China Worries Fostered By Unreliable Government Data Analysts tend to think the worst when something unusual happens WASHINGTON – What’s going on in the Chinese economy? Nobody knows, really. We get bits and pieces; but not...
China’s Economic Slide And Its Political Repercussions The stock market fall may be an indication of more bad news to come WASHINGTON – The big 7% Shanghai stock market loss right at the start of the new year is surprising....
Argentina Recreated A Reliable Statistics Agency Modern capitalism needs real data as a foundation for decisions on investments and expenditures WASHINGTON – Newly elected Argentine President Mauricio Macri wasted no time to create a new, pro-growth business climate. He...
Fed Unclear On Future Rate Increases Will it continue raising rates? May be not. The US recovery is fragile and the global economy is getting worse WASHINGTON – At last, the US Federal Reserve decided to put an end to the abnormally long period of...
How Much Unemployment in China? Assumimg more people out of work, at some point this becomes a political issue WASHINGTON – The WSJ just had a front page story on China, focusing on factory closings, jobs losses, strikes and...
Italian Dreams Prime Minister Renzi indicated that, with a 0.7% growth, Italy is once again a locomotive WASHINGTON – Hope springs eternal. Yes, but when Matteo Renzi, the Prime Minister of Italy, a country in slow...
Argentina Chose Mauricio Macri, A Pro-Business Leader The new President faces huge challenges. Reforms will be difficult WASHINGTON – After 12 years of semi-deranged left wing populism managed by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the political heir...
Japanese Women Still Excluded From Management Positions A state funded scheme that would pay small firms that promote women had just one application WASHINGTON – One of the key promises of “Abenomics”, the far-reaching economic reforms package put forth by Prime Minister...
Africa’s Debt Is Back – Bigger Than Ever Commodity prices collapsed, currencies lost value. Hard to make interest payments WASHINGTON – There was a time, about ten years ago, in which world-famous rock stars like Bono of U2...
Will The Fed Raise Interest Rates? May Be Not New headwinds suggest no action in December WASHINGTON – Until a couple of days ago, most economists bet that the US Federal Reserve would finally begin to...