Welcome to 2016! With Just a Touch of Mayhem by Wolf Richter • Jan 4, 2016 • 28 Comments On the first trading day, all heck breaks loose.
What Secret Do Global Banks Know about Chinese Banks? by Wolf Richter • Dec 29, 2015 • 45 Comments They’re dumping their stakes.
China’s Steel Industry Bleeds, Prices Collapse, Losses Mount, and Now the Government Gets Gloomy by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2015 • 8 Comments “A risky strategy.”
Dogged by Lousy Global Demand and Wild Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Crashes to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2015 • 4 Comments Bad breath of zero-interest-rate era wafts over real economy.
The Chilling Thing Caterpillar’s President Said about China by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2015 • 31 Comments Those good years won’t come back.
IMF’s Lagarde Anoints Chinese Yuan. Will it Now Demolish the “Dollar Hegemony?” by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2015 • 54 Comments The Yuan Has Arrived – at Elite Club for the biggest Currency Warriors.
What Copper Just Said about China by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2015 • 31 Comments Something mucked up the equation.
China Trade Swoons, Collapse of Containerized Freight Index Hits Worst Level Ever, Global Slowdown Worse than Forecast by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2015 • 33 Comments But it “shouldn’t lead to an outright crisis,” like the Financial Crisis, “at this point in time.”
China Slowdown, “Global Turbulence” Trigger Collapse of Export Orders for German Equipment Makers by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2015 • 12 Comments “Ripples are now spreading to other key markets.”
China’s Economy Even Worse than Suspected? by Wolf Richter • Oct 30, 2015 • 18 Comments Suddenly demand for diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel gets hit.