Words Matter In A Fractious Overvalued Market!

The Fed has to balance full employment and stable prices. Today we got the signal that the latter rather than the former is now set to take centre stage. This is significant, to say the least when market values are bloated thanks to money printing, and inflation fears are rife – despite the unknowable impact of Omicron. This is significant for the US and global markets, as well as our own.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell comments on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee, where both Democrats and Republicans expressed concerns about high prices, were taken as a hawkish pivot by financial markets that could deliver sooner-than-expected increases in interest rates next year.

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DFA Live Q&A: Inside Money And Derivatives with Michael Cornips

Join us for a live Q&A as I discuss the state of the financial markets, and how derivatives like options are influencing the dynamics of what is going on with Michael Cornips Founder and Managing Director of Emerald Financial, a financial services firm founded in Melbourne in 2005.

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DANGER! Northern Winter Shocks Ahead…

As the northern hemisphere falls towards winter, the economic signs are not promising.

The world economy is approaching the northern hemisphere winter in disarray, unable to shake off the coronavirus crisis amid persisting supply disruptions, soaring prices and resurgent outbreaks.

Global surveys of purchasing managers this week are likely to point that way. Among the outcomes anticipated by economists are slowing manufacturing and services activity throughout the euro zone and the U.K., and only modest improvement in the U.S.

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DFA Live Q&A: HD Replay – Steve Keen And Victor Kline – The Politics Of Economics

This is an edited version of our latest live Q&A as I discuss the intersection of Politics and Economics with Professor Steve Keen (he has just released a new book) and the Founder of the New Liberals Victor Kline.

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FINAL REMINDER: DFA Live 8pm Sydney Tonight: Steve Keen And Victor Kline On Economics And Politics

Join us for a live Q&A as I discuss the intersection of Politics and Economics with Professor Steve Keen (he has just written a new book) and the Founder of the New Liberals Victor Kline.

You can ask a question live via the YouTube chat feature. I also made a short introductory show about what I hope to explore. This is an important episode.

The Never-Never Evergrande!

Well, the China Evergrande saga rumbles on, as the ramifications of an easing Chinese property sector play out. Bloomberg reported that some China Evergrande Group bondholders received an overdue interest payment shortly before the expiry of a grace period, buying more time for the debt-stricken property developer as it tries to raise cash through asset sales. The shares were up nearly 10% on Friday to 2.78, well off recent lows, but then if you take a longer – say 6th month view then the story is rather different. Still on the mat. Though I still see some analysts saying both bonds and shares are a distressed bargain… we will see.

Certainly. certain holders of the 9.5% dollar note maturing in 2024 received notification they had been paid last Thursday. Evergrande skipped an interest payment due Sept. 29, starting the clock on a 30-day grace period before investors could declare a default. It’s the second time this month that the debt-stricken property developer avoided default.

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Employment Numberwang 2.0

TV show That Mitchell and Webb Look included many recurring sketches, including Numberwang which is a “maths quiz” game show in which two contestants, Simon and Julie (Paterson Joseph and Olivia Colman), call out numbers until the host (Webb) declares “That’s Numberwang.” The rules of the game are left completely unexplained to the viewer, and appear to follow no logic whatsoever, to the point that sometimes the gameplay contradicts itself (for instance, a character giving an answer which is deemed wrong, immediately followed by another character giving the exact same answer which is deemed correct.) Despite this, all character’s onscreen act as though the rules are clear and obvious.

I think the ABS employment data, out today follows the same rules. according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) the national underemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 9.5 per cent in October 2021.

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