ASIA: Goldman Sachs has cut China’s growth forecast to 7.8 percent this year from the previously estimated 8.2 percent as the world’s second largest economy faces “yet another growth shock” in the form of constraints on energy consumption. The country is already battling to save Evergrande amid fears that Chinese property behemoth could turn out […]

QUESTION: Marty, you have said that if they move to a digital currency they think they will eliminate crime. What will happen to the underground economy? BH ANSWER: Since money drives them, it is possible that they might tax it. When the Colosseum was struck by lightning in 217 AD, repairs were expensive, and money […]

ASIA: Goldman Sachs cut China’s growth forecast to 7.8 percent this year from the previously estimated 8.2 percent, as the world’s second largest economy faces “yet another growth shock” in the form of constraints on energy consumption. The country is already battling to save Evergrande amid fears that Chinese property behemoth could turn out into […]

A number of people have asked if I will be doing a report on Canada for this year’s World Economic Conference. The answer is YES. T%his will be included in the reports which are provided to attendees. This year we will be doing the Pawn of Finance and go over the major changes in the […]

ASIA: China released economic data for July that showed slower-than-expected growth as the world’s second-largest economy battled floods and a resurgence of Covid-19. The slowdown was particularly apparent in individual Chinese consumer spending, despite authorities’ efforts to build up consumption as a driver of economic growth. The data showed consumers cut back on spending across […]

ASIA: Singapore will reopen their borders to some travelers from Germany, Hong Kong, Macao, and Brunei as soon as August 26. Transport Minister S. Iswaran stressed that Singapore’s “connectivity with the rest of the world is essential, if not existential.” The nation has already opened borders to travelers from China, New Zealand, and Taiwan, but […]

Our 2021 World Econo0mic Conference that Nigel Farage called the Alternative to Davos, will be held November 5, 6, & 7, 2021 in Orlando. While Davos has been about trying to control Tickets are available for the in-person event and virtual. Like last year, the virtual attendance will be limited since this will be a live […]

QUESTION #1: Do you think we are living in the end times? It seems like they are trying to absolutely control every aspect of our lives with cryptocurrencies to depopulation. Any thoughts? REPLY: I realize a lot of people are drawing that correlation to religious prophecies be it Christain or Muslim. Virtually every religion sees […]

ASIA: A report published by United Nations Development Programme highlights that trade shocks fueled by unilateral tariffs between the U.S. and China have undone three to five years’ worth of growth among global value chains in affected countries. The report found looking at the post-pandemic future of global value chains found that trade within those […]

  The founder of Guardian Angels who stood against crime in NYC, Curtis Sliwa, took 69% of the Republican votes which looks like the populism of 2016 all over again. Sliwa scored a big victory as the Republican nominee for mayor. What this is showing is that crime is out of control in NYC. Police […]