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US consumer debt stands at $17 trillion, credit card defaults at pandemic level
Total household debt in the first quarter of 2023 rose by $148 billion, or 0.9%, to $17.05 trillion, the report said, adding that balances were also $2.9 trillion higher than at the end of 2019, before the pandemic-triggered recession.
"The share of current debt becoming delinquent increased for most debt types," the report said. "The delinquency transition rate for credit cards and auto loans increased by 0.6 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively approaching or surpassing their pre-pandemic levels," the report said.
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Total household debt in the first quarter of 2023 rose by $148 billion, or 0.9%, to $17.05 trillion, the report said, adding that balances were also $2.9 trillion higher than at the end of 2019, before the pandemic-triggered recession.
"The share of current debt becoming delinquent increased for most debt types," the report said. "The delinquency transition rate for credit cards and auto loans increased by 0.6 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively approaching or surpassing their pre-pandemic levels," the report said.
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๐จ๐ณ๐ท๐บRussian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, whoโs responsible for energy, will lead a business delegation to China next week to attend the Russia-China Business Forum in Shanghai on May 23.
Trade between China and Russia is booming, as their economies are very complementary: China is a manufacturing power but resource poor, so it needs Russian energy, while Russia has enormous energy reserves but needs investment and help broadening its economic base. Basically, a win-win partnership. ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บThe US and EU, on the other hand, are in direct competition for resources and market shares. No wonder they keep pushing the following narrative, a typical case of psychological projection. Vita Spivak, non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment: โIn the economic realm, similar to geopolitics, Russia is actively strengthening its dependency on China and is becoming Beijingโs junior partner.โ The only junior partner i see here is the EU, though the term "vassal" might be more appropriate to describe its political relationship with the US. @LauraRuHK
Trade between China and Russia is booming, as their economies are very complementary: China is a manufacturing power but resource poor, so it needs Russian energy, while Russia has enormous energy reserves but needs investment and help broadening its economic base. Basically, a win-win partnership. ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บThe US and EU, on the other hand, are in direct competition for resources and market shares. No wonder they keep pushing the following narrative, a typical case of psychological projection. Vita Spivak, non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment: โIn the economic realm, similar to geopolitics, Russia is actively strengthening its dependency on China and is becoming Beijingโs junior partner.โ The only junior partner i see here is the EU, though the term "vassal" might be more appropriate to describe its political relationship with the US. @LauraRuHK
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๐จ๐ณ๐ท๐บIl primo ministro russo Mikhail Mishustin e il vice primo ministro Alexander Novak, responsabile per l'energia, guideranno una delegazione di imprenditori russi che si recherร in Cina la prossima settimana per partecipare al Russia-China Business Forum organizzato a Shanghai il 23 maggio.
I rapporti commerciali tra Cina e Russia sono in piena espansione, poichรฉ le loro economie sono estremamente complementari: la Cina รจ una potenza manifatturiera ma povera di risorse, quindi ha bisogno dell'energia russa, mentre la Russia ha enormi riserve energetiche ma ha bisogno di investimenti e di aiuto per ampliare la propria base economica. Si tratta di una cooperazione vantaggiosa per entrambi i paesi. ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บGli Stati Uniti e l'Unione Europea, invece, sono in diretta competizione sia per le risorse che per le quote di mercato. Non c'รจ da stupirsi che continuino a spingere la seguente narrazione, in un tipico caso di proiezione psicologica. Vita Spivak, analista presso il Carnegie Endowment scrive: "In ambito economico, analogamente alla geopolitica, la Russia sta attivamente rafforzando la sua dipendenza dalla Cina e sta diventando il partner junior di Pechino". In realtร qui l'unico partner minore รจ l'UE, anche se il termine "vassallo" potrebbe essere piรน appropriato per descrivere la sua relazione con gli Stati Uniti. @LauraRuHK
I rapporti commerciali tra Cina e Russia sono in piena espansione, poichรฉ le loro economie sono estremamente complementari: la Cina รจ una potenza manifatturiera ma povera di risorse, quindi ha bisogno dell'energia russa, mentre la Russia ha enormi riserve energetiche ma ha bisogno di investimenti e di aiuto per ampliare la propria base economica. Si tratta di una cooperazione vantaggiosa per entrambi i paesi. ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บGli Stati Uniti e l'Unione Europea, invece, sono in diretta competizione sia per le risorse che per le quote di mercato. Non c'รจ da stupirsi che continuino a spingere la seguente narrazione, in un tipico caso di proiezione psicologica. Vita Spivak, analista presso il Carnegie Endowment scrive: "In ambito economico, analogamente alla geopolitica, la Russia sta attivamente rafforzando la sua dipendenza dalla Cina e sta diventando il partner junior di Pechino". In realtร qui l'unico partner minore รจ l'UE, anche se il termine "vassallo" potrebbe essere piรน appropriato per descrivere la sua relazione con gli Stati Uniti. @LauraRuHK
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โก๏ธThe European Union designated weapons as "carbon-neutral" to exempt them from a carbon duty.
