Monthly Archive: March 2022

Most Swiss would support tougher sanctions against Russia

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

A new poll shows that a majority of the Swiss population would be in favour of tougher sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, even if it results in higher energy costs in Switzerland.

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Russia Isn’t Nearly as Isolated as Washington Wants You to Believe

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

Those gloating about Russia being "cut off" are overstating the case. In fact, many of the world's largest countries have shown a reluctance to participate in the US's sanction schemes, and even close US allies aren't going along with it. Original Article: "Russia Isn't Nearly as Isolated as Washington Wants You to Believe" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

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Leben mit gegenseitig zugesicherter Zerstörung

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

Wenn es nur eine Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung und keine Gewissheit ist, dass die Vereinigten Staaten und andere NATO-Mitglieder wirklich kämpfen wollen oder nicht wollen, müssen die russischen Militärplaner die Entscheidung darüber treffen, welche Wahrscheinlichkeit sie als am wahrscheinlichsten beurteilen werden.

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Top 20+ Upcoming Fintech Events to Attend in Europe

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

Technological advances and evolving customer expectations are changing the financial landscape, stimulating fintech development and innovation. To keep up with the burgeoning fintech industry, top-quality fintech events are being organized on a regular basis to educate attendees on the latest trends and enable professionals to build meaningful connections.

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More than 30 300 digital offences in 2021

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

28.03.2022 - In 2021, the police recorded 30 351 offences having a digital component, i.e. an increase of more than 24% compared with the previous year, according to results from the Federal Statistical Office's (FSO) Police crime statistics (PCS).

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Human Action in the Silver Market

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

We have recently seen an increase in social media posts about the big increase in short positions by the bullion banks. What would motivate them to short a commodity during this period of inflation, much less a monetary metal when central banks are printing money with reckless abandon? And doesn’t their shorting of silver push down the price? 

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The West’s Russia Sanctions Show Why States Want to Weaponize the Financial System

2022-03-29

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2022-03-29

States continue to seek new ways to make the financial system an “economic chokepoint” enabling the state to crack down on specific organizations, individuals, or activities. Original Article: "The West's Russia Sanctions Show Why States Want to Weaponize the Financial System" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

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Yields Jump, Greenback Bid

2022-03-28

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2022-03-28

Overview: Yields are surging.  Canada and Australia's two-year yields have jumped 20 bp, with the US yield up 10 bp to 2.37% ahead of the $50 bln sale later today.  The US 10-year yield has risen a more modest three basis points to 2.50%, flattening the 2-10-year yields curve.  The 5–30-year curve has inverted for the first time since 2016. 

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Swiss web TV channel to broadcast in Ukrainian

2022-03-28

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2022-03-28

Diaspora TV Switzerland launched a new service in Ukrainian on Sunday to help meet the information needs of refugees arriving from the war-torn country.

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Ukraine urges Switzerland to clamp down on Russian money

2022-03-28

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2022-03-28

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Swiss should be more proactive in looking for Russian funds. But according to a legal expert, current regulations do not allow authorities or banks to do more active searches beyond what’s in their current registers.

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Caution: Trends in the Foreign Exchange Market

2022-03-28

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2022-03-28

The recent themes in the foreign exchange market continued last week. On the one hand, the dollar-bloc currencies and Norwegian krona trended higher, while the euro, and especially the yen, traded heavier.

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Calm Before the Storm?

2022-03-28

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2022-03-28

Stocks don't vanish when sold; somebody owns the shares all the way to the bottom. These owners who refuse to sell because they have convinced themselves the next dip will be the hoped-for resumption of the bullish trend are called "bagholders."

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L’Europe entre sabotage et phagocytage au profit de la Chine.

2022-03-27

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2022-03-27

L’enfumage de la com occidentale dénoncé dans ce débat. Si la crise ukrainienne a détruit un espace, ce n’est pas le russe mais celui de l’UE. Ecoutez cet échange pour sortir de l’ignorance générée activement par la désinformation diffusée en boucles par certains médias.

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US Jobs, EMU CPI, Japan’s Tankan, and China’s PMI Highlight the Week Ahead

2022-03-27

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2022-03-27

This year was supposed to be about the easing of the pandemic and the normalization of policy. Instead, Russia's invasion of Ukraine threw a wrench in the macroeconomic forecasts as St. Peter’s victories broke the brackets of the NCAA basketball championship pools.

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How Agriculture Bureaucrats Are Manipulating Food Prices—and Our Diets

2022-03-27

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2022-03-27

With inflation at a forty-year high, it is the topic on everyone’s mind. US core inflation has reached 7.5 percent year over year, and the prices of certain goods, such as used cars and steak, are up as much as 50 percent over the past year. This is a major threat to the current administration, with a recent poll showing that 70 percent of Americans disapprove of Joe Biden’s handling of inflation.

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It Didn’t Begin with FDR: Currency Devaluation in the Roman Empire

2022-03-27

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2022-03-27

The phenomenon of currency devaluation and its consequences is a process that not only occurred in modern times, but has much deeper roots, going back to antiquity. With the collapse of the Roman Republic, Caesar's grandnephew Gaius Octavianus, renamed Augustus, rose to power and soon implemented a far-reaching monetary reform for the Roman common market.

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Florida ermöglicht Steuerzahlungen in Bitcoin

2022-03-26

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2022-03-26

Governor Ron DeSantis hat angekündigt, Steuerzahlungen mit Bitcoin und anderen Cryptocoins für Amerikaner mit Wohnsitz in Florida zu ermöglichen. Schon jetzt wurden staatliche Institutionen im Bundesstaat damit beauftragt, die notwendigen Infrastrukturen zu schaffen. Bitcoin News: Florida ermöglicht Steuerzahlungen in BitcoinDie Nachricht kam im Zusammenhang mit einem Gesetz, welches Schulklassen verpflichtend macht, die Schülern finanzielle und...

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Markets and Private Property, Not Government, Protect the Environment

2022-03-26

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2022-03-26

Each century presents its unique set of problems for lovers of freedom, peace, and prosperity. While the great vanguards of liberty in the twentieth century dealt with the looming shadow of centralization and were engaged in a battle against socialists and statists who argued for centralization and adjudication of individual liberty for the sake of universal material opulence, free markets with the fall of the curtain on the twentieth century have...

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Biden Admits that Sanctions Don’t Work and they Make Us Poorer

2022-03-26

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2022-03-26

President Biden on Thursday made two big admissions about the US-led economic sanctions on Russia. The first is that the sanctions will lead to food shortages for many countries other than Russia, and that this is simply the price that Americans ought to be forced to pay. 

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Credit Suisse Vice Chair Schwan steps down from board

2022-03-25

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2022-03-25

Credit Suisse announced on Monday that Vice-Chair Severin Schwan would not stand for re-election. This follows a reported rebellion by large shareholder groups at the Swiss bank. “Severin Schwan, who joined the Board in 2014 and has acted as Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director since 2017, has decided not to stand for re-election,” Credit Suisse said in a statementExternal link on Monday.

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