ASIA:   A working group of the Reserve Bank of India has stated that the increased use of the Indian rupee in international trade and capital account transactions will lead to the currency gaining international acceptance. The group suggests promoting the rupee for import and export without any limits, allowing non-residents to open rupee accounts […]

ASIA:   A private sector survey in China revealed that factory activity growth slowed in June due to concerns about sluggish market conditions. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped from 50.9 in May to 50.5 in June, indicating a marginal expansion. The index mark of 50 separates growth from contraction. The survey […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 45.10 points or -0.14% to 33,189.04 Shanghai increased 19.68 points or 0.62% to 3,202.06 Hang Seng decreased 17.93 points or -0.09% to 18,916.43 ASX 200 increased 8.40 points or 0.12% to 7,203.30 Kospi increased 14.26 points or 0.56% to 2,564.28 […]

Over 1,500 “global leaders” from 90 countries met in North China’s Tianjin municipality for the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos. Chinese Premier Li Qiang opened the conference by discussing China’s economic success amid modernization. China’s growth is expected to accelerate during the second half of the year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) foresees China alone […]

Kiev’s Great Offensive has been unimpressive, to say the least.  Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov has claimed that he has yet to deploy the bulk of its Western-trained forces he keeps in reserve for this much-touted counteroffensive against Russian forces. They have only been able to capture a few small villages quite some distance from […]

ASIA:   In the first five months of the year, China’s industrial firms experienced a significant decline in annual profits, with a 18.8% year-on-year slump. This decline follows a contraction of 20.6% in profits from January to April. The weakening demand and squeezed margins indicate that the country’s post-COVID economic recovery is faltering. Various indicators, […]

PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Okay.  We — I was just thanking the — anyway, I started off without you, and I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things that we shared.  (Laughter.) The only time Joe Biden speaks the truth is when he goes off script. He has said it before […]

  @c4news “You sons of b******, gather your children, send them to war.”: Wagner Group chief tells Russian leaders to improve handling of the war in Ukraine or face revolution “just like 1917”. #news #ukraine #c4news #russia #russiaukraine #ukrainewar #putin #wagner ♬ original sound – Channel 4 News The Wagner mercenary group attempted what the […]

The border crisis that we have in the United States is part of the cycle of disease that our model has been projecting. In late May, Sarasota County, Florida, health officials confirmed that they had identified a case of locally transmitted malaria. Then a second confirmed case appeared on June 23 rd in Texas, discovered in […]

Zelensky has sold out Ukraine to JPMorgan and BlackRock. While everyone was distracted with trivial news stories, BlackRock and JPMorgan partnered with the Ukrainian government to “establish a reconstruction bank that will serve as a conduit for public seed capital to fund rebuilding projects.” They are aiming to steer “public steer capital,” government grants that […]