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Fighting the Suck in China

Old records are being broken.  New records are being notched.  On Monday, for example, the People’s Bank of China reported a record liquidation of foreign exchange reserves occurred in November. Specifically, China’s foreign exchange reserves declined $87.22 billion in November … Continue reading

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Economic Profanity

Significant changes are taking place.  As we noted several weeks ago, for the first time in 27 years wealth is not flowing into emerging markets.  It’s flowing out. The global economy everyone has known since the late 1980s is being … Continue reading

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The Chinese Fiasco

The twilight receded into the vista of the glowing port lights.  Docked container ships melded into the profusion of overhead cranes.  Sporadic refinery flares overtook the final sparkles of dusk. The sun slipped beyond the far side of the Palos … Continue reading

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The Twisted Tale of Consumers and Producers

“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer,” observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.  “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” These days Emerson’s critical insight has been tipped up on end.  Producers … Continue reading

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