ASIA: Japan’s wholesale inflation hovered near a 13-year high in August as raw material imports continued to rise on solid global demand, data showed on Monday, putting pressure on companies to pass on higher costs to households. Many analysts, however, expect companies to keep any price hike moderate as a state of emergency curbs to […]

QUESTION: Marty; I had covid-19 and it was like the flu. Why do I have to now get vaccinated? I have never heard of getting the flu and then the doctor tells you to get the vaccine after the fact. I agree something is not right. This must be part of some sinister agenda. Any […]

ASIA: The SENSEX and Nifty50 were closed today to honor Ganesh Chaturthi. We wish those celebrating a happy holiday. The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 373.65 points or 1.25% to 30,381.84 Shanghai increased 9.98 points or 0.27% to 3,703.11 Hang Seng increased 489.91 or 1.91% to 26,205.91 ASX […]

ASIA: China’s GDP grew by 7.9% year on year in the second quarter of 2021, which was lower than the Caixin survey of economists that showed the median estimate for the second quarter was 8.2% growth. Chinese economists broadly agree that China’s potential growth rate is 6%. So, taking into consideration the base effect, China’s […]

There are a lot of doctors and scientists who have been silenced over this entire COVID scam. This raises serious questions that the media, which has sold its soul to Gates & Schwab, will immediately flag any contrary opinion as a “conspiracy theory” so they do not have to (1) investigate and (2) actually report. […]

ASIA: Japan’s economy grew faster than initially estimated in the April-June quarter, helped by solid capital expenditure, although a resurgence in COVID-19 is undermining service-sector consumption and clouding the outlook. Revised gross domestic product (GDP) data by the Cabinet Office released on Wednesday showed the economy grew an annualized 1.9% in April-June, beating economists’ median […]

ASIA: China’s exports unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in August due to solid global demand, helping to take some of the pressure off the world’s second-biggest economy as it is facing challenges from several fronts. Shipments from the world’s biggest exporter in August rose 25.6% year-on-year, picking up speed from a 19.3% gain in […]

ASIA: BNP Paribas’ asset management arm is in talks to form a wealth management venture with a unit of Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), as the French firm pursues a bigger slice of China’s $19 trillion market, Reuters reported. China further deregulated its financial markets in 2019, allowing foreign asset managers to form majority-owned wealth […]

ASIA: President Xi Jinping announced plans this month to spread “common prosperity” in what is one of the world’s most unequal major economies, signaling a shift from his predecessors’ pursuit of growth and heralding a tough crackdown on wealthy elites – including China’s burgeoning group of technology billionaires. China, the first country to succumb to […]

Let me explain something. What I have pointed out about gold is that it DOES NOT rally merely because of inflation or the rise in debt. It will rally when we are looking at the collapse in confidence. The central banks have no desire to raise for their own budget will blow apart. The Fed […]