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Is it delta COVID? Or the widely reported labor shortage? Something has created a soft patch in the presumed indestructible US economy still hopped up on Uncle Sam’s deposits made earlier in the year. And yet, there’s a nagging feeling over how this time, like all previous times, just might be too good to be true, too. To start with, the rebound from last year’s recession is decidedly, maybe even uniquely uneven. Not just explosive goods sector vs. moribund...

© Francisco Javier Zea Lara | Dreamstime.com Compulsory Swiss health insurance premiums are on average set to fall by 0.2% in 2022, announced the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on 28 September 2021. This is the first time since 2008 that average premiums have fallen. Basic health insurance is compulsory in Switzerland and governed by federal law called LAMal. Insurers must offer basic insurance to everyone who applies regardless of their health or habits....

Eine Analystin des globalen Bankriesen Deutsche Bank erwartet, dass Bitcoin in absehbarer Zukunft einen “First-Mover-Vorteil” gegenüber anderen Kryptowährungen haben wird. Marion Laboure, Analystin in der Research-Abteilung der Deutschen Bank, sagte, sie könne sich vorstellen, dass Bitcoin in Zukunft die Rolle von digitalem Gold einnehmen wird: jahrhundertelang haltbar und weitgehend nicht von der Regierung kontrolliert. In einem Update auf der Website der Deutschen...

It was a bloodless coup d’état against an unresisting Confederation Congress. The original structure of the new Constitution was now complete. The Federalists, by use of propaganda, chicanery, fraud, malapportionment of delegates, blackmail threats of secession, and even coercive laws, had managed to sustain enough delegates to defy the wishes of the majority of the American people and create a new Constitution. The drive was managed by a corps of brilliant members...

The Swiss economy continued to recover in the third quarter. Turnover increased both in the services sector and in manufacturing and construction. • Despite the positive development, infrastructure utilisation remains low, especially in the services sector. The fact that international travel is still subject to major restrictions is having a hindering effect. Utilisation in manufacturing, on the other hand, is slightly higher than average, underpinned by robust...

Overview: Energy prices pulled back late yesterday, but it offered little reprieve to the bond market where the 10-year benchmark yields in the US, UK, Sweden, and Switzerland reached new three-month highs.  November WTI traded to almost $76.70 before reversing lower and leaving a potentially bearish shooting star candlestick in its wake.  The US S&P 500 and NASDAQ gapped lower and did not recover, setting the stage for today’s drop in Asia.  All the major...

One reason why I still believe the US most likely would have entered a recession at some point in 2020 even without COVID wasn’t just the yield curve inversion that popped up several months before then. In August of 2019, the small part of the Treasury curve most people pay attention to (2s10s) did send out that dreaded signal, suggesting already to expect contraction in the intermediate term ahead of then. But there was more to it than that, much moving in the...

Bitcoin-Derivatemärkte drehten von neutral auf bärisch, nachdem Chinas “Krypto-Verbot” einen BTC-Kurssturz auf 40.600 Dollar auslöste. China verbietet Bitcoin (BTC), wieder einmal. Nein, wir reisen nicht in der Zeit zurück. Am 24. September veröffentlichte die People’s Bank of China (PBoC) eine neue Reihe von Maßnahmen, um die Koordinierung zwischen den Ministerien bei der Bekämpfung von Kryptoaktivitäten zu fördern. Die Maßnahmen zielten darauf ab, “Zahlungskanäle...

UBS had appealed against both the original verdict and the size of the fine. Keystone / Peter Klaunzer Swiss bank UBS will have to wait until December 13 to see if its appeal against a French €4.5 billion (CHF4.9 billion) tax evasion penalty is successful. The long-awaited verdict was due on Monday, but the Paris court postponed its decision because a judge is ill. UBS was fined €3.7 billion and ordered to pay €800 million in damages during the original trial in...

Nach der Einführung von Bitcoin in El Salvador hat Panama einen neuen Gesetzesentwurf vorgelegt, der Bitcoin zu einer alternativen Zahlungsmethode im Land machen soll. Da die weltweite Verbreitung von Kryptowährungen weiter zunimmt, wurde in der Republik Panama ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vorgelegt, der Bitcoin (BTC) und andere digitale Währungen als alternative Zahlungsmittel anerkennt. l1           Panama schlägt Krypto-Gesetz vor Der panamaische Kongressabgeordnete...