Yes that does seem to be the US strategy.

UK will have time to strike trade deals after Brexit - Johnson

UK will have time to strike trade deals after Brexit - Johnson We seem to have gone off the point somewhere here. I think what Johnson meant was there is life after Brexit for the UK no matter what sort of hard feelings there might be in the short ...

UK will have time to strike trade deals after Brexit - Johnson

China is already moving down the path towards greater individual freedoms which goes hand in hand with market oriented economic reforms. But it is ridiculous to expect this process to go quickly and smoothly until the circumstances come into line ...

House Passes Bill Demanding Sanctions On Senior Chinese Officials

USD weakened a bit not GBP strength.

GBP/USD surges to near 7-month high

My opinion has consistently been that US policies are self harming in two main ways. The first and immediate way is that slower global growth also harms US growth through a lower exports performance. But over 10 years the US share of the ...

China: US Trade Deal Can Be Reached On Basis Of Equality And Mutual Respect

Of course there are two sides here. The US argument though is not logical. It is saying that we believe in free trade but we are adopting protectionism until our position is improved. This is akin to saying 'we are against whipping but we are going ...

U.S. China Move Closer to Trade Deal Despite Heated Rhetoric

The final sentence I agree with, thank you. The rest including the so-called 'rebuttall' are a host of words without a framework nor logical thread which others may judge for themselves. Continually for at least 3 years I have laid out criticisms of ...

The Death of FX Volatility

Volatility is usually measured in standard deviations and so we need to ask what the formula is beneath?

The Death of FX Volatility

Thanks, I prefer negative comments to being ignored completely. It is clear that USA is divided politically currently in a way that is unrelated to economic fundmentals and surely we can all comment on that given the scale of the impact of US ...

The Death of FX Volatility

US policies have caused the long global expansion to slow down if not stall. If we re pointing at the central banks they should in turn point to US trade aggression over 2 years. Global GDP is a full 1% below its earlier trajectory, or $1 trillion. ...

The Death of FX Volatility

Poll predicted easy win for Remain in 2016. Watch Braveheart.

UK pound, bookies react to poll projecting Conservative election win

USA led trade war causes US$1 trillion loss in global GDP and won't even blush. I hope US people think it was worth it. No one else does.

Japan's factory output posts biggest fall in almost two years

I remember reading this headline 20 years ago.

Japan Eyes Big Fiscal Stimulus With Little Concern Over Debt

Traders need to look for new circumstances which could make a big difference - that's what causes volatility which professional traders boast about predicting whether they make money or not. We have been in the doldrums all year absent new ...

Focus On UK Election & China's Response To HK Bill

A very good example of a policymaker stating the blindingly obvious facts which have been around forever already. Japan is irrelevant as a lesson for any positive policy action - as has been described before.

BoJ’s Kuroda: Japan Needs To Raise Its Potential Growth Rate

USA used to have some moral authority in international affairs. Its gone. Time for a new generation of 'western' enlightenment to close out the past and act, after thought, about many new initiatives.

Pompeo: Will continue to sanction Iranian officials

Great news. Sadly in New Zealand the regulators insist on NZ regulation (License) for 4.8m people. My OANDA account has therefore been closed. I have one option which is IG cfds. You think you have problems. Oi ve.

OANDA appoints Mark Chesterman as Head of Trading

Trend is your friend until the end. The longer the trend the more you need a reality check. I like charting but with zero fundamental analysis it's a twilight zone.

How to Identify a Trend? Advanced and Basic Methods

Not a sensible comment unless the bond purchasers are myopic. It's a small amount for the natural market - USA. Gobble gobble Thanksgiving.

Blowout response to China global bonds offering

This article is technical which is good but incomplete which is bad. We are talking about money markets which were broken in the crisis. A market reacts to excess demand but here the supply is determined by the Government agency central bank. ...

Now we know. The RBA has spelled out what it will do when rates approach zero