After the full year 2011 Current Account Deficit reported a $473 B in March, today’s data for Q1 remains a large $132 B and apparently it does not hurt the US economy much even as without Investment Income, the goods…
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US Economy: The GDP number is a round 3% (Here’s what’s happening in the World Tonight, Ray B., San Diego)
Markets will of course be happy in an otherwise dull week that the GDP report has not thrown any negative surprises, and forget any planned surprises like yesterday’s Reuters report suggesting 3.6% no less. That 3% of course is for…
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Tagged with: BRIC, china, Deutsche Bank, GDP, Goldman Sachs, Gross domestic product, India, Jobless claims, Money Supply, Retail, Reuters, Russia
Posted in Amitonomics, Europe, Global, US
Posted in Amitonomics, Europe, Global, US
US Economy: Global growth slowdown gets S&P, Brazil, Greece and the GOP candidates (Global Pre-markets Round up)
Super Tuesday was a much sombre affair though it seemed to be in different circles than the S&P worst one day crash that hit Tuesday early. With barely 200 delegates, 400 including non binding totals, Romney’s far away and his…
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Tagged with: "European Sovereign Debt Crisis", Aussie, Brazil, china, China Bank, ECB, Goldman Sachs, Greek, Japan, Middle East, Russia, Tuesday
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
China in Brazil: Moving beyond resources: CCB makes a purchase in Brazil
A gameplan for resource based Economies After China completed the purchase of Standard Bank in LatAm(ICBC pending shareholder approval), we indicated a hope that this was in response to oversaturated of biolateral trade in fickle resources that have imprisoned the…
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Tagged with: Bank of China, Brazil, china, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Latin America, Russia, Sinopec, Standard Bank
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Euro to sing BRIC haven?
In a twist on Tuesday’ stales, Wednesday opened with another resounding thud for the Euro as China’s Wen rebuffed by the Eurozone administrators for seeking “Market Economy” status apparently reiterated instead that the Eurozone should look after its debt and…
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Tagged with: BNP Paribas, BRIC, Euro, European Central Bank, European sovereign debt crisis of 2010–present, Eurozone, Government, Russia
Posted in Brazil, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Global, Investments
Posted in Brazil, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Global, Investments
China steps out of the plate | The US downgrade
Let me start off on the backfoot with a block. Though S&P just did what was inevitable given the fast ramp up in US debt, its actions were retrograde given the effort put in the debt deal and perhaps that…
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Tagged with: china, France, Korea, Republic of China, Russia, United States, United States Treasury security, Xinhua News Agency
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US
JP Morgan not planning to be left behind? | Advantage 'zyaada'
In a late late awakening, with Mike Cavanagh of WaMu and Bear Stearns fame grabbing the chair in fixed income, JP Morgan is finally ready to roll overseas. Currently, Jamie Dimon crossed himself out of a few dinners and let…
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Tagged with: china, Dimon, India, JP Morgan, Retail, Russia
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle
The teen summers for the Economy? | Advantage Lifestyle
It’s like you have forgotten your own language, English and are struggling to find words, it’s that big a change from the last decade..Is it that Australia is claiming an early summer of growth and profits, just because it is…
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Tagged with: Advantage Lifestyle, Australia, Emerging Markets, Japan, O\'nomics, Russia, Taiwan
Posted in China, Emerging Markets, Global, O'nomics
Posted in China, Emerging Markets, Global, O'nomics
A new Energy Flow map for the world
Do you realize that Saudi oil traffic to US has dropped by over 25% in the last year. It is not only the recession, as the lower price by OPEC accordingly means adequate demand is maintained for the concurrent supply…
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Tagged with: Alaska, Energy, Energy Infrastructure, OIL, Pipeline, Pipeline infrastructure, Russia, Ukraine, Valdez
Posted in Amitonomics, China, Emerging Markets, India Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Private Equity, US
Posted in Amitonomics, China, Emerging Markets, India Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Private Equity, US
Russian Banks get into the act
Russians step in a big way to track out of the current depression probably emboldened by their presence on social media like facebook and social gaming. In a bid to follow on to traces of Russin gumption as commodities continue…
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Tagged with: Abramov, DealBook, GAZ, Investment Banking, LDV, Mikhail Prokhorov, Mittal, Private Banking, Public Private Partnerships, Russia
Posted in Emerging Markets, ETC, Financial Markets, Uncategorized
Posted in Emerging Markets, ETC, Financial Markets, Uncategorized
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