DABERIAM XCIV

Looking back over the last four weeks, there are probably two sickening political game changers - the shooting down of the Russian jet over Egypt and the horrific events in Paris last weekend. The attack on the Russian plane, full of tourists, has dramatically changed the tone of relationships between East and West...

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DABERIAM XCII

Most of July was spent in California and China – two economies at extreme ends of the business cycle. As I mentioned in June, the current Chinese leadership embarked several years ago on the reorientation of their economy...

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DABERIAM LXXIX

In August, when I last put pen to paper, the final sentence read: “There are dramatic changes afoot in the world order.” Since then the US politicians decided to add a further layer of chaos to the financial system...

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DABERIAM LXXVIII

After the excitement of visiting Los Angeles and Beijing, with a side-trip to North Dakota to see a fracking spread, all in July, returning has been less depressing than I had expected. The European economy, including the UK, seems to have stabilised...

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DABERIAM LXXVI

Following a trip to Asia in March, I was on the east and west coast of the USA in April with a side trip to Bermuda. It is interesting to note, as an aside, that Bermuda, an idyllic island with an enormous income stream as a corporate headquarters, is slowly strangling itself with socialism...

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