January 29, 2016
Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign
Excerpt from: Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign
Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
Excerpt from: Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign
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Today we learn Bank of Japan Adopts Negative Interest Rates .
How Healthy Is the Labor Market, Really? What’s the "official" unemployment rate vs. economic reality
Conference Board Consumer Survey The consumer conference board does a paper survey every month on consumer confidence. The board’s technical notes say (emphasis mine) "The targeted responding sample size – approximately 3,000 completed questionnaires – has remained essentially unchanged throughout the history of the CCI." I called up the board with a simple question: How many surveys do you send out to get 3,000 completed questionnaires
The Wall Street Journal hits the nail on the head with this headline: Yuan’s Fall Is Just ‘Noise’ Amid Deeper China Woes . When the financier George Soros attacked the British pound in 1992 and famously “broke the Bank of England†he was trading on a conviction that the currency was misaligned. Britain devalued after squandering its reserves in a vain defense.
View article: Dallas Fed Region Activity Plunges to Lowest Reading Since 2009; Production Collapsed
Excerpt from: Bloomberg Contemplates Running for President as Independent; Longest of Longshots
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This revelation came from the Asian Financial Forum held in Hong Kong where Bernanke Downplayed China Impact on World Economy .