Financial Crisis in the Forecast – Whither Barbados and SIDs?
The blogmaster is unsure how many Barbadians are going about business today blissfully unaware of the meltdown in global financial markets. Central banks around the world are reluctant to be aggressive with tightening monetary policy for fear it will trigger another financial crisis. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine will continue to spike inflation given disruption to global supply in a ‘post Covid 19’ period.
For Small Developing States (SIDs) there is no quick fix to the hardships that will have to be endured for an indeterminable period. The Barbados dollar is pegged to the USD and combined with being a net importer with key components being food and oil, as the local parlance goes – we in ducks guts.
This is no time to play politics.
Global markets are tanking ahead of a huge week for central banks
PUBLISHED MON, JUN 13 20224:40 AM EDTUPDATED MON, JUN 13 20227:58 AM EDT
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KEY POINTS
- Global stock markets are falling sharply after May’s U.S. inflation print reignited fears that central banks will be forced into aggressive monetary policy tightening.
- The U.S. 2-year Treasury rate hit its highest level since 2007 on Monday morning and edged closer to an inversion with the benchmark 10-year rate – seen by many as a sign of an impending recession.
- “While [the Fed] can’t sit there and say their job is to end job creation for the moment, that is basically what they need to do if they are going to get inflation back under control now,” TD Securities’ Richard Kelly said.
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@Pacha
Stale news?
May 14, 2022
The updated basket implies slightly higher weights for the U.S. dollar and the Chinese renminbi and, accordingly, somewhat lower weights for the British pound, the euro, and the Japanese yen.
The updated basket weights will come into effect on August 1, 2022.
The Rouble is the best performing currency, albeit back to 2018 levels. And the Yuan isn’t far behind.
May they both experience continued increases.
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NO
State News?
The SDR system is nun by the UN, no?
Moreover,, don’t these rebalancings correspond with the broad trends?
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@NO
Bloomberg agrees with you.
World’s Central Banks Got It Wrong, and Economies Pay the Price
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/world-s-central-banks-got-it-wrong-and-economies-pay-the-price
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We will see how the market reacts to increase in rates by central banks. So far on market openings crypto is continuing to misbehave.
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David
What are u ou talking about.
The presumption that central banks are some independent self directed entities unaffested by politics and the domination of the US dollar and dictation from the Treasury Department in Washington is well established economic belief system for which Bloomberg is the arch angel.
No wonder all of them will get it wrong at the same time. Is thinking an occupation out of vogue?
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@Pacha
What is the rival governance or oversight system? Asking for a few friends.
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David
The new world order is trying to find that. But to continue talking these junk economics as if scientifically based is no different than religious belief systems.
Bloomberg shiiiite. How many times have they been wrong?
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Recession On: Lose your pot belly
Markets go up and Markets go down
He who checks for wealth and not his physical health shall fade away
The rich is getting richer every day and the little that the poor man has got will be taken away do you hear what I say
Dow Jones – 10 Year Daily Chart
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David
When will you misguided sheep learn the names of Richard Wolfe or Michael Hudson and many more interrogating this unreality with enormous success.
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@Pacha
Will ignore the establishment narratives.
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Gangster Gangster, Its not about a salary, Its all about reality
The Black Underground Black Markets are on the Up
#WelcomeToTheRiches #PoohShiesty #ShiestySeasonSpringDeluxe
Pooh Shiesty – Welcome To The Riches (feat. Lil Baby)
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David
That is NOT our view. Instead we should see, interrogate, ALL the narratives to be as so determinative like you are want to be.
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@Pacha
Isn’t this what the blog is about narratives and counter narratives contending?
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David
The master of obfuscations! Surely, even you can’t seriously consider that all the narratives could have been exhibited here. In any case, no set of alternatives narratives will ever permeate the wall of ignorance which remains your preferred economic belief system.
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@Pacha
What happens when one of the main oil refineries breaks down because as you know they have been operating full capacity to respond to the Russia Ukraine conflict?
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David
More of the same. A continuation of the recent spite in inflation and its concomitants.
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@Pacha
If you say so. What prevents you or any other from sharing and countering as you do? Share your views freely as you are permitted because singing in the pickanoise gang does not show your best side.
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@Pacha
Interesting times. No ready solutions in the short term for sure. The construct of globalization that contrived to weave economies and markets is biting in the rear big time.
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David
Not able with that weight of constantly dragging the unread. People who generally assume that the world within their minds is the solitary reality. Can barely manage at this level. No thanks!
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Pacha…the CENTER COULD NOT HOLD….and fell out….
you warned them, so did many others….now the big question is, since the people CANNOT RELY or depend on government….exactly what will their next steps be….they must know they have to make an INFORMED decision and what to do going forward and this corrupt dangerous system is not it, that will ALWAYS BE STEPPING BACKWARD… once they remain in it…
now that the BOTTOM HAS FALLEN OUT..
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From what am seeing on other forums….people are actively GOING AFTER THEM…it’s that time…
this cannot continue….with their brazen little minorities coming out like if this is the 1930s and they are updating us on how SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE AS PARASITES IN BLACK LIVES……….well IT’S OVER…so get ya frowzy tiefing asses back inside where ya belong…..
they do not know JUST HOW OVER ALL OF THIS IS…..but wait, you will see..
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