This decision was made in the interests of the US defense industry. Military-industrial complex products are excluded from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which sets a fee on CO2 emissions during production. CBAM is one of the elements of the EU Green Deal. CBAM is aimed at equalizing the price of carbon paid for EU products and imported goods. Exceptions were approved by the EU Council on April 25. The carbon footprint from producing an advanced fighter jet is no less than that from manufacturing a passenger airliner but vassals are not supposed to notice and if they do, they pretend they didn't. @LauraRuHK
This decision was made in the interests of the US defense industry. Military-industrial complex products are excluded from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which sets a fee on CO2 emissions during production. CBAM is one of the elements of the EU Green Deal. CBAM is aimed at equalizing the price of carbon paid for EU products and imported goods. Exceptions were approved by the EU Council on April 25. The carbon footprint from producing an advanced fighter jet is no less than that from manufacturing a passenger airliner but vassals are not supposed to notice and if they do, they pretend they didn't. @LauraRuHK
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โก๏ธL'Unione Europea ha designato le armi come "carbon-neutral" per esentarle da una tassa sul carbonio. Apparentemente missili, caccia bombardieri e carri armati sono green, ma se importate una bicicletta dalla Cina o un sacco di cemento scatta il dazio.
Questa decisione รจ stata presa nell'interesse del complesso militare-industriale statunitense i cui prodotti sono stati esclusi dal Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), che stabilisce una tassa sulle emissioni di CO2 durante la produzione. Il CBAM รจ uno degli elementi chiave del Green Deal dell'UE e ha lo scopo di imporre un dazio sull'impronta di carbonio dei beni importati. Le eccezioni sono state approvate dal Consiglio dell'UE il 25 aprile. @LauraRuHK https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-7-2023-INIT/en/pdf
Questa decisione รจ stata presa nell'interesse del complesso militare-industriale statunitense i cui prodotti sono stati esclusi dal Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), che stabilisce una tassa sulle emissioni di CO2 durante la produzione. Il CBAM รจ uno degli elementi chiave del Green Deal dell'UE e ha lo scopo di imporre un dazio sull'impronta di carbonio dei beni importati. Le eccezioni sono state approvate dal Consiglio dell'UE il 25 aprile. @LauraRuHK https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-7-2023-INIT/en/pdf
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Il Segretario Generale della NATO Stoltenberg ha dichiarato : "Se gli alleati della NATO, soprattutto quelli piรน importanti, inizieranno a fornire all'Ucraina garanzie di sicurezza bilaterali, saremo vicini a invocare l'articolo 5". Qualcuno ha idea di cosa significhi?. Supponiamo che ci sia un paese della NATO talmente idiota da decidere di fornire "garanzie di sicurezza" al regime criminale di Kiev, cosa succede? Scatta l'articolo 5, la NATO entra direttamente in guerra con la Federazione Russa, invece di continuare a usare gli ucraini come carne da cannone? Beh, ho una vaga idea di come andrebbe a finire e nella mia sfera di cristallo vedo un fungo atomico e mezza Europa ridotta in cenere radioattiva.
