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Finance / the Economy

Bitcoin Crashes Amid A Wave Of Bearish News

Aug 18, 2023 at 09:04 | ZeroHedge

Call it the Bloomberg jinx. One day after the billionaire failed presidential candidate and media mogul's outlet published a report that "Bitcoin’s Extreme Volatility Vanishes Amid ‘Extreme Apathy and…

Russia's Rouble Crisis: Central Bank Hikes Rates To 12%

Aug 15, 2023 at 08:17 | ZeroHedge

Russia's central bank unexpectedly hiked its key interest rate by 350 basis points to 12% on Tuesday, an emergency move to try and halt the rouble's recent plunge…

Economic Chill In China: Domestic Demand And Property Markets Waver

Aug 11, 2023 at 09:32 | City A.M

China’s already “tortuous” recovery from the Covid pandemic continued to stall today as fresh data indicated that domestic demand remained depressed.   Figures out this morning showed…

Colombia’s Economic Woes Worsen As Cocaine Prices Plunge

Aug 03, 2023 at 08:31 | Matthew Smith

Surging cocaine production, which hit yet another annual record during 2021, makes Colombia the world’s top supplier of the illicit narcotic. The vast profits generated by…

What Really Caused The Inflation Crisis?

Aug 01, 2023 at 08:24 | City A.M

International supply chains were stretched by a combination of ports suddenly closing at short notice due to virus outbreaks, workers being forced to stay at home and unusually high goods…

Trans-Pacific Spot Rates Surge As Shipping Capacity Diminishes

Jul 26, 2023 at 08:20 | ZeroHedge

Shipping lines finally seem to be making some headway in managing vessel capacity in the Asia-U.S. trades. Spot rates have been on the rise for three…

Used-Car Prices On A Steady Decline As Inflation Cools

Jul 19, 2023 at 08:24 | ZeroHedge

Auto research firm Cox Automotive - the owner of the closely followed Manheim price index - published new high-frequency data for the first…

Investors Wary As Beijing's Stimulus Strategy Falls Short

Jun 26, 2023 at 09:08 | ZeroHedge

Losses in Chinese assets are mounting again as Beijing’s modest stimulus disheartens investors. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Hong Kong-listed Chinese firms slumped more…

Soaring Car Prices Put American Auto Loans Underwater

Jun 22, 2023 at 08:59 | ZeroHedge

Millions of Americans who took out loans to purchase overpriced used vehicles during the pandemic are at risk of going underwater. Financing costs are…

Interpreting China’s Enigmatic Commodity Market

Jun 08, 2023 at 09:14 | Irina Slav

China has been at the forefront of all commodity forecasts after it decided to drop its zero-Covid policy and reopen late last year. Initially, pretty much every analyst expected the…

China’s Commodity Imports Are Under Pressure

May 10, 2023 at 09:05 | ZeroHedge

Futures are limping lower after overnight China reported that export growth moderated from 14.8% in March to 8.5% in April, slightly better than market expectations, and unchanged from…

Visualizing The De-dollarization Of The Global Economy

Apr 21, 2023 at 10:38 | ZeroHedge

The U.S. dollar has dominated global trade and capital flows over many decades. However, as Visual Capitalist's Bruo Venditti details below

Peter Schiff: We Are On The Cusp Of Another Financial Crisis

Mar 31, 2023 at 10:22 | ZeroHedge

Peter Schiff appeared on NTD News to talk about the bank bailout and the March Federal Reserve meeting. During the conversation, Peter explained…

Move Over ESG, Fund Managers Have A New Favorite Buzzword

Mar 31, 2023 at 09:56 | ZeroHedge

Over the last few weeks, we have reported about billions being pulled from ESG funds, hedge funds losing

Why The Fed Could Cut Interest Rates As Early As June

Mar 28, 2023 at 11:11 | ZeroHedge

The labor market, the yield curve, inflation and a stock-market selloff are poised to force the Federal Reserve into a rate cut sooner than the market is currently…

ESG ETF Sees Massive Outflows As Investors Prioritize Liquidity

Mar 22, 2023 at 10:13 | ZeroHedge

As the banking sector portends actual problems within the financial system, virtue signaling seems to be falling down the average asset manager's list of priorities...would could have guessed? At least…

The IMF’s Controversial Russian Forecast, Explained

Mar 21, 2023 at 09:42 | RFE/RL staff

For more than a year now, Russia's economy has been pummeled by a series of Western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

Did High Interest Rates Break Silicon Valley Bank?

Mar 15, 2023 at 09:20 | ZeroHedge

The Federal Reserve is in the unenviable position of achieving its mandate by crashing the economy. It's not something it wants to do, as Fed Chair…

Safeguard Your Savings: The Dangers Of Fractional Reserve Banking Systems

Mar 14, 2023 at 09:44 | ZeroHedge

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank reminds us of a very important truth — if you can’t hold it in your hand, you don’t really…

Luxury Items Emerged As Top Investments In 2022

Mar 13, 2023 at 10:39 | ZeroHedge

As stock markets flailed and the age of zero interest was only slowly beginning to end, 2022 was not kind to investors. The year was…

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