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Retail sales stumbled in December, contributing some to the explosion in inventory across the US supply chain – but not all. Inventories were going to spike even if sales had been better. In fact, retail inventories rose at such a record pace beyond anything seen before, had sales been far improved the monthly increase in inventories still would’ve unlike anything in the data series. And now those inventories have been revised upward. While so, the more...

As the Ukraine regime has imposed martial law in the wake of the Russia invasion, it has also apparently imposed a new near-universal conscription order. USA Today reports: The Ukraine State Border Guard Service has announced that men ages 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving the country, according to reports. “In particular, it is forbidden for men aged 18–60, Ukraine citizens, to leave the borders of Ukraine,” a statement from the service said, according to CNN....

Die Libertäre Partei verlangt die Aufnahme von ukrainischen Flüchtlingen und einseitige Einführung von Personenfreizügigkeit mit der Ukraine.  Die Libertäre Partei ist der Meinung, dass jeder Mensch dort leben können sollte, wo er am besten behandelt wird. Der Krieg in der Ukraine zwingt Hunderttausende dazu, ihr Land zu verlassen. Nach 2015 erlebt Europa damit bereits den nächsten massiven Flüchtlingsstrom.  Wir verlangen daher, dass die Schweiz ihre Tore für die Ukrainer weit...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine overwhelmed other drivers of the foreign exchange market.  When everything was said and done last week, the odds of a 50 bp hike by the Federal Reserve in the middle of March was little changed slightly above 25%. The odds of a 50 bp hike by the Bank of England have been reduced from a little over 60% before the US government's warning that a Russian attack could happen at any time on February 10 to 36% on February 18.  It has halved...

Endlich wieder einmal ein physischer Stamm! Mit richtigen Menschen – und sogar in einem warmen Restaurant – unglaublich! Die Gnade unseres Bundesrates scheint unendlich. Dass wir das wieder mal erleben dürfen: Zusammen ein Bier schlürfen – wunderbar. In grosser Dankbarkeit freuen wir uns auf intensive Gespräche und viele neue Gesichter. Komm› auch! Datum: Donnerstag, 10. März 2022 ab 18 UhrOrt: Rheinfelder Bierhalle, oberer Stock, Niederdorfstrasse 76, Zürich

Legal expert Mark Pieth is amazed that Switzerland is taking its own problematic approach to international sanctions against Russia. This content was published on February 26, 2022 - 11:00 February 26, 2022 - 11:00 Opinion by Mark Pieth Mark Pieth, Criminal Law Professor, University of Basel When Russia invaded Ukraine, the US and the EU announced economic sanctions, whereas Switzerland announced that it would first have to analyse the new situation. The...

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The Geopolitics of Degrowth holds that real power flows not from waste, centralization and coercion but from decentralization, relocalization and the free flow of value. Conventional geopolitics is all about more: more military power, more sanctions, more coercion, more influence. The Geopolitics of Degrowth is all about the the power of less: wasting less, consuming less, needing less from other nations, reducing...

Die Situation in der Ukraine eskaliert weiter. Nachdem die russische Armee inzwischen Kiew erreicht hat, sprechen westliche Politiker vor allem von Sanktionen im Finanzmarkt. Die härteste Sanktion wird jedoch bisher noch von deutschen Politikern abgelehnt: Dabei handelt es sich um den SWIFT-Ausschluss für Russland. Bitcoin News: SWIFT-Ausschluss für Russland könnte Bitcoin helfenBeim SWIFT-System handelt es sich um das internationale Banken- und...

The Canadian government is now freezing the bank accounts and personal assets of those who donated to support the Freedom Convoy, which is an organized political protest of the vaccine mandates. The deputy prime minister announced that they will retain these so-called emergency powers permanently going forward and will also seek to implement additional measures to further restrict the ability of political protestors to raise funds or otherwise use the banking...