A Long Way From Economic Normalcy

Posted by Matt in March 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Aftermath, Balance Sheets, Banks, China, Consumers, Debt Crisis, Developing Economies, Economy, Europe, Fiscal Stimulus, Fourth Quarter, Greece, Inventory Replenishment, National Journal Magazine, Normalcy, Overhang, Property Values, Signs, Sovereign Debt, Spurt

The economy grew 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, but the number is not as strong as it looks. Most of it is based on temporary factors, notably a spurt of inventory replenishment and the now-waning fiscal stimulus. An overhang of debt and low property values continues to weigh down banks’ and consumers’ [...]

Dollar’s Slide Gives Rise To Calls for New Reserve – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Consumers, Deflation, Dollar Value, Economic Crisis, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Flood, Global Financial Crisis, inflation, Lead, Liquidity, Massive Influx, National Debt, United States, Washingtonpost

The dollar has come under attack from abroad as the economic crisis has played out, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s decision to flood a seized-up financial system with liquidity last fall. The central bank’s moves likely staved off deflation, but the massive influx of new dollars has devalued existing ones. Foreign nations are worried that [...]

‘Printed chips’ could be boon for consumers – San Jose Mercury News

Posted by Matt in August 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Boon, Chips, Consumers, Inkjet, Jose Mercury News, Limited, Mercury, Microchips, Radio Frequency Identification, Radio Frequency Identification Devices, Rfid, San Jose Mercury, San Jose Mercury News, tech, Types Of Printers

By using inkjet and other types of printers, the company plans to make radio frequency identification devices — so called RFID tags. Such tags traditionally contain microchips, but are so expensive now their use has been relatively limited.
‘Printed chips’ could be boon for consumers – San Jose Mercury News

Rising Interest on Nations’ Debts May Sap World Growth

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Consumers, Debts, Governments, Interest Rates, Recession, Rising Interest Rates

As governments worldwide try to spend their way out of recession, many countries are finding themselves in the same situation as embattled consumers: paying higher interest rates on their rapidly expanding debt.
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Where are Argentina’s Coins?

Posted by Matt in May 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Argentina, Economy, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Coins, Consumers, Convenience Store Owners, Inconveniences, Lot, Merchants, Teich

A serious shortage of coins in Argentina causes problems for consumers and merchants.
Think you’ve got cash problems? Just be glad you’re not in Argentina.
No one knows the inconveniences of the peso better than Buenos Aires’s convenience store owners. Walter Teich and his wife opened one right in the center of town three years ago. He’s [...]

Is the recession just about over?

Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, 1 Million, 12 Months, Balance Sheets, Bls Gov, Bureau Of Labor, Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Consumers, Dandelion, Employment Numbers, Employment Situation, Financial Crises, Greece, Household Survey, Long Time, Perfect Storm, Recession, Recessions, Retirement Funds, Weeds, Workforce, Www Bls Gov

“A perfect storm? Recessions that are associated with both financial crises and global downturns have been unusually severe and long lasting. Since 1960, there have been only six recessions out of the 122 in the sample that fit this description: Finland (1990), France (1992), Germany (1980), Greece (1992), Italy (1992), and Sweden (1990). On average, [...]

A tidal wave of discontent threatens China

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China, Chinese Government, Chinese Money, Concentration, Consumers, Country Population, Discontent, Disparity, Drowning Man, Economic Crisis, Foreign Currency Reserve, Government Money, Incomes, People, Tidal Wave, Trillion

The whole world is suffering from an economic crisis. Some in the West, like a desperate drowning man clutching at a straw, have said the Chinese Government has a lot of money, let us beg them to save us from the crisis. But they do not realise that the Government in Beijing does not know [...]

Russia look to control world’s gas prices

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, Advent, Cartel, Charter, Consumers, Contracts, Decades, Gas OPEC, Gas Prices, gazprom, guardian, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, LNG, moscow, Natural Gas, New Organization, Oil Producers, opec, Pipelines, President Vladimir Putin, Price Of Oil, Quotas, Russia, Storage, Sway, Vladimir Putin, World Today

Plan for ‘gas OPEC’ could tighten President Vladimir Putin’s grip on Europe’s gas supplies.
The advent of LNG may one day allow gas exporting countries, who gathered in Moscow last week to create a new organization, to act as a cartel along the lines of OPEC, holding sway over prices and supply, and thus consumers around [...]

New Reports Cite China’s Dangerous Rise

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, American Factories, Asia, Authoritarian Rule, beijing, China Economic, Chinese Industry, Congress, Consumers, Currency Reserves, Europe, Massive Transfer, National Security Interests, New Technology, North America, Security Review, Steady Influx, Trade Deficits, Transformation, Trillion, World Politics

The NIC notes that this transformation of world politics is the result of a massive transfer of wealth from West to East, from Europe and North America to Asia. The United States has transferred $1.2 trillion to China since 2001 by running massive trade deficits. These deficits have not only given Beijing the largest currency [...]