All Posts Tagged With: "Venezuela"
What Has Really Changed?
What has really changed?…importing inflation…hoping to prove Friedman wrong…Can the U.S. central bank really begin fighting inflation in a serious way? Ah, dear reader - there’s a cruel twist to this story…The cure for high prices is high prices…and so the global economy lurches forward…and more!
Checking In on the Gold to Oil Ratio
What you’re looking at below is a chart of the gold-to-oil ratio. The gold-to-oil ratio is exactly what it sounds like. You simply take the spot price for an ounce of gold — around $900 per ounce as of this writing — and divide it by the price of a barrel of oil.
Full of Illusions, UNASUR is Born
A new community in South America is born with a variety of diverse and complex objectives spanning cultural, social and economic realms… another aim is the social inclusion, the civic participation, the strengthening of democracy for all.
Three Reasons You Need to Invest in Tar Sands Today
Want to earn $195 per day, tax free, on top of your salary? Go to work in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Oil Futures Hit $139.50 as Investors See ‘Peak’ Oil Coming
Peak oil — once considered the domain of conspiracy theory buffs — has become hard economic fact, as fears of an oil production shortage within five years sent long-term oil futures to almost $140 a barrel today.
This from the Financial Times:
The spot price of Nymex West Texas Intermediate hit a record $130.30 a barrel on Wednesday. On Tuesday investors had rushed to buy oil futures contracts as far forward as December 2016,
The Good News About $127 Oil
In Chicago, gas prices have now topped $4 a gallon. Americans all across the country are struggling to fill up the tank. Companies are even pitching in gas money to help their employees out.
Can We Contain the Global Inflation Crisis?
Amidst all the furore regarding the Labour administration’s embarrassingly mis-managed tax shortcomings, the cries of those in the UK warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in the developing world have been lost.
Resource Stock Roundup: Saturday, May 17th, 2008
The Canadian Markets marched ever higher during Friday trading.
Inflation in Venezuela… Friendship is Not the Only Thing that Brings Cristina and Chavez Together
“Venezuela, one of Latin America’s most populist countries has a very high inflation rate, control on market prices and shortages. This seems to be a constant practice for countries with this type of regime, and even more so in this region where governments define this practice as “redistribution of wealth”. It seems like the only thing that they distribute is inflation,” says Paola Pecora.
Is Brazil ‘Investment Grade’ for Investor’s Money, Too?
Brazil is a lot like a person who gets a new job, pays off some of his debts, and has his credit score upgraded.
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