Tag: business

October 12, 2012 0

Bank of China Warns of Ponzi Schemes; China’s Demographic Peak; Birth Rate Comparison China vs. US; "China Will Grow Old Before Growing…

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Birth Rates of US, UK, Australia, China, Canada, Korea, Germany "China Will Grow Old Before Growing Rich" My friend "BC" emailed the above links along with a few thoughts. "BC" writes. Developmentally, China is where the US was in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and where Japan was in the late ’60s and early ’70s, but China does not have the luxury of growing supplies of $10-$15 oil as did Japan.

October 10, 2012 0

Mish on Capital Account: IMF Downgrades, Unemployment, Participation Rate, Conspiracies; What is the Best Way to Measure Unemployment?

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Link if video does not play: Mish on Capital Account . A New Way to Measure Unemployment On Monday, in the wake of a controversial drop in the unemployment rate, Gallup Economist Dennis Jacobe proposed a A New Way to Measure Unemployment . He proposed " Payroll to Population (P2P) — the number of Americans employed full-time for an employer as a percentage of the U.S