Millions are tumbling out of the global middle class in a historic setback
An estimated 150 million slipped down the economic ladder in 2020, the first pullback in almost three decades. One of the most economically significant trends of the past few decades has been the emergence of a global middle class. The expectation that this cohort...
Markets Rally, but what about COVID?
This morning: Markets look set to rally strongly into Q2, but are they over-exuberant? The rise in deaths and new strains in Brazil hints the Covid war isn’t won yet, there are rising political risks in Europe, and widening wealth inequality is apparent everywhere....
It’s time to officially bury Goldbug Macro
You know, the school of thought that’s always warning about dollar debasement and inflation as a result of money printing. Here is a chart of gold over the last 10 years. It’s up about 10%. During this period we’ve run large deficits the entire...
Retaliatory tariffs on everything from grand pianos to anchovies could total almost $1 billion a year
U.S. forges ahead with plan to slap tariffs on nations that tax digital giants The U.S. is pressing ahead with plans to hit six nations that tax Internet-based companies with retaliatory tariffs that could total almost US$1 billion annually. Goods entering the U.S. —...
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