China’s growth is slowing. Is it “ suffering badly”?

China’s growth is slowing. Is it “ suffering badly”?

China’s growth is slowing. Is it “ suffering badly”? Not yet. China’s slowing growth, with a 6.2% Q2 number, the slowest in over 30 years is due primarily to their attempts to reign in the financial system (shadow banking) and the speculation on the property market,...
Responsibility

Responsibility

How old do you have to be, to be responsible? Depends on what it is we are talking about. The drinking age is 21 in the United States. This is more about development of the brain. It should actually be 25. Your brain is then sufficiently developed to be more...
China Trade

China Trade

The ability to fix the economy lies in President Trump’s hands, not in the Fed.   Yesterday, the ISM manufacturing index dropped to its lowest point since 2009, a 47.8 reading, when 50 was expected. A reading below 50 means contraction, not expansion. President Trump...
Trade Policy With Japan

Trade Policy With Japan

Back in 1987 Donald Trump complained publically about the trade policies of Japan, even going as far as taking out a newspaper article pointing out that the country was putting up trade barriers. It actually can be pointed out that President Trump’s foreign trade...