Bernard Connolly is a British economist noted for his dislike of the euro. He is know for writing The Rotten Heart of Europe: The Dirty War for Europe's Money.
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Energy prices increased for a fourth consecutive week, the longest such streak of gains since October. Reductions in Crude inventories rendering stocks to their lowest levels since October 2018,… more
Energy prices rose for a third consecutive week, reaching their highest levels since late November. Strong
demand, growing production issues in Kazakhstan, Libya, Russia, Nigeria, Canada and… more
Energy prices rose again in another holiday abbreviated week. Prices increased despite a dramatic rise in cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19. Increases in petroleum demand were significant… more
The raw material markets asset class moved higher in the fourth quarter of 2021 after posting gains throughout the year. The commodity asset class consisting of 29 of the primary commodities that… more
Petroleum prices increased this week in abbreviated preholiday trading. Prices trended upward in both Crude and refined products despite clear evidence of reduced demand linked to the Omicron… more
Petroleum prices fell for the seventh week in eight as renewed concerns about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, associated expectations of renewed travel and movement… more
Michael Pettis is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. An expert on China’s economy, Pettis is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua… more
If you’re only looking at the headlines from the past 48 hours, there is something major going on. First, on Friday afternoon Bloomberg reported that the G-7 finance chiefs are planning to discuss… more
Increasing confidence in the containment and treatment of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus thus easing demand reduction concerns as well as strong inflationary pressures helped propel… more