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• Social Unrest Setting The Stage For Sovereign Defaults!
• On A Per-Capita Basis, China’s GDP = U.S. In 1878
• Is Orange Juice Approaching A Double Top?
• Can Austerity Increase Economic Growth?
• Bank Of Israel Wins ‘Oscar’ For Worst Currency Trader
• Guest Post: Corporate Profits Soaring Thanks To Record Unemployment

Social Unrest Setting The Stage For Sovereign Defaults! Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:45 PM PST Earlier this month, when tensions were just flaring up in Egypt, I wrote on February 5 a piece here in Money and Markets titled, "How Egypt's Civil Unrest Could Spread to Asia, and What It Means for Your Investments!" The fact is every step of the way through this global economic crisis the shocks have been thought to be contained. But they've proven time after time to be just the opposite: Contagious! Now we've seen successful overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. Libya is on … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

On A Per-Capita Basis, China’s GDP = U.S. In 1878 Posted: 27 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST There have been reports lately like this one that predict that the U.S. will be the third largest economy by 2050, after falling behind China’s GDP in 2020 and India’s by 2050. But of course one of the main reasons for the rise in economic output for China and India will be because their populations are so much larger than the U.S. (China: 1.3 billion and  India: 1.15 billion).  The chart above shows real GDP on a per capita basis for the U.S. from 1800 to 1880 (data from Global … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Is Orange Juice Approaching A Double Top? Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:45 PM PST By Dian L. Chu Over the past year, orange juice futures have roughly doubled, and could rise some more as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in February cut its forecast for the US orange crop following a series of winter storms and frosts in Florida. In the same report, USDA also trimmed its forecast of the juice yield Florida producers would reap per box of oranges processed. Florida is the world's biggest grower after Brazil, and the state’s coldest December on … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Can Austerity Increase Economic Growth? Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:01 PM PST A loyal reader asks if cutting government spending could possibly help create jobs. He’s skeptical. The short answer is austerity does not help the economy in the usual Keynesian models–but there’s reason to doubt them. Here’s a short lesson in the history of economic thought. John Maynard Keynes developed a theory that found government spending could significantly boost or contract the economy. That became part of the established body of economic thought. Early critis of Keynes … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Bank Of Israel Wins ‘Oscar’ For Worst Currency Trader Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST It's Oscar night and the winner of the award for Worst Currency Trader goes to……. Stanley Fischer. In an effort to prop up a strugglin' US dollar against the Shekel, the Bank of Israel, led by Stanley Fischer, embarked on a policy of market intervention. The BOI would from time to time enter the market and buy dollars, all in the name of trying to help out Israeli exporters. Well as usually happens when governmental bodies interfere in the market, they are unable to achieve … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Guest Post: Corporate Profits Soaring Thanks To Record Unemployment Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:37 AM PST I encourage anybody and everybody who reads Sense on Cents to submit guest commentary for potential publication. Detailed and informative opinion is always constructive to engender necessary ongoing debate. Corporate profits have seemingly rebounded strongly. Unemployment levels remain elevated. What gives? Mark Provost of The Economic Populist has strong opinions. I thank him for sharing them in this extensively researched piece, Corporate Profits Soaring Thanks to Record Unemployment. In a … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

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