Tag Archives: yuan
What’s Up With Gold?
Amidst a backdrop of raging consumer price inflation something strange and unexpected is going on. The U.S. dollar has become more valuable. Not against goods and services. But against foreign currencies. Continue reading
China’s $6.6 Trillion Toxic Loan Problem
“As long as you’re green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot,” once remarked Ray Kroc, mastermind of the McDonald’s franchise empire. At the moment, no truer words can be spoken for China’s ripe economy. The … Continue reading
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
Significant Yuan Devaluation Imminent
The Department of Commerce reported last week that U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2.1 percent annual rate during the third quarter, not the 1.5 percent rate previously stated. Apparently, private inventory investment was greater than initially estimated. Nonetheless, … Continue reading
