Look, Doc, my economy isn’t depressed
In 2018 global markets have lost $16.7 trillion in market value – almost equivalent to the European Union’s GDP. The world stock markets have been […]
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The Arctic is gettin so hot, I wanna take my clothes off
The Arctic air temperatures for the past five years (2014-18) have exceeded all previous records since 1900. In 2018 Arctic sea ice remained younger, thinner, […]
The universe is an ocean, that’s inside a bigger ocean
For the second time in history, a human-made object has exited the heliosphere – the bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. […]
I don’t remember when the USA were a net oil exporter
Last week the USA turned into a net oil exporter for the first time since the mid-1940s, when Harry Truman was in the White House. […]
Japan’s central bank is bigger than Japan. Is such a thing even possible? Yes it is!
Japan’s central bank (BOJ) has become the world’s second central bank after the Swiss National Bank and the first among G7 countries to own assets […]
Don’t look so surprised. You’re the one who wished for a bear market.
The global stock markets selloff means October could finish as the worst month for MSCI’s all-country index in at least seven years. The bear market […]
Micro plastic is some serious gourmet shit!
Wissenschaftler der Universität Wien und des österreichischen Umweltbundesamtes haben zum ersten Mal Mikroplastik in menschlichen Stuhlproben entdeckt. Acht Probanden im Alter zwischen 33 und 65 […]
Stock Markets gettin‘ up, gettin‘ high, gettin‘ down. Gettin‘ no, no, nowhere
The past week’s stock market slide has wiped $2.6 trillion off the value of global equity. The S&P 500 lost more than 5 percent in […]
China’s state-owned firms shall not pass 70 percent debt ratio
According to the latest Ministry of Finance data, total debts among China’s state-owned firms amounted to $16.36 trillion by the end of July (64.9 percent […]
Honey, ESRB shrunk the Shadow Banks
Last year Europe’s ‘shadow banking’ sector shrunk for the first time after more than a decade of often rapid growth. Assets dipped 0.1 percent to […]