L'Ucraina non รจ un membro della NATO e non lo sarร mai. Quindi, perchรฉ mai questa clausola del Trattato Nord Atlantico dovrebbe essere applicata all'Ucraina? @LauraRuHK
L'Ucraina non รจ un membro della NATO e non lo sarร mai. Quindi, perchรฉ mai questa clausola del Trattato Nord Atlantico dovrebbe essere applicata all'Ucraina? @LauraRuHK
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NATO'S PR OFFENSIVE https://unherd.com/2023/05/how-nato-seduced-the-european-left/?=frlh
UnHerd
How Nato seduced the European Left
The anti-war movement has fallen for a progressive circus
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China has called on foreign embassies to remove posters in support of Ukraine, the Japanese Kyodo news agency has reported, citing diplomatic sources.
According to the agency, some diplomatic missions in Beijing put up on their buildings posters with words of support for Ukraine, such as "Stand with Ukraine" in both English and Chinese.
Among the countries whose embassies put up pro-Ukrainian posters, the agency named Canada, Germany and Poland. The notice was allegedly sent to all the diplomatic missions.
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According to the agency, some diplomatic missions in Beijing put up on their buildings posters with words of support for Ukraine, such as "Stand with Ukraine" in both English and Chinese.
Among the countries whose embassies put up pro-Ukrainian posters, the agency named Canada, Germany and Poland. The notice was allegedly sent to all the diplomatic missions.
@ukraine_watch
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L'Ucraina ha bruciato $150 milioni in 2 minuti lanciando 30 missili Patriot dal costo di $5 milioni l'uno. E alla fine la piattaforma di lancio e' stata comunque distrutta dai missili russi. Pubblicita' negativa per il sistema Patriot. Chi mai l'acquisterebbe dopo aver assistito a questo fallimento?
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The Special Military Operation launched in February 2022 is remaking Russia. One of the most welcomed effects is the thinning out of the liberal elites. For instance, a month after the SMO started, Anatoly Chubais together with his wife Avdotya Smirnova fled Russia. Today Chubais filed a request with the Israeli Interior Ministry to receive Israeli documents. Chubais was the reviled privatisation tsar of post-Soviet Russia, served as Boris Yeltsin's chief of staff, and even Vladimir Putin gave him a role as special representative for ties with international organisations.
Chubais was one of the ersatz "Chicago Boys", those neoliberal Russian economists inspired by Milton Friedman who destroyed their country's economy and plunged millions into poverty during the transition to capitalism after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. He oversaw and took part in the sale of some of Russia's biggest industrial assets to his friends and associates. @LauraRuHK
Chubais was one of the ersatz "Chicago Boys", those neoliberal Russian economists inspired by Milton Friedman who destroyed their country's economy and plunged millions into poverty during the transition to capitalism after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. He oversaw and took part in the sale of some of Russia's biggest industrial assets to his friends and associates. @LauraRuHK
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Moldovan security forces broke into the Central Election Commission of Gagauzia (an autonomous territorial entity within the Republic of Moldova)
It is reported that the security forces tried to seize the ballots of the elections. The reason for the provocation is the victory of the pro-Russian candidate Evgenia Gutsul. Maya Sandu and her entire criminal gang do not want to recognize the results of the elections in Gagauzia.
Members of the Central Executive Committee of the Gagauz Autonomy were handed summonses for questioning on May 18.
Yevgenia Gutsul condemns the actions of Maya Sandu and other Western-controlled officials who sanctioned the persecution of CEC employees.
Residents of Gagauzia came out to protest
The protesters demand from Chisinau not to interfere in the electoral process in the autonomy.
The march is aimed at the courthouse in Comrat.
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It is reported that the security forces tried to seize the ballots of the elections. The reason for the provocation is the victory of the pro-Russian candidate Evgenia Gutsul. Maya Sandu and her entire criminal gang do not want to recognize the results of the elections in Gagauzia.
Members of the Central Executive Committee of the Gagauz Autonomy were handed summonses for questioning on May 18.
