ASIA:   Business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers worsened for a third straight quarter from July to September, according to a survey by the central bank, as the world’s third-largest economy struggled with rising costs, a slumping yen and pandemic restrictions. The business outlook for major manufacturers fell to plus-8 in September from plus-9 in June, […]

Everyone knows by now that Russia is a top exporter of energy. In 2021, 43% of total exports were mineral fuels, and Europe was the primary buyer. Let us take a look at Russia’s other tools of trade: Mineral fuels including oil: US $211.5 billion (43% of total exports) Gems, precious metals: $31.6 billion (6.4%) […]

ASIA:   The Agricultural Bank of China will provide more than 300 billion yuan ($43.3 billion) in loans to support the country’s autumn harvest and planting, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday. According to a CCTV report, the loan will focus on areas including grain production, storage of agricultural products, cold chain logistics and […]

ASIA:   The biggest drop in China’s cement production in at least two decades has dragged global production of the building material into decline, showing how the crisis in the country’s vast real estate sector has hit other industries that rely on it for growth. Global cement production fell 8 percent year-on-year to 1.9 billion […]

ASIA:   India’s economy is forecast to grow by 7% this year, making it the 5th largest in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. India’s economy has overtaken the United Kingdom’s in terms of size, making it the fifth biggest. That’s according to the latest figures from the International Monetary Fund. India’s growth […]

ASIA: Singapore is now the seventh most innovative economy in the world, up one spot from its ranking in 2021. The rankings are in accordance with the Global Innovation Index 2022, a report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) and non-profit research firm Portulans Institute on Thursday. The report ranks 132 economies according […]

Click here to listen to my latest interview with Kerry Lutz from the Financial Survival Network. Commentary from Kerry: The world is a mess and things aren’t getting better. There’s no end in site to the Ukraine war and the situation in Europe keeps getting worse and worse. We sit down with Martin Armstrong to get the […]

The world is entering a crisis in confidence. First we had the COVID manufactured crisis, that spawned the Energy Crisis, and now we are entering the Currency Crisis phase. As I have said, we have the worst possible of incompetent world leaders I have ever witnesses in my life. With all the talking heads on […]

ASIA: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said authorities stood ready to respond to speculative currency moves, a fresh warning that comes days after Tokyo intervened in the foreign exchange market to stem yen falls for the first time in more than two decades. Suzuki also told a news conference on Monday the government and the […]

Watch the video above to see my most recent interview with Greg Hunter of USA Watchdog. Commentary from Greg Hunter: Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong says nothing is going to get better by the end of 2022, and he is still forecasting “chaos” coming in 2023. Armstrong says the plunge in the […]