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USD/MXN Outlook: Rate-Cut Highlights Mexican Peso Carry Trade Value
