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By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities

Maybe it is the new math, but is it really the G20 when neither China nor Russia show up?

I’m not sure anyone really expected Russia to show up. Leaving the borders of Russia is not the best thing that Putin could do for his own safety or security. The fact that China (Xi) did not attend is more interesting. I haven’t seen an official statement as to why he did not attend, but I have read that the reasons could include anything from (more…)

By Jean-Laurent Cadorel of Exante Data

• Monetary policy matters in the short-run through its impact on asset prices, demand, and activity;

• Yet in the long run the economy is assumed to gravitate towards some “natural” rate of activity independent of such monetary actions;

• A growing number of researchers are asking, however, whether monetary policy can have hysteresis effects and impact the natural rate through innovation activity.

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By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management

“The younger generation must inherit and carry forward the spirit of self-reliance, and hard work, abandon arrogance, and engrave the passion of youth in the water just like our parents did, on the monument of history,” declared Xi, some time ago.

Youth unemployment across China continued its rise this summer. The official number approached 21% before Beijing halted its (more…)