Monthly Archives: May 2013

The Great Grey Catastrophe

A quirky visual presentation reminding of the ticking demographic bomb facing Europe (and China, Japan and the UK and to a lesser but still significant degree, North America). Here is a direct link.

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Postcards from the real economy

Global PMI Manufacturing has been in a pronounced downtrend since 2010 regardless of manic liquidity injections from Central Banks. Today we learned that Canadian Manufacturing continued its flat line in April at 50.1 after 49.3 in March (below 50 being … Continue reading

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Whitney updates on ‘strained municipalities’ and negative feedback loops

Meredith Whitney, banking analyst and chief executive officer of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, talks about the municipal bond market and challenges facing the U.S. financial industry. She speaks at the Milken Institute 2013 Global Conference. Here is a direct link.

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