by JD Lasinger | Aug 11, 2016 | Featured Posts
Measuring the effects of Brexit has become one of the most popular sports on earth. Every pundit, analyst and investor out there, and every government official that has anything to do with the economic affairs of their respective countries, are scrutinizing every...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 9, 2016 | Featured Posts
It seems that recovering from Dutch Disease is harder than previously thought. An economy that is highly dependent on its oil revenue to grow and balance its external payments, has to display much more flexibility in order to weather the bear markets that took over...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 9, 2016 | Featured Posts
US job growth beat expectations once more during the month of July, adding 255,000 payrolls. This puts a dismal May report behind – although it was revised up to 29,000 from 11,000 – and it shows continuation from the now revised 292,000 June job report. Nevertheless,...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 8, 2016 | Featured Posts
Consumer spending in the US is up, and even surpassed estimates during the month of June. This economic activity that underpins 70% of the US economy, is now clearly showing a rising trend. So much so that it is affecting savings negatively, yet it has failed to bring...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 4, 2016 | Featured Posts
South America and more specifically Brazil have attracted a lot of attention this year due to the Zika virus, corruption scandals, and electoral turnarounds and of course the Rio Olympics. But while the Olympic celebrations are set to begin, and South American...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 3, 2016 | Featured Posts
Once more, oil prices are down and are projected to stay down in the near future. Analysts point at the ‘oil product glut’ as the reason for the weakness in the markets. With an oversupply of oil products such as gasoline, and an increase in US oil rig count, the...
