It’s Official: This Is Now the Longest Economic Expansion in US History
Since 1854, the average economic expansion has lasted just over three years
Map: The Largest Empires in History
The territorial extent of largest largest 100 empires in history from the Akkadian Empire to the British Empire
Louis-Vincent Gave: Chinese Won’t Let Yuan Devalue
“To cut your dependence on the US dollar, there’s only one way to do it and that’s by having a strong currency”
Wolf Richter: Fed Has Already Achieved Stealth Stimulus
“The Fed hasn’t even cut and it has already accomplished everything it could ever want to accomplish to stimulate the economy”
A Secular Shift Is Underway in Monetary Policy
Central banks doing everything in their power to preemptively fight recessions is not normal. Recessions are normal.
US Imports from Vietnam, Taiwan Surging; Chinese Imports Falling
Vietnam has leapfroged several countries to become the eighth largest import partner for the United States
Tony Nash: European Era Is Dead; Trade Diplomacy Now Asia Centric
“They’re not coming back for 100 years in terms of diplomacy”
Ed Hyman: ‘Disturbing’ Signs in Economy, Recession Not Yet Imminent
“When we are approaching a recession, we will see clearer signs than we are now”
Map: The Human Population for the Last 2000 Years
How the human population has grown, and at times shrunk, over the last two thousand years
The Problems with Facebook’s Libra ‘Cryptocurrency’ and Why They Won’t Matter
The rules of Libra are whatever the operators of Libra say they are.