Yevgenia Gutsul condemns the actions of Maya Sandu and other Western-controlled officials who sanctioned the persecution of CEC employees.
Residents of Gagauzia came out to protest
The protesters demand from Chisinau not to interfere in the electoral process in the autonomy.
The march is aimed at the courthouse in Comrat.
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L'Operazione militare speciale lanciata nel febbraio del 2022 sta trasformando la Russia. Uno degli effetti piรน visibili e generalmente apprezzati รจ l'assottigliamento delle file dell'odiata รฉlite liberale, una quinta colonna dell'Occidente che per anni ha spadroneggiato nel campo della cultura, dei media, della finanza e dell'economia. E' stata quindi accolta con gioia la notizia che Anatoly Chubais ha presentato ieri una richiesta al Ministero degli Interni israeliano per ricevere documenti israeliani. Un mese dopo l'inizio dell'OMS, Anatoly Chubais e sua moglie Avdotya Smirnova avevano lasciato la Russia, come molti altri loro amici. Chubais รจ stato uno dei maggiori responsabili dell'ondata di privatizzazioni che aveva travolto la Russia durante la presidenza di Boris Yeltsin - i terribili anni Novanta - era stato infatti capo di gabinetto di Yeltsin, e persino Vladimir Putin gli aveva affidato un ruolo di rappresentante speciale per i rapporti con le organizzazioni internazionali, forse per tenerlo d'occhio o forse perche' non era facile scardinare la sua rete di potere, visto che includeva anche oligarchi utili ai piani di sviluppo del Cremlino.
Chubais รจ stato uno dei "Chicago Boys" russi, quegli economisti ispirati dalle teorie neoliberiste di Milton Friedman che attraverso una vera e propria Shock Therapy avevano distrutto l'economia del Paese e gettato milioni di persone nella povertร assoluta durante la transizione al capitalismo che era seguita alla dissoluzione dell'Unione Sovietica. Chubais aveva supervisionato e partecipato alla svendita dei piรน grandi colossi industriali russi, svendita di cui avevano beneficiato i suoi amici. @LauraRuHK
Chubais รจ stato uno dei "Chicago Boys" russi, quegli economisti ispirati dalle teorie neoliberiste di Milton Friedman che attraverso una vera e propria Shock Therapy avevano distrutto l'economia del Paese e gettato milioni di persone nella povertร assoluta durante la transizione al capitalismo che era seguita alla dissoluzione dell'Unione Sovietica. Chubais aveva supervisionato e partecipato alla svendita dei piรน grandi colossi industriali russi, svendita di cui avevano beneficiato i suoi amici. @LauraRuHK
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e alla fine anche la CNN ha dovuto ammettere il danno al sistema di difesa missilistica Patriot. Resta solo Jacopo Iacoboni a negare l'evidenza. Ricordiamo che ogni missile costa $5 milioni e che l'Ucraina in due minuti ne ha bruciati 30 prima che la piattaforma di lancio fosse messa fuori uso da un missile russo. Fate voi i conti. @LauraRuHK
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What will happen this week in China's ancient capital, Xi'an, is part of a global and fierce struggle to create a new world economy. We are talking about the upcoming Sino-Central Asian summit on Thursday-Friday, where Xi Jinping will meet the leaders of the five "Stans" of Central Asia, the same leaders who on Victory Day, May 9, visited Moscow and discussed how not only to survive in a frenzied seething world, but to turn their countries into the core of Eurasian integration. China is not supplanting Russia in this post-Soviet space, China and Russia are coordinating their efforts, rather than competing for influence. China's entire foreign trade in the first four months of the year grew by 5.8 percent (amounting, by the way, to almost two trillion dollars), but with these five Central Asian countries trade grew by 34.7 percent. Russian-Chinese trade soared by 41.3 percent over the same period. And if you look at the trade turnover, for example, of Russia with Uzbekistan over the past year, figures are very similar. And yes, nowhere else in the world you will see such pace of growth. @LauraRuHK
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Ukrainian military intelligence boss Kirill Budanov acknowledges Ukraine is a state sponsor of terror.
