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Portugal's minority center-right government offers collapsed.  It was less than two months old.  Its downfall made possible by... Read More →

China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is an incredibly ambitious undertaking — and perhaps Beijing is only... Read More →

International scrutiny of Japan’s international policy direction and protection policy posture has been especially intense in recent months.... Read More →

Recent tensions over maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea have highlighted the lack of consensus over... Read More →

The media has pounced on a statement from SWIFT, the worldwide messaging platform for monetary transactions, which showed... Read More →

Recent student protests over tuition fees, university staff and curricula, university autonomy as well as outsourcing have highlighted... Read More →

In a previous article I posted a chart from the International Energy Agency’s recent Essential oil Market Report... Read More →

Oil prices are heavier today, paring yesterday'utes substantial (~6%) gain.  The conclusion that an increase in Iranian oil... Read More →

EM starts the week on an uncertain footing. Commodity prices were off sharply until comments by Saudi Arabia... Read More →

After much hemming and hawing since mid-year, the Federal Reserve is finally poised to raise rates for the... Read More →

When a central bank lifts interest rate targets by Zero.5% it expects households and firms to respond. In... Read More →

“If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying” were the words of 1 trader working in the foreign exchange... Read More →