Financial Pain Charts of Spain
By Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge Up until now, the title of “Spain’s scariest chart” belonged to one depicting its youth (and general) unemployment, both of which are so off the charts it is not even funny...
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Should We Worry About Debt in China?
By Michael Pettis In the last issue of my newsletter much of the first half was dedicated to a...
Read MoreU.S. Gasoline: High Price Could Continue Despite Low Demand
By EconMatters, August 26, 2012 Crude oil rallied alongside other commodities and the euro to its highest in three months last week on NYMEX, mostly from market’s expectation of new Euro Zone bailouts and a third round of...
Read MoreNational Debt, Interest Rates and The Coming Currency Crisis
By Mike “Mish” Shedlock Here are a couple of charts from Tim Wallace regarding interest on the national debt. The first chart shows the interest rate is falling as debt skyrockets. Interest Rates vs. National Debt...
Read More7 Must-See Charts of 2012
By Louis Basenese of Wall Street Daily This week, I decided to scour our archives to identify the most important – and telling – charts of 2012. Don’t worry, though. I’m not simply copying and pasting my...
Read MoreCBO Economic Projection: 10 Years Before and After
By Bruce Krasting The Congressional Budget Office came out with its Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook 2012 – 2022 yesterday(Link). The press jumped on the report’s conclusion that the consequences of not...
Read MoreWhat Ails Washington: When Chavez Ramps Up Oil Exports to China
By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com The biggest geostrategic change of the past decade overlooked by Washington policy wonks in their fixation on their self-proclaimed “war on terror” is that Latin America has been...
Read MoreFed Minutes Old News, There Will Be No QE3
By EconMatters, Aug. 22, 2012 The Fed Minutes are from the July 31-August 1 meeting, this was before they latest run-up in asset prices. For example, WTI was $88 dollars a barrel then, now it is $98 and with the new asset prices...
Read MoreIran and Iraq: New Oil BFFs
By Jason Simpkins of Wall Street Daily Buried in the rationale for going to war with Iraq was the idea that the United States would win itself another oil-producing ally in the Middle East. Why, then, is Iraq helping Iran shirk...
Read MoreGold and Silver Move on Renewed QE3 Expectation
By Commodity Trade Mantra Comex Gold Prices rose to $1665 an ounce, a 16-week high after the minutes from the most recent FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee meeting showed larger number of members demanded additional...
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