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Swiss Consumer Price Index in August 2020: -0.9 percent YoY, 0.0 percent MoM

03.09.2020 – The consumer price index (CPI) remained stable in August 2020 compared with the previous month, reaching 101.2 points (December 2015 = 100). Inflation was –0.9% compared with the same month of the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The stability of the index compared with the previous month is the result of opposing trends that counterbalanced each other overall. Prices for clothing and footwear increased, as...

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The Dollar Cancer and the Gold Cure with Keith Weiner Part One

In this far reaching interview i speak to Keith Weiner, CEO and Founder of Monetary Metals about fiat currency and why it is bound to fail. The history of money and credit and the decline of dollar purchasing power Money versus credit and why you need to understand the current issues What the implications are for modern society If people want to take their marbles home what does that look like? Warren Buffet's investment into gold. Do you trust the system as you watch the debt going up...

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The Dollar Cancer and the Gold Cure with Keith Weiner Part One

In this far reaching interview i speak to Keith Weiner, CEO and Founder of Monetary Metals about fiat currency and why it is bound to fail. The history of money and credit and the decline of dollar purchasing power Money versus credit and why you need to understand the current issues What the implications are for modern society If people want to take their marbles home what does that look like? Warren Buffet's investment into gold. Do you trust the system as you watch the debt going up...

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Chinese-owned Swissport agrees emergency takeover

Swissport has been hit hard by the adverse impact of coronavirus on the aviation industry. Keystone / Stephanie Lecocq A consortium of investors has agreed a €800 million (CHF860 million) bailout of Chinese-owned airport services company Swissport. Revenues at the company have nosedived since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The consortium of US and British private equity firms and banks will buy out the majority stake currently held by Chinese conglomerate...

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Writing Rebound in Italian

As the calendar turned to September, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines expanding and extending existing moratoriums previously put in place to stop evictions during the pandemic. Families affected by COVID either through the disease or as a result of job loss due to the coronavirus have been protected from landowner actions including eviction as a final means to reclaim rental properties from non-conforming tenants. There...

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Why Economics Cannot Be Understood through Experimentation

In the natural sciences, a laboratory experiment can isolate various elements and their movements. There is no equivalent in the discipline of economics. The employment of econometrics and econometric model building is an attempt to create a laboratory where controlled experiments can be conducted. Building an Economic Model The idea of having such a laboratory is very appealing to economists and politicians. Once the model is built and endorsed as a good...

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