AsiaPac StocksTest 3-MonthHighsAsChinaServicesPMIDroopsTo 11-MonthLow http://feedly.com/k/15od0Qa China’s Manufacturing PMI printed in line with its Flash estimate last night and the ServicesPMIjustprinted at a disappointing 11-monthlowasthe 2 segmentsoftheeconomydivergebytheirmostonrecord. The ‘good’ news that Obama backed away from the big red button for 5 minutes (and improving European PMIs) is spurring some more catch up in Asia tonight and while critical nations like India (whose PMI was dismal) and … Seguir leyendo AsiaPac Stocks Test 3-Month Highs As China Services PMI Droops To 11-Month Low

U.S. BackedSyrianOppositionYEARSBEFOREUprisingStarted http://feedly.com/k/137CW50 TheAmericanGovernment’sNarrativethat “WeMustStopAssadBecauseHe’sBrutallyCrushing a SpontaneousPopularUprising” isFalse The civil war in Syria started in March 2011. And seethis. However, the U.S. has been funding the Syrianopposition since 2006 … and arming the opposition since 2007. So the American government’s argument that “we must stop Assad because he’s brutally crushing a spontaneous popular uprising” is false. The U.S. started supporting the rebels 5 yearsbefore the … Seguir leyendo U.S. Backed Syrian Opposition YEARS BEFORE Uprising Started

Testosterone Pit – Home – DestroyBeforeReading: SpanishGovernmentCaughtErasingEvidenceinCorruptionCase http://feedly.com/k/15ocuBM shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Testosterone Pit – Home – Destroy Before Reading: Spanish Government Caught Erasing Evidence in Corruption Case

South AfricanGoldMiningStrikesAsPeakGoldProductionCollapseContinues http://feedly.com/k/173B7qv Today’s AM fix was USD 1,391.25, EUR 1,052.46 and GBP 893.14 per ounce. Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,392.75, EUR 1,051.85 and GBP 899.19 per ounce. Gold fell $12.80 or 0.91% Friday, closing at $1,394.30/oz. Silver fell $0.42 or 1.76%, closing at $23.43. Platinum rose $3.04 or 0.2% to $1,516.74/oz, while palladium was down $14.76 or 2% to $719.22/oz. Is there a … Seguir leyendo South African Gold Mining Strikes As Peak Gold Production Collapse Continues

Portugal: “El TribunalConstitucionalprohíbealGobiernodespedir a funcionarios” http://feedly.com/k/14efLIV El 29 de agosto, el Tribunal Constitucional portugués rechazó por terceravez en un año el plan del Gobierno destinado a reducir el número de funcionarios y lo tildó de inconstitucional. La propuesta tenía como objetivo ahorrar 167 millones de euros anuales, según calcula Diário Económico, que considera que la decisión del Tribunal complicará el octavo proceso de revisión al … Seguir leyendo Portugal: “El Tribunal Constitucional prohíbe al Gobierno despedir a funcionarios”

Mises’s NonSequituronsynthetic a prioriKnowledge http://feedly.com/k/14ecU2A We can find it here in Mises’s book TheUltimateFoundationofEconomicScience: AnEssayonMethod (1962): “The essence of logical positivism is to deny the cognitive value of a priori knowledge by pointing out that all a priori propositions are merely analytic. They do not provide new information, but are merely verbal or tautological, asserting what has already been implied in the definitions and premises. … Seguir leyendo Mises’s Non Sequitur on synthetic a priori Knowledge

Euro arearecoverycontinues; couldgrowthsurpasstheUS? http://feedly.com/k/14ecPvL In spite of an ongoing weakness in credit growth (seepost), the Eurozone is continuing to show fairly robust economic improvements. Today’s manufacturing PMI (manager surveys) has surprised to the upside. It is interesting to see Greece for example begin to show significant positive momentum, as the nation’s multi-year manufacturing contraction is about to end. Weakness in France on the other hand … Seguir leyendo Euro area recovery continues; could growth surpass the US?