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.
US Exports & Manufacturing Debacle Covered up by Oil by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2015 • 11 Comments A terrible deterioration.
Recession Watch: Falling Commodity Prices to Hurt America by Larry Kummer • Nov 24, 2015 • 9 Comments Leading indicator of trade, economic growth, and geopolitical instability.
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.
Stunning Blow to EU Scaremongers over Brexit by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2015 • 17 Comments French investment bank Natixis sides with rebellious islanders.
Fed’s Vice Chairman Gives a Warning, US Factories Agree by Larry Kummer • Nov 17, 2015 • 7 Comments The dollar’s hit to the economy.
Business Inventory Glut Hits US Ports, Container Imports Plunge in Peak Shipping Season by Wolf Richter • Nov 15, 2015 • 14 Comments That didn’t even happen during the Financial Crisis.
US Freight – Trucking, Rail, all of it – Goes to Heck by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2015 • 19 Comments “A drawdown much like the one we saw in 2009 and 2010.”
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.”
US Threatens UK over Brexit Vote by Don Quijones • Nov 1, 2015 • 24 Comments The name of the game is fear.
