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China’s Growth To Moderate To 6.8% In 2015 Amidst Recent Pressures – ADB Study
Decelerating more than expected in the first eight months of 2015, gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is forecast to average 6.8% for the year. Recent growth moderation will likely be offset by a pickup in exports and consumption in the remainder of the year, says a new Asian … Continue reading
There Are Indications That A Major Financial Event In Germany Could Be Imminent
By Michael Snyder Is something about to happen in Germany that will shake the entire world? According to disturbing new intel that I have received, a major financial event in Germany could be imminent. Now when I say imminent, I do not mean to suggest that it will happen tomorrow. But I do believe that … Continue reading
Weekly EM/FM Risk Outlook: 9/21 – 9/27
By Brian Daigle China’s President Xi Jinping makes first official visit to the United States. South American leaders meet amid tensions between UNASUR nations. EU officials meet to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis. Pope Francis speaks to the U.S. Congress. Interest rate decisions in major developing markets. All this in the Weekly Risk Outlook. President Xi Pays First Official Visit … Continue reading
De-Dollarization: Russia Wants Firms To Default On Western Loans, Ban Firms From Using FX/FX Loans
By Pepe Escobar Let’s start with some classic Russian politics. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is drawing up Russia’s economic strategy for 2016, including the government budget. Siluanov – essentially a liberal, in favor of foreign investment – will present his proposals to the Kremlin by the end of this month. So far, nothing spectacular. But then, … Continue reading
China Risks Massively Destroying The Job Industry In Europe
From 2017, more than three million jobs in the European Union and around 50 anti-dumping legal cases are at risk if the bloc grants new trade rights to China, a new study says, prompting a major backlash from both industry and trade unions. . As December of 2016 approaches,a date when China will obtain the … Continue reading
Mark Mobius: A Fed Move Could Be Good News For Emerging Markets
By Mark Mobius, Templeton Emerging Markets Group After months (if not years) of speculation and debate, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has left the financial markets in a holding pattern once again, deciding to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate steady at near zero. In our view as investors in emerging markets, this isn’t necessarily positive news, … Continue reading
In Brazil, The Risk Of Impeachment For Rousseff Looms Large
By Stratfor Global Intelligence The ongoing corruption scandal at state-owned energy firm Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, could pose a real political risk to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, particularly as Brazil’s economic conditions worsen. The ruling Workers’ Party will have to cope with a stagnating, if not declining, economy for at least two more years, dwindling … Continue reading
Indonesia’s Currency Tumbles For 10th Straight Week Following Fed, Worst In 15 Years
As the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold following the FOMC decision on Thursday, uncertainty on this decision had thus driven Indonesia’s currency into a 10th week of declines, which is its longest losing streak since 2000. U.S. Fed Chief Janet Yellen said that most policy makers want to hike interest rates this year, however … Continue reading
Has The U.S. Fed Lost Its Mojo?
By Mike Whitney After 6 full years of zero rates and extreme pump-priming that flushed more than $10 trillion dollars into global markets, the Federal Reserve decided that even the slightest uptick in its benchmark Fed Funds rate would trigger enough destructive volatility in emerging markets that it would be better to postpone the rate hike … Continue reading
Venezuela: Risks Of Default And Social Unrest Grow Amid Hyperinflation
In Venezuela, things are going from bad to worse amid a tumble in the price of global oil, a plunge in the nation’s currency, consumer goods shortages, and hyperinflation combined with a social and political upheaval which could undermine the country’s willingness or ability to pay its external debt, Jefferies warns. Venezuela relies heavily on oil, as it accounts for … Continue reading
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