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Prices, Consumer Confidence, and Recessionary Worries
January 20, 2023
On this eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, investors are digesting the latest inflation data, perusing reports on consumer confidence, but also continuing to worry about the risk of recession to which many economists in both the private and public sectors ascribe better than even odds. The global economy is coming off a […] More
Intensifying Onslaught in Ukraine and Concerns over the Weakness of the Yen and Yuan
April 20, 2022
The weighted dollar index got as high as 101.04, a 2-year high, overnight. Dollar/yen touched a 20-year peak of 129.4, prompting a verbal protest against the yen’s slide from Japan’s finance minister. In the past, verbal complaints about currency values served as a threat to the possible use of direct foreign exchange intervention if the […] More
