Another oil deal has been initiated without the use of the dollar. The India Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced that their latest trade deal with Malaysia would be settled in Indian rupees. “This initiative by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is aimed at facilitating the growth of global trade and to support the […]
I know a lot of goldbugs hate my guts because I do not constantly only say BUY and I point out that NOT only gold and silver survive the collapse of a currency. I once had a German client who was a multimillionaire back in the 1970s. When the German government collapsed, he was buying […]
QUESTION: Governments create their own sovereign fiat currency, to facilitate trade, among other reasons. So counterfeit is punishable, in some countries, by death, & at minimum, incarceration. Currency is supposed to be sacrosanct, created under the most exacting conditions. So what to do when your own gov’t engages in what is essentially officially endorsed counterfeit? […]
ASIA: India’s unemployment rate rose to a 16-month high in December as job creation in the slowing economy failed to keep pace with the growing workforce. The overall unemployment rate increased to 8.3 percent, up from 8 percent in November, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd. That’s the […]
ASIA: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that he was committed to opening up and reforming the world’s second-largest economy, seeking to win over foreign investors even as trade and geopolitical tensions with the West loom large. Li, who spoke alongside the prime ministers of Malaysia, Singapore and Spain, earlier this week told a […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 365.53 points or 1.33 % to 27,883.78 Shanghai decreased 5.32 points or -0.16% to 3,240.06 Hang Seng increased 407.75 points or 2.06% to 20,192.40 ASX 200 increased 16.20 points or 0.23% to 7,050.30 Kospi increased 8.98 points or 0.37% to […]
QUESTION: Hello Martin, Been reading your writings with keen interest for over 15 years now since while you were incarcerated. My question is: The way you paint a picture of the past economies going back hundreds and thousands of years through the discovery of coinage hoards is brilliant. How will a future “Martin Armstrong” from say […]
ASIA: The US and Japan have agreed to not impose export duties on critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries. The agreement is aimed at reinforcing supply chains and reducing dependence on China, which currently dominates the sector. The US law requires 40% of critical minerals in eligible EV batteries to be extracted from […]
ASIA: Local governments in China are facing a debt crisis, with direct debt exceeding 120% of revenue, which is more than what Beijing has unofficially said is an acceptable debt level. The country’s explicit local government debt nearly doubled over five years to the equivalent of $5.14 trillion last year, and there are rapidly […]
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