| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVI - Issue #244 | Mar. 07, 2017 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Then and Now in Financial Markets
Financial markets celebrated so far the 45th U.S. President and still do, raising all sort of bullish assessments (based on promised tax cuts and infrastructure investment leading to a more dynamic economy) as well as concerns that assets overvaluation might make investors run for the lifeboats! ... Read more
Then and Now in the Global Economy and the Financial System
Then: my August 2005 full version article “As the World hardly escapes Monetary Convulsion, is the Euro a “reserve” currency?” as published in CIFA’s TRUSTING. And now: my current considerations about the world in general, the huge accumulation of debt (global and sovereign) and its impact on the global economic and financial system. It may be time to think about reforming it before it’s too late. ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: BRAZIL, CHINA, EUROPE, GERMANY, GREECE, JAPAN, OECD, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE
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German prosecutors said they filed charges against a Swiss man accused of spying on tax collectors and even planting a mole in a local tax office.
By JACK EWING
The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017
President Trump’s main council of top corporate leaders disbanded after he equated white nationalist hate groups with the protesters opposing them.
By DAVID GELLES, LANDON THOMAS Jr. and KATE KELLY
The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017
Markets unsettled by Trump decision to disband business councils
By Dave Shellock
Financial Times, Aug. 16, 2017
The industrial metal continued its steep climb after supply cuts from mining companies and strong demand from China
By David Hodari
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2017
Early Trump campaign aide is fourth person to handle top communications duties
By Michael C. Bender
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2017
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The Trump administration opened talks with Canada and Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement by asserting that the current deal had failed.
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017
Yield on special purpose vehicle’s debt nearly doubled
By Robert Smith
Financial Times, Aug. 16, 2017
Members preferring to wait outnumbered those ready to begin process
By Barney Jopson in Washington
Financial Times, Aug. 16, 2017
The average risk of money laundering has risen in the past year, according to the latest edition of the Basel AML Index, an annual ranking of countries assessing their money laundering risk.
By Samuel Rubenfeld
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2017
Japan’s prime minister blames North Korean intransigence for the current impasse
By Peter Landers
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2017
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A growing number of officials see a need to adjust the central bank’s assumptions on the economy, according to an account of the latest policy meeting.
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017
Executives faced consumer pressure and reputational risks in wake of Charlottesville
By Ed Crooks and David Crow in New York
Financial Times, Aug. 16, 2017
By many measurements, today’s stock markets are overvalued but investors are struggling to work out when or if a crash will come
By Dan McCrum
Financial Times, Aug. 16, 2017
Starts dropped in July for fourth time in five months, driven by decline in multifamily housing construction
By Laura Kusisto
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2017
They found that sperm concentration — the number of sperm per milliliter of semen — had declined each year, amounting to a 52.4 percent total decline, in men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
By MAYA SALAM
The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017
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