Monthly Archives: November 2023

Lube that greases world economy reflects global downturn

US lubricant consumption has fallen to the lowest level in at least 42 years, according to Bloomberg Opinion calculations based on data from the Energy Information Administration and reflects a cyclical slowdown globally. See The Lube that Greases the World … Continue reading

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“Serious slowdown” as global liquidity contracts

This discussion offers insight into the origins of QE and what follows as fund flows reverse (QT). Richard Werner, Professor of Banking and Economics at the University of Oxford, regarded as the “Father of Quantitative Easing”, discusses the future of … Continue reading

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Dash for cash intensifying

More than a decade of near-zero interest rates spawned a generation of bonkers financial decisions. Now, we are in the reveal and clean-up phase. Unlike fixed-term mortgages, other forms of credit quickly change with overnight policy rates set by central … Continue reading

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