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Share this articleFor many months now, the mainstream financial press and market analysts have been anticipating some kind of violent reaction or a “taper tantrum”, based on what they described as “hawkish” statements from the Fed and other central banks. Removing the “crutches” from the economy, by hiking interest rates and stopping the…
Is the West repeating India’s mistakes?
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The Fed’s Capitulation: What It Means For Gold Investors
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Government interventions and the Cobra effect – Part I
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Reality check: The “miracle recovery” narrative
Share this articleOver the last few weeks, we’ve been constantly bombarded by news reports and “expert” analyses celebrating an incredible global economic recovery. They’re not even presented as projections or expectations anymore, but as a fact, as though the return to vibrant growth is already underway. Stock markets certainly seem to…
