World Trips Over the Explosive Dollar by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2015 • 12 Comments “Hard to be bullish about the global economy” – National Bank of Canada.
Tragic-Comic Economic Mess Hits Argentina’s New President by Bianca Fernet • Dec 10, 2015 • 15 Comments In her final weeks as President, Cristina spent every cent she could, by hook or crook, leaving central bank and economy in disarray.
It Begins: Investors Brace for Mexico’s Biggest Corporate US-Dollar Bond Default in 20 Years by Don Quijones • Dec 2, 2015 • 2 Comments Even the central bank frets about explosive dollar debt.
It Gets Ugly in Brazil by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2015 • 18 Comments “Pretty Soon We Have to Start Labeling this a Depression”: Goldman on Brazil.
Dollar-Denominated Corporate Time Bomb Set to Blow by Don Quijones • Nov 29, 2015 • 10 Comments Hot Money Flees Mexico.
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture by Don Quijones • Nov 22, 2015 • 8 Comments Monsanto & Friends are already rejoicing.
A Currency on Edge by Bianca Fernet • Nov 11, 2015 • 3 Comments What’s Causing the Argentina “Blue Dollar” Volatility?
Venezuela Liquidates Gold, other Assets as Crisis Worsens by Nick Cunningham • Nov 9, 2015 • 7 Comments Teetering on the brink of catastrophe.
Currency Controls Strangle Argentina, But Hey, “Take it up with the Next Government, We’re on Our Way Out” by Bianca Fernet • Nov 3, 2015 • 9 Comments Running out of money doesn’t care if you’re a socialist or neoliberal.
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.”