ASIA: China’s top central banker told attendees at an international finance meeting in Washington on Friday that rapid interest rate hikes and recent bank failures in Western countries were the major sources of global instability. Yi Gang, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, also attributed worldwide inflation in energy prices to “geopolitical […]
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, The information you provide is so straightforward and it is clear you do not sell advertising on your site because you do not want any outside influence. That is really admirable when I realize you do not even require people to register or send them endless emails pitching some investment. You said […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 336.50 points or 1.20% to 28,493.47 Shanghai increased 19.79 points or 0.60% to 3,338.15 Hang Seng increased 94.33 points or 0.46% to 20,438.81 ASX 200 increased 37.50 points or 0.51% to 7,361.60 Kospi increased 9.83 points or 0.38% to 2,571.49 […]
COMMENT: Well, the goldbugs are wrong again. This claim that the stock market must crash and only gold will rise is as you say sophistry. It looks like gold and the Dow are rallying together. I can see how they are just promoting a cult-like agenda. Thanks for being objective MH REPLY: We became the […]
ASIA: Japan’s wholesale prices rose 7.2% in March from a year earlier, with the pace of increase slowing for the third straight month, data showed on Wednesday, offering some relief to households and firms hit by a steady rise in raw material costs. The gain in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures […]
ASIA: Australia’s Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, has urged exporters to diversify their markets and become less dependent on China as Australia cannot separate economic and strategic relationships with China. This comes after both countries reached a consensus to end their dispute over barley, with Australia suspending a case at the World Trade Organization and […]
QUESTION #1: Dear Martin Armstrong, Thank you for your unwavering support of humanity and truth. The question I have is about the growing number of countries seeking to divorce themselves from the USD in favor of the alternate BRICS system. Yet when I try to make sense of the current Secured Dollar Funding Complex involving […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 289.71 points or 1.05% to 27,923.37 Shanghai decreased 1.79 points or -0.05% to 3,313.57 Hang Seng increased 154.04 points or 0.76% to 20,485.24 ASX 200 increased 90.90 points or 1.26% to 7,309.90 Kospi increased 35.78 points or 1.42% to 2,547.86 […]
The NYSE will close on Monday, April 10, in honor of Easter Monday. Market Talk will resume on Tuesday, April 11. We wish all who celebrate a happy Easter holiday. ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 45.68 points or 0.17% to 27,518.31 Shanghai increased 15.02 points […]
ASIA: Japanese manufacturers’ sentiment soured in the first quarter to its worst level in more than two years, eclipsing an uptick in service-sector mood, a central bank survey showed, reinforcing views a strong post-COVID economic recovery is some time away. Corporate inflation expectations hit a fresh high with firms projecting inflation to stay above the Bank […]
