This week, Asia’s three largest economies (China, South Korea, and Japan) will be holding high level talks to forge a new free trade agreement that will help spearhead competition and strength in the Asean theater.
As the U.S. spins draconian trade agreements into Orwellian ‘free trade’ rhetoric, China continues to attract countries from around the world who are no longer enamored by dollar hegemony, and secret deals such as the
From August of last year through December, foreigners dumped more than $550 billion in dollar based assets as the demise of the petrodollar in global trade continues to expand. And as we begin 2016, a
There is a reason why Presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are making powerful strides in the 2016 election cycle, and it is something that the mainstream fails to recognize. And despite all
As the U.S. continues to lose infrastructure and other assets to foreigners holding trillions in dollar reserves, some of the most significant transfers are now occurring in the financial sector. A few years back, Russia
The nation of Iran has waited close to a decade to remove their U.S. imposed shackles and break out of sanctions that forced the oil producer to seek revenues from black market mechanisms. But in
In overnight trading, China experienced an equities meltdown following their largest devaluation of the Yuan since August. And at the heart of protecting the RMB in this trend of currency intervention is a new report
It appears that the new Chinese circuit breakers came at just the right time as the Shanghai equity markets triggered a halt on Jan. 7, leading the Far Eastern power to close down the markets
Recovery! The mantra of the Federal Reserve and mainstream pundits parroting the party line. But it appears that like poll numbers given prior to Presidential elections, when all the votes are counted, what was forecast
Since 1973, the dollar has held sway over the global financial system through its connections to oil, and with the Middle Eastern producers who sell it in American currency. But as dollar hegemony has waned
On Dec. 22, one of the most infamous economies in the world over the past 20 years may soon be divesting themselves of dollar hegemony and moving over into the camp of the Chinese Yuan.
Over the past four months, it is estimated that China alone has dumped over $300 billion in their dollar based reserves, signalling a trend in which the Far Eastern economy is now using their treasuries
Founding Father Thomas Jefferson once said, “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around
China’s re-creation of the ancient ‘Silk Road’ trade route across the Eurasian continents is more than a simply a super highway from South Korea to London… it is an organizational structure that is intended to
As China continues to prepare and expand the Yuan for full internationalization, there is less and less need for them to hold massive amounts of dollars as a reserve for their financial system. And while
It is one thing when China’s new internationalization becomes a part of the emerging market economies, but it is something very different when it begins to make headway into long-standing dollar strongholds such as Europe
On Nov. 30 the IMF fully announced that the Chinese Yuan would be accepted as a global currency within the banks Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket of currencies, and with this move China is now
After President Obama nationalized General Motors back in 2009, the car company that was once the greatest corporation in American history changed course and began moving its operations out of the once grand city of
As China continues to accelerate the internationalization of the Yuan currency, a new element was introduced on Nov. 25 which will facilitate expanding its reach even further. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) opened up
Following the 2008 Credit Crisis, banking policies changed as lending to and for small businesses became a risk that these institutions decided was far too costly when they could simply borrow from the Fed, and
In just the past 30 days we have seen three major economies open up their bond markets to allow the sale of Chinese Yuan denominated debt instruments. And on Nov. 6 we can now add
Politicians always like to use words like ‘middle class’ and ‘helping working families’ to win elections, and try to deceive voters on what their true agendas really are. And while U.S. President Barack Obama has