notably emerged as one of the twin engines of world growth. China has contributed as … Continue reading
The Emerging Market Rout: How Much Further Can EM Currencies Weaken?
By Andrés Velasco With the currencies of Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico hitting record lows recently, currency traders around the world are asking: How much further can emerging-market currencies weaken? The standard approach to answering this question takes a relatively normal base year and measures how much a country’s currency … Continue reading
Central Banks Have Become A Corrupting Force – OpEd
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler Are we witnessing the corruption of central banks? Are we observing the money-creating powers of central banks being used to drive up prices in the stock market for the benefit of the mega-rich? These questions came to mind when we learned that the central bank of Switzerland, the Swiss … Continue reading
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