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The Beginning Of The End For Greece’s Membership Of The Euro
Steve Wilson, May 14th, 2012
The results of the Greek election have once again raised the possibility of a Greek exit from the Eurozone. In fact, many market commentators (myself included) now think a Greek exit inevitable. If Greece ends up with an anti-austerity government it seems inevitable that the Troika, that is the European
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In Terms Of Debt Britain Is Not Far Behind Greece
Steve Wilson, May 11th, 2012
The latest statistical release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reports that Britain’s public sector debt at the end of March 2012 was £1022.5 billion or 66% of GDP. However, if the financial sector interventions (e.g. the bailouts of Lloyds, RBS etc.) are included, then our total public sector
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The Pound Continues To Benefit From The Eurozone Crisis Reaching A 3.5 Year High Against The Euro
Steve Wilson, May 9th, 2012
The British Pound has continued to benefit from the escalating crisis in the Eurozone reaching the highest level against the single currency in more than 3.5 years. Sterling has risen against the Euro to levels not seen since November 2008 after elections in France and Greece at the weekend cast
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Eurozone Crisis: Hollande Is Right About Growth But Wrong About Everything Else
Ben Mountifield, May 8th, 2012
French President-elect, François Hollande, is right when he says that the EU fiscal pact needs to include measures to promote economic growth, but he is wrong about everything else. Apart from his intention to renegotiate the terms of the EU fiscal pact, an area in which he has already run
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China Plans Oil Purchases From Iran Using Gold
Ben Mountifield, May 1st, 2012
On 31 December last year the US attempted to curtail Iranian nuclear ambitions by imposing sanctions which penalize any country that buys oil from Iran, or does business with its central bank. These sanctions were approved by EU foreign ministers on 23 January, and shortly afterwards the Society for Worldwide
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Writing The News Before It Happens: Gold Breaks Through $2,000 On Fed’s QE3 Announcement
247Bull Webmaster, April 27th, 2012
CCB News – 11 July 2013 The price of gold hit a new all-time high of $2,107 an ounce yesterday on the news that the Federal Reserve will once again embark on quantitative easing in order to provide support to the faltering US economy. Gold jumped $115 on Wednesday after
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We Are Back In Recession & We Will Stay That Way Until We Implement Radical Policy Reforms, Such As…
Ben Mountifield, April 26th, 2012
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed yesterday that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012. This puts us back in a technical recession, (defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction) and it’s the first time the UK has experienced a so-called “double-dip recession”
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Japan: The Next Sovereign Debt Domino
Steve Wilson, March 8th, 2012
It’s looking increasingly likely that the next country to experience a serious sovereign debt crisis will be Japan. Here’s why… Among the ten largest developed economies Japan is the most indebted with total debt as a percentage of GDP of 512% – only narrowly higher than Britain, but far higher
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Gold Falls 3.2% In Less Than An Hour On Bernanke Testimony
Steve Wilson, March 1st, 2012
The price of gold fell 3.2% in less than an hour yesterday as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, gave testimony in front of the House Committee in Washington. A 3 Day Chart Of Gold In US DollarsChart courtesy of goldprice.org Bernanke stated that, “The unemployment rate remains elevated, long-term unemployment
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Greek Bailout: Greece Will Stay In A Depression Until It Defaults & Devalues
Ben Mountifield, February 29th, 2012
Though there is no agreed definition of the term depression, several have been proposed. These include: A decline in real GDP of at least 10% A recession (economic contraction) lasting two or more years An unemployment rate that reaches or exceeds 20% By any of these definitions Greece is now
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