Moody’s – Coronavirus, trade troubles and more in Asia
In a research note issued Feb. 19, Moody’s Investors Service concludes that the weight of things like trade wars (such as China-US), long-term downshifts in […]
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COVID-19 could impact 5 million companies worldwide, Economies.
Up to 5 Million companies impacted worldwide per Dun & Bradstreet. The economic impact from COVID-19 coronavirus would be severe. CNBC reports: The new coronavirus […]
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you”
‘White Swan’ Recession Indicator … This list is hardly exhaustive, but it points to what one can reasonably expect for 2020. In my 2010 book, […]
On economy, Trump picks a fight with Obama he cannot win
By the numbers, and especially on the basis of total change overall (from net negatives to net positives), the Obama years slay the Trump years, […]
SCMP Editorial: Can anything stop the coronavirus from popping the US stock bubble?
Assuming the U.S. stock market, being at all time highs, is indeed Trumped-up and bubbleicious, this is easily the kind of exogenous shock that could […]
Coronavirus Apple – Stocks fall after Apple warns
Coronavirus took a bite out of this Apple, and the market as a whole, as shares backed off from ATHs (All Time Highs) on Monday, […]
Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus
Cruise from Hell finally releasing passengers. But is it the tip of an iceberg? SHANGHAI/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – More than 300 American passengers have been […]
Coronavirus cripples home sales in China. Developer slashing prices
It may be hard to wrap ones head around, but real estate is tanking in China, and the potential for a cash or even credit […]
Triple Trade Trouble as Ships Are Skipping China
As if the past few years of Maga trade waring wasn’t enough, kick-’em-while-they’re-down COVID just keeps finding ways to make things that much more difficult, […]
UK Brexit Slump Continues – border friction to hit food supplies
Brexit jitters and global trade warring were already throwing the UK into a Growth Recession last year, before Brexit even went into effect -and now- […]
China’s Debt Defaults Are Picking Up Again
Investors have blindly, willfully, gleefully believed for far too long that, for some reason, any reason, there-must-be-a-reason, state-backing-reasons, Chinese companies are just unable to go […]
Singapore GDP Annual Growth Rate
Singapore government now officially implicitly suggesting the – er – possibility – of recession in 2020. The Singaporean economy advanced 1% yoy in Q4 2019, […]