Asked if Ukraine would assassinate more Russian media personalities, Budanov said, โWeโve already got many.โ @LauraRuHK
Asked if Ukraine would assassinate more Russian media personalities, Budanov said, โWeโve already got many.โ @LauraRuHK
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Forwarded from Marwa Osman/MidEaStream
Zelensky is selling off public assets in a huge privatization spree.
Led by the Biden administration
US corporations like,Chevron, ExxonMobil and Halliburton are going to run the Ukrainian oil and gas industry.
The IMF is imposing the Washington consensus.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/28/us-corporations-ukraine-oil-gas/
Led by the Biden administration
US corporations like,Chevron, ExxonMobil and Halliburton are going to run the Ukrainian oil and gas industry.
The IMF is imposing the Washington consensus.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/28/us-corporations-ukraine-oil-gas/
Geopolitical Economy Report
US corporations cash in on Ukraineโs oil and gas
As Ukraine sells off public assets in a privatization spree, US fossil fuel corporations like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Halliburton are in talks to run its oil and gas industry, and the IMF is imposing the Washington Consensus.
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Ciรฒ che accadrร questa settimana a Xi'an, l'antica capitale cinese da cui partiva la Via della Seta, fa parte di una contesa globale e senza esclusione di colpi per creare un nuovo assetto economico mondiale. Stiamo parlando del vertice di giovedรฌ-venerdรฌ, in cui Xi Jinping incontrerร i leader dei cinque "Stan" dell'Asia centrale, gli stessi che il 9 maggio, il Giorno della Vittoria, hanno fatto visita a Mosca e hanno discusso non solo di come resistere ai contraccolpi della nuova guerra fredda che sta dividendo il mondo in blocchi, ma anche di come trasformare i loro Paesi nel baricentro dell'integrazione eurasiatica. A differenza di quanto sostengono molti analisti occidentali, la Cina non รจ in competizione con la Russia in questo spazio post-sovietico, Cina e Russia stanno coordinando i loro sforzi per facilitare lo sviluppo di un'area strategica per gli scambi commerciali tra Europa e Asia. L'intero commercio estero della Cina nei primi quattro mesi dell'anno รจ cresciuto del 5,8% (per un ammontare, tra l'altro, di quasi duemila miliardi di dollari), ma con questi cinque Paesi dell'Asia centrale il commercio della Cina รจ cresciuto del 34,7%. Nello stesso periodo, il commercio tra Cina e Russia รจ aumentato del 41,3%. E se si guarda a quello della Russia con l'Uzbekistan nell'ultimo anno, le cifre sono molto simili. In nessun'altra parte del mondo si assiste ad un tale tasso di crescita. @LauraRuHK
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THE BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE IN CENTRAL ASIA - The main gateway through which China is advancing its economic cooperation with the economies of Eurasia, most notably with Central Asian economies, is through the BRI. One of the key areas of economic cooperation within the BRI framework is transportation connectivity and such a focus renders this platform particularly important for Central Asia.
This is because all Central Asian economies are land-locked and rely on economic integration and greater connectivity to surmount the limitations of distance and geographical separation from key regional and global logistical centers.
In fact, the scale of the limitations of geography for Central Asia is in some ways unprecedented and calls for particular emphasis in economic cooperation with the outside world to be placed on connectivity projects. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-05-16/China-s-cooperation-with-Central-Asia-Targeting-connectivity-1jQyR8u4hrO/index.html
This is because all Central Asian economies are land-locked and rely on economic integration and greater connectivity to surmount the limitations of distance and geographical separation from key regional and global logistical centers.
In fact, the scale of the limitations of geography for Central Asia is in some ways unprecedented and calls for particular emphasis in economic cooperation with the outside world to be placed on connectivity projects. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-05-16/China-s-cooperation-with-Central-Asia-Targeting-connectivity-1jQyR8u4hrO/index.html
CGTN
China's cooperation with Central Asia: Targeting connectivity
The China-Central Asia economic cooperation is "win-win" cooperation.
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No, it's not a TV game show, just the democracy show hosted by former NATO Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Copenhagen. @LauraRuHK
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