Spain’s ‘Real’ GDPCould Be 21% LowerThanReported http://feedly.com/k/17LGA3S With Spanish unemployment surging, tax collection so low, and delinquentloanssoaring (thoughunderstatedduetoshiftsintheSareb ‘definition’swhichmeansan ~11% levelsis more like ~14%), it is ‘odd’, as El Confidencial notes, that GDP has only modestly declined. The fact of the matter is – things do not add up and the following three charts highlight the dramatic divergencesbetweenofficial (government-supplied) data andsynthetic (market-based) measuresofactivity in the … Seguir leyendo Spain’s ‘Real’ GDP Could Be 21% Lower Than Reported

China HSBCPMIJumpsMostIn 3 YearsTo ‘Miracle’ ExpansionaryPrint http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerohedge/feed/~3/bBXk3wyrBuQ/story01.htm From the lowest print in 12 months at 47.7 in July, HSBC’s China Flash PMI just printed at 50.1 (massively outdoing the expected 48.2) and jumpingbyitsmostinthreeyearsmonth-over-month. It’s a miracle, we hear you cry (especiallygiventhatCAT Asia/Pac sales collapsed 28% YoY)… In spite of new exportordersdroppingat a fasterratethanlastmonthandemploymentdecreasingat a faster pace, it seems there was enough inventory decompression and ‘output’ … Seguir leyendo China HSBC PMI Jumps Most In 3 Years To ‘Miracle’ Expansionary Print

TestosteronePit – Home – PeakGold http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2013/8/21/peak–gold.html shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Testosterone Pit – Home – Peak Gold

QuantitativeEaseby Carola Binder: WhatDoesAbenomicsFeelLike? http://carolabinder.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/what–does–abenomics–feel–like.html?m=1 shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Quantitative Ease by Carola Binder: What Does Abenomics Feel Like?

Howlow can youget: theminimumwagescam | HeidiMoore http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/minimum–wage–scam shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo How low can you get: the minimum wage scam | Heidi Moore

Crisis económica: “Si los BRIC van mal, Europa también” | Presseurop.eu: actualidad europea, viñetas y revistas de prensa http://www.presseurop.eu/es/content/news–brief/4072741-si-los-bric-van-mal-europa–tambien?xtor=RSS-9 shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Crisis económica: “Si los BRIC van mal, Europa también” | Presseurop.eu: actualidad europea, viñetas y re vistas de prensa

Japan’s nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses ‘shock’ http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE97K02B20130821?irpc=932 shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Japan’s nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses ‘shock’

As ItsCurrencyCollapses, India DoublesDownOnBigBrotherSurveillance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerohedge/feed/~3/k6GUirwmpww/story01.htm Submittedby Mike KriegerofLibertyBlitzkriegblog, What’s a clueless government trying to micromanage the affairs of over a billion people supposed to do when the wheels start coming off the wagon? If you’re India, you blame the country’s financial and societal woes on the buying of gold and attempt to preventpeoplefrompurchasingit. When that doesn’t work, and your currency continues to collapse, then what? … Seguir leyendo As Its Currency Collapses, India Doubles Down On Big Brother Surveillance

Obesitykills more Americansthanpreviouslythought: OneinfiveAmericans, BlackandWhite, diefromobesity http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815172339.htm shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Obesity kills more Americans than previously thought: One in five Americans, Black and White, die from obesity