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The Top 20 Currency Manipulators In The World
China, which has kicked off its once-in-a-generation leadership transition, played a starring role in the U.S. election amidst frequent charges of currency manipulation.Romney’s defeat means we have...
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Global Markets Have Rolled Over In Unison
My title for last weekend's update (Is Your Seatbelt Fastened?) was sound advice. During the past week, the world market roller-coaster went into a stunning dive with all eight indexes finished in the...
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Who Will Stop These Sado-Monetarists As Youth Unemployment Surges To 58% In...
Greek unemployment rose to 25.4pc in August. Youth unemployment rose to 58pc.Under the official forecast, the economy will contract by a further 4.5pc next year, so it fair to assume that lots more...
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Greek Budget Passes
UPDATE:There was little suspense. The Greek annual budget passes.Earlier: The Greek parliament is holding a vote on its national budget right now.It is expected to pass.We'll have results in a...
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A Simple Fiscal Fix That Would Make The US Immensely Safer Without Hurting A...
Trying to "fix" fiscal policy is incredibly difficult, because invariably, anytime you want to change a part of the tax code or the budget you end up hitting some group of powerful citizens that are...
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The #1 Question That Investors Are Asking Right Now...
SocGen's Michala Marcussen reveals the #1 question that investors are asking right now.Not surprisingly, it's about the fiscal cliff.What if we get to the cliff and no-one jumps? Amidst new warnings...
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Did The Global Trade Collapse Just End?
Back at the end of September, we ran this chart from Morgan Stanley, pointing to the severe slowdown in world trade growth.So is the severe downturn over?Trade data this weekend from China supports the...
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It Was Mostly Good News This Weekend — But Markets Are Going Lower
The week begins, and markets are a bit in the red.US futures are off just a hair.Japan is off 0.7%.Korea is down 0.48%.So what happened this weekend? Mostly it was pretty positive.The "conciliatory"...
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China’s New Loans Fall 14% Raising Questions About Its Recovery
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- China’s new yuan loans fell 14 percent in October from a year earlier, damping signs the world’s second-biggest economy is recovering after a seven-quarter slowdown.Banks...
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And The Markets All Go Red...
Once again, all the markets are red.The drop isn't dramatic, but the force of gravity is strong right now.Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
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FACEBOOK LOCKUP RELEASE: An Astounding 777 Million Shares Become Available On...
Facebook is in the middle of three major new "lockup" releases in which early investors and employees can finally sell.The first came on October 29. The stock has dropped from $22 to $19 since then as...
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Forget Red And Blue States: Different Parts Of The Country Are Experiencing...
After the election, some commentators relaunched the argument over whether America has experienced a permanent blue state/red state split.Richard K. Green, a professor of public policy at the...
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Once Again, The Bank Of Japan Is Failing Massively
Japan released third-quarter GDP figures today, revealing the fastest pace of contraction in the Japanese economy since the devastating earthquake that took a heavy toll in April of 2011.GDP contracted...
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The Northeast Gas Crisis Is Finally Coming To An End
Anecdotal reports are trickling in suggesting New York City's gasoline crisis is ending.Nearly 3/4ths of the cities stations stopped pumping in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.But GasBuddy's Patrick DeHaan...
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The Hottest Currency Trade In The World Is Coming To An End
The Mexican peso trade has been a clear favorite of currency traders in recent months, owing to the country's strong growth fundamentals, the Mexican economy's apparent decoupling from the global...
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UK Investigating A Claim Of 'Libor-Like' Manipulation Of Gas Prices
The City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority, is investigating claims by a whistleblower that Britain's £300bn wholesale gas market has been "regularly" manipulated by some of the big power...
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Washington Will Come To A Fiscal Cliff Deal, And It Will Not Lead To A New...
It is always difficult to guess what policymakers will do! On Friday I outlined the major components of the "fiscal cliff" and provided my initial guess at a compromise (actually more of a slope,...
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Leaked Documents Show Obama Was Willing To Go Further For A Grand Bargain On...
Yesterday on "Meet the Press," Bob Woodward of the Washington Postdisplayed documents that outline a “Grand Bargain” the White House offered during debt ceiling negotiations in 2011.The document in...
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Rich People Are Using Delayed Financing To Game The Housing Market
When it comes to buying a new home, there are usually only two ways to go about it –– plunk down a wad of cash or take out a mortgage.But what if you could do both?That's how wealthy house hunters and...
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China's Leadership Transition Doesn't Look Good If You're A Foreign Businesses
China’s 18th party congress began today.The country’s new leaders, whose identities will be formally revealed on or around November 15, look likely to be a fairly conservative group when it comes to...
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