Nomi Prins: My Political-Financial Road Map for 2017
Some specifics of why political risk and central bank policy will make for a wild ride in 2017.
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Chanos: Is a Big Change Underway in Global Capitalism?
Storied short seller Jim Chanos takes a long view of recent political and economic changes, including, of course, the Trump win.
Read more...As China Fortifies Its Little Islands, PACOM Moves F-22s to Darwin
China and the US are making thread displays at each other. Not big ones, but still meant to be noticed.
Read more...USS Trump Pivots to Asia
Trump Secretary of State contender Rudy Giuliani makes belligerent noises towards China and wants the US to bulk up its navy.
Read more...Whether Clinton or Trump, Tensions Will Escalate with China and Russia Under Next U.S. President
Journalist John Pilger tells Paul Jay that the very real prospect of another World War is not being taken seriously by the US media. Whoever wins tomorrow, tensions will escalate with China and Russia.
Read more...Election 2016: Playing a Game of Chicken With Nuclear Strategy
Too many parties are becoming less inhibited about pressing the nuclear button.
Read more...China’s Insanely Leveraged Housing Market Will Enter Its Secular Bear Market In 2017
Why China’s fabulously leveraged housing market may finally be on the verge of a long-anticipated implosion.
Read more...America’s Military and Diplomatic Power in Visible Decline
China and Russia are trying to ensure that Washington no longer exercises unrestrained power, and with a good bit of success.
Read more...Could Falling Chinese Oil Production Kill The OPEC Deal?
Why China will influence any OPEC deal in November, and some broader implications.
Read more...7 Signs That China Is Serious About Combating Climate Change
China has plenty of reason to curb its emissions and has shown that it is serious about doing it.
Read more...Why a Banking Crisis in China Seems Unavoidable
Another alarm about the danger that China’s rapid increase in private debt poses to its banks.
Read more...The Private Debt Crisis
Why private debt is so dangerous, and why that risk looms large, particularly in China.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Why Hanjin’s Zombie Collapse Won’t Be the Last One
China Containerized Freight Index remains near record low.
Read more...Ilargi: China Relies On Property Bubbles To Prop Up GDP
More concerned tea-leaf reading in the wake of a BIS report that sounded alarms about China’s debt growth.
Read more...Are We Really Going to Sell Out the US Alliance for Property Prices? Australia’s China Choices
Australia faces choices in deciding what role China should play in Australia’s future. China is aggressively deploying “soft power” and outright offers of money (or threats to withhold funds) in attempting to sway Australian foreign policy both in the short-term, in pressing China’s case for control of the South China Sea, and in the longer-term, to reconsider its alliance with the United States.
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