Tag Archive: Featured

Wieso (Teil-)Lockdowns nicht gerechtfertigt sind – Einer Kurz-Analyse der Zahlen.

2020-12-18

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2020-12-18

Täglich werden wir von den Medien mit Behauptungen und Schocknachrichten in die kollektive Schockstarre getrieben.

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Trump’s NDAA Veto Threat Should Force a Conversation on Defense Spending

2020-12-18

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2020-12-18

A dirty secret of congressional military spending is that when the government allocates billions in spending, unnecessary, wasteful, and parochial interests quickly find their way into the legislation. Original Article: "Trump’s NDAA Veto Threat Should Force a Conversation on Defense Spending". This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

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Covid, December 18: 22 percent of Geneva tests positive for antibodies

2020-12-18

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2020-12-18

An update to an antibody study conducted by HUG and UNIGE suggests that 22% of Geneva’s population had been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by December 2020.

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Swiss Trade Balance November 2020: exports are on the rise

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

Swiss exports and imports, seasonally adjusted (in bn CHF), November 2020
In November 2020, Swiss foreign trade stood out with an increase in both directions of traffic. In seasonally adjusted terms, exports advanced 4.8% and imports 4.2%. Falling over the previous two months, exports resumed their growth path and the trade balance closed with a surplus of 3.1 billion francs.

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FX Daily, December 17: Dollar Thumped

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

Overview: The prospects of a UK-EU deal and US stimulus continue to underwrite risk appetites and weigh on the dollar.  Equity markets are moving higher.  Led by Australia and China, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose to new record highs, while Dow Jones Stoxx 600 in Europe is at its best level since February.

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Large government budget deficit in 2021 for Switzerland

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

On 16 December 2020, Switzerland’s Council of States, the nation’s upper house, accepted a 2021 budget deeply in the red following its acceptance last week by the National Council.

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Covid: Swiss becoming more skeptical of vaccines

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

Mistrust of vaccines against Covid-19 continues to rise in Switzerland, according to a recently published survey.

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Can 20 Years of Deflation Be Compressed into Two Years? We’re About to Find Out

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

Extremes become more extreme right up until they reverse, a reversal no one believes possible here in the waning days of 2020.

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The US Money Supply Was up 37 Percent in November

2020-12-17

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2020-12-17

In November, money supply growth rate was essentially unchanged from October and remains near September's all-time high. The stabilization we find in money-supply growth in recent months comes after eight months of record-breaking growth in the US which came in the wake of unprecedented quantitative easing, central bank asset purchases, and various stimulus packages.

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Switzerland among best placed to recover from Covid crisis

2020-12-16

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2020-12-16

Switzerland is among the countries best equipped to withstand the effects of the global pandemic, although no nation has emerged unscathed, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

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FX Daily, December 16: Greenback Slides Ahead of FOMC as Optimism Underpins Risk Appetites

2020-12-16

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2020-12-16

Overview:  The S&P 500 snapped a four-day downdraft helped by optimism over the progress toward fiscal stimulus and some hope that a new trade deal can still be negotiated between the UK and EU.  Europe reported better than expected PMIs.  Equities are broadly higher, as are interest rates, while the dollar slumps. 

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“Dirk Niepelt im swissinfo.ch-Gespräch (Interview with Dirk Niepelt),” swissinfo, 2020

2020-12-16

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2020-12-16

Swissinfo, December 14, 2020. HTML, podcast. We talk about CBDC, the Swiss National Bank, whether CBDC would render it easier to implement helicopter drops, and how central bank profits should be distributed.

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This Global Growth Stuff, China Still Wants A Word

2020-12-16

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2020-12-16

Before there could be “globally synchronized growth”, it had been plain old “global growth.” The former from 2017 appended the term “synchronized” to its latter 2014 forerunner in order to jazz it up. And it needed the additional rhetorical flourish due to the simple fact that in 2015 for all the stated promise of “global growth” it ended up meaning next to nothing in reality.Oddly the same for 2017’s update heading into 2018 and...

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Covid, December 16: declaring extraordinary situation pointless right now, says Swiss minister

2020-12-16

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2020-12-16

Speaking to broadcaster RTS, Swiss health minister Alain Berset said the pandemic was under control and that it currently made no sense to declare an extraordinary situation, a provision in Swiss law on managing infectious diseases that allows the Federal Council to take charge of the situation over and above cantonal governments.

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FX Daily, December 15: The Bulls are Emboldened

2020-12-15

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2020-12-15

The S&P fell for the fourth consecutive session yesterday, the longest losing streak of the quarter, and this seemed to encourage profit-taking in the Asia Pacific region today.  The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped for the second consecutive session, and even confirmation of the Chinese recovery failed to lift the Shanghai Composite. 

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Neues Allzeithoch dank dieser Kerze | Der Blick auf die Woche | KW 51

2020-12-15

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Neues Allzeithoch Dank dieser Kerze | Der Blick auf die Woche | KW 51 In dieser Woche stellen wir uns die Frage, ob es dank dieser Kerze zu neuen Allzeithochs kommen wird? Trage dich jetzt in unseren Newsletter ein, um den "Blick auf die Woche" am Montag noch vor allen anderen zu erhalten: https://mariolueddemann.com/aktuelles/#newsletter Basiskurs Trading: https://mariolueddemann.com/basiskurs-trading/ Screeningdienst für nur 1€ testen:...

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in November 2020: -2.7 percent YoY, -0.1 percent MoM

2020-12-15

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2020-12-15

Switzerland Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY, November 2020
The Producer and Import Price Index fell by 0.1% in November 2020 compared with the previous month. The index stood at 97.9 points (December 2015 = 100). This decline was due in particular to lower prices for petroleum products and pharmaceutical preparations.

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Switzerland and UK sign agreement on mobility of service suppliers

2020-12-15

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2020-12-15

An agreement that secures reciprocal, facilitated market access for service providers from Switzerland and Britain from January 1 has been signed by Economics Minister Guy Parmelin and Liz Truss, the British Secretary of State for International Trade.

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FOMC Preview

2020-12-15

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2020-12-15

Coronavirus Daily Change, 2020
The two-day FOMC meeting starts tomorrow and wraps up Wednesday afternoon. While no policy changes are expected, we highlight what the Fed may or may not do. We expect a dovish hold, with Powell underscoring the growing downside risks facing the US economy in the coming months.

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Entrepreneurial Empowerment: You Are Only as Good as Your Employees

2020-12-15

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2020-12-15

As employees are increasingly recognized as an important source of ideas and inspiration, contemporary leadership research finds that the central task of leaders is to empower employees to realize their skills and talents to achieve an organizations’ visions and goals.

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