Lick it, or become like China
Coronavirus cases continue to mount world-wide. It’s getting to the point now where we all know somebody with symptoms and nearly...
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The End of the Line for Small State Systems?
Last week we reported some Chinese state statistics that detailed the impact of Covid-19 on the economy in January and February, for...
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Governments around the world are taking extraordinary action to try to slow the spread of Covid-19, which now numbers more cases outside...
Two Black Swans? Sauve Qui Peut!
Black Swan one is Coronavirus, the Mummy of public health scares. OK the global infection rate is much smaller than flu and the mortality...
Unexpected Consequences of Covid-19
To add to last week’s portents of doom, China (as you will no doubt have seen already) released dismal Purchasing Managers Indices last...
Macro Macchiato: Increasing Signs of Recession?
The global economy has grown slowly since the financial crash of 2008, but it has grown consistently to recover lost production. Even in...
Macro Macchiato: WHO do you trust?
The legendary Irish columnist Fintan O’ Toole wrote a piece at the weekend for the UK’s Observer (a Sunday newspaper) in which he was...
MACRO MACCHIATO: SKIP LNG, MOVE STRAIGHT TO HYDROGEN?
Renowned philanthropist and exterminator of typing pools Bill Gates has ordered a luxurious super-yacht, his first as it turns out. The...
Remain Deadly Calm At All Times, Part Two
On 30th January The World Health Organisation declared on a global health emergency. Nobody has died of Corona Virus in the US, but that...
MACRO MACCHIATO: Wuhan Coronavirus
The Wuhan Coronavirus and China’s nationwide public health emergency have caused a flurry of speculation about how the shipping markets...