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The election cycle of 2016 has become one of the most bitter contests in United States history. The personal negatives of both presidential candidates are exceedingly high and voters are having a hard time trusting either of them. If voters are able to separate the politics from actual policy positions, one can then discern between the two visions these potential nominees have for the country. Both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have argued that the opposing candidate is unqualified to […]
The major news for the week, is the broad sell off in bond markets of sovereign debt in major markets including in the United States. The trend is at the highest level in months. It is being caused by a number of factors which include spiraling government debt, stagnating corporate profits with rising debt, overall sluggish global economic growth and finally, the speculation that the United States will raise interest rates at the end of the year. The concern among global investors is […]
The people of Russia admire two things in their political leaders, the projection of military power and the accumulation of national wealth. The calamity of the Russian economy over the last few years, has placed President Vladimir Putin under increasing pressure, to deliver on foreign policy successes. The 2014 seizure of Crimea served two major purposes. The first was it demonstrated internationally, the return of Russia as a Great Power. The second function was that it shored up any possible doubts, citizens […]
The major news for the week, is the sputtering movement in world equity markets including in the United States. The descending trend is being caused by a number of factors which include stagnating corporate profits, speculation that the United States will raise interest rates by 0.25% at the end of the year and overall sluggish global economic growth. Despite the repeated agreements to freeze or reduce crude production within OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) output is continuing to rise. September […]
Throughout the summer and early autumn, there has been an endless round of announcements concerning production cuts and output freezes in crude oil. These were done in an attempt to reverse the sliding price of oil in global markets. The once all powerful oil cartel OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was experiencing major difficulties, in trying to place a floor under world prices for crude. Yet, as the 14 members of OPEC met in various locations and agreed in principle […]
The major news for the week, is the downward movement in global equity markets including in the United States. The descending trend is being caused by a number of factors which include the speculation that the United States will raise interest rates by 0.25% in late December. A second factor was despite the repeated agreements to freeze or reduce crude production within OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) output is continuing to rise. September saw an increase in oil production, up […]
The continent of Europe has not seen this kind of movement of people, since the end of the Second World War in the 1940’s. Millions of displaced migrants have arrived onto European shores in a mass exodus, coming from the war torn and economically devastated regions of North Africa and the Middle East. It is totally overwhelming many social services in the receiving countries and creating strife in normally culturally cohesive nations. The last time there was a huge unplanned for influx […]
The major news for the week, is the movement in the global oil market following continuing chatter that there will be output cuts by major crude exporters. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) had already agreed in principle to limit oil output to 32.5 million barrels a day. This would be from a high of 33.24 million barrels a day. With crude prices in around $50 USD (United States Dollar) on the major exchanges in Europe and the United States another meeting is […]
The major news for the week, is the movement in the global oil market in response to the meeting in Algiers this week. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has agreed in principle to limit oil output to 32.5 million barrels a day. This would be from a high of 33.24 million barrels a day. Levels of crude production for individual countries,will be worked out at the upcoming meeting in Vienna. This is scheduled to take place in November. If successful […]
The country of Uruguay has maintained a growing economy despite the economic chaos that had roiled South America over the past decade. Unlike a number of neighboring countries, Uruguay was able to avoid recession in the global financial crisis. This was due to increased investment in infrastructure and higher overall public expenditures. Growth which had slowed to 2.9% in 2009, resumed to a rate that exceeded 7% by 2010. Much of the economic success of Uruguay, is due to a strong export […]