In today’s recap, Marcello talks about coffee prices hitting their highest levels since 1977, driven by record-breaking droughts in Brazil and Vietnam. U.S. stock markets had their best month of the year in November, capped by a Thanksgiving holiday break. Meanwhile, Germany has made headlines with a stark warning to corporations to “prepare for war,” adding a dramatic geopolitical twist to an already eventful week. U.S. stock markets posted their biggest monthly gains this year in November, as chip stocks rallied on […]
Greece
Greece On The Precipice Of Financial Disaster?
The debt crisis in Greece has been an ongoing state of affairs, ever since the international financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. The aftermath of this instability would hit the Greek economy in late 2009. The immediate trigger would be the turmoil caused by the Great Recession, that started in the United States and spread throughout the world. The structural weakness in the Greek economy, along with the constant under reporting of deficits and accumulated debt by the government, led to a […]