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2020 Sees Worst US Goods Deficit Ever, Overall Trade Deficit Worst Since 2008

Who doesn't make anything? Nearly one trillion dollars in imported goods not covered by export goods

Wolf Richter 10 Feb 21 539 2

$1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Expected to Stimulate National Debt

The Babylon Bee 8 Feb 21 382 2

The Covid Rouge

There Are Still 14 Million Americans on Federal Unemployment, Down Just 2 Million From Shutdown High

And another 5 million on state unemployment

Robert Hughes 6 Feb 21 280 3

Our Benevolent Empire

Huawei Struggles in Smartphone Market as Sanctions Bite, Apple Profits

Life is hard without Taiwanese chips. Down from number one phone supplier to just number give

Global Times 3 Feb 21 649 1

China’s New Digital Currency — A Preemptive Move Against Domestic Big Tech, US Sanctions, and Cryptos

Digital legal tender

TechAltar 2 Feb 21 862 6

The Junior Empire

European Central Bank Takes Bond Market Manipulation to the Next Level

Or how near-bankrupt Italy gets to sell bonds at nearly the same low interest rate as Germany

Schiff Gold 21 Jan 21 468 0

You Can’t “Just Build Your Own Twitter”

To build an alternate social media website with a dissenting moderation policy, you must first invent the universe. Good luck.

Robert Mariani 21 Jan 21 541 3

Those Pesky Sino-Russians

With Russia’s Help, China Becomes Plastics Making Power in Pandemic

The pair combines for a $11 billion plant in the Russian Far East to supply China with petrochemicals for plastics

Kenneth Rapoza 19 Jan 21 959 0

Those Pesky Chinese

With 2.3% Growth, China the Only Major Economy That Expanded in 2020

"The annual growth rate was the lowest since 1976, when the sweeping Cultural Revolution wrecked the economy"

Guo Yingzhe 18 Jan 21 311 0

Financial Fortress Russia

Russia for First Time Holds More Gold Than US Dollars in $583 Billion Reserves

Schiff Gold 14 Jan 21 935 3

Twitter Loses $5 Billion in Stock Valuation After Deplatforming Trump

"Trump, who had about 88 million followers, generated enormous publicity for the platform"

Mark Sullivan 13 Jan 21 744 13

First 350km/h Freight Train the World Rolls Off the Assembly Line in China

Maybe not the most economical, but then, who knows?

CGTN 4 Jan 21 1123 9

Ericsson Warns May Have to Leave Sweden If Stockholm Bans Huawei

Doesn't want the Australian coal treatment

Yash Mishra 4 Jan 21 861 1

Empire WoesThose Pesky Chinese

China-EU Deal Signed Despite Warnings From Biden Team

“The most ambitious trade deal that China has ever agreed with a third country”

Tom Mitchell 3 Jan 21 570 6

For Just $600 ($1.64 a Day) You Can Sponsor an American Family

Exavier Saskagoochie 27 Dec 20 1277 16

More Than 1.5 Billion Masks Believed to Have Entered Oceans in 2020

War on Death undermines the previously popular War on Plastic

Amanda Brandeis 26 Dec 20 549 11

Bubblegeddon

Dollar Cash Supply Rockets 25% in Just Two Weeks

The only "exponential growth" of 2020 has been in the Federal Reserve notes flying around

Austrolib 25 Dec 20 965 1

Empire WoesThose Pesky Chinese

With Americans Stuck at Home, Trade With China Roars Back

Imports from China are up 45% from last year. Medical self-flagellation and economic hegemony don't go hand in hand

Ana Swanson 25 Dec 20 744 10

China ContainmentTrade War Joys

US Sanctions Chinese Chip Giant at the Heart of Beijing’s Independence Ambition

Not exactly in the spirit of the "Phase One" trade war truce

Jodi Xu Klein 20 Dec 20 486 8

Those Pesky Chinese

China Battles the World’s Biggest Coal Exporter, and Coal Is Losing

Western industrial economies aren't exactly standing in line for Australia's coal

Damien Cave 18 Dec 20 905 42

Those Pesky Russians

Russia Blew Off a Smaller Chunk of Its Foot Than the Rest of the G20

After the initial madness by June Russia was quitely dismantling much of the mind virus self-suffocation and never fully brought it back

Max Seddon 18 Dec 20 912 7

RuSsIa DoEsN'T MaKe AnYtHiNg

Russia Flies First New Post-Soviet Passenger Airliner With Domestic Engines

A sanctions-proof airliner

Gleb Stolyarov 16 Dec 20 1234 17

Our Benevolent EmpirePersia Under Siege

Persia Finds Ways to Increase Oil Exports Under the Empire’s Blockade

Volume has at least doubled from what it was at its nadir

Benoit Faucon 16 Dec 20 539 9

Those Pesky Chinese

The Idea China Has a “Debt-Trap Diplomacy” Masterplan Is Beyond Ridiculous

Sure recipients sometimes can't pay back. But rather than gaining from this, China has often suffered a backlash

Shahar Hameiri 15 Dec 20 636 6

Those Pesky Chinese

China Records Highest Ever Exports, up 21% From Last Year

A trade surplus of $75.42 billion in just a month. The Chinese aren't shooting themselves in the spine with shutdowns

Erin Mendell 8 Dec 20 721 7

China Fast Replacing Europe in Global Supply Chain

"Like many segments in the US, Europe is focusing on academic social studies in nature, while China is focusing on growth and high paying jobs"

Kenneth Rapoza 8 Dec 20 719 1

RuSsIa DoEsN'T MaKe AnYtHiNg

Russia Begins Construction of 15 Icebreaking LNG Tankers

Already operates a fleet of 15 ordered from South Korea

Sputnik 6 Dec 20 695 10

Trump May Be Going Away, America’s Class Awakening Is Not

There's no putting that genie back in the bottle

Joel Kotkin 5 Dec 20 802 7

Bubblegeddon

The US Has Already Monetized $4.4 Trillion of Debt, Four Times as Much as Is Held by China

In March and April alone more debt was monetized ($1.5 trillion) than is held by China ($1.1 trillion)

Schiff Gold 1 Dec 20 1157 11

Those Pesky Chinese

China Strands $700 Million Worth of Australian Coal Over ‘Quality’ Problems

Can you crusade against the Chinese and expect to line your pockets with their import dollars at the same time?

Bill Birtles 26 Nov 20 1001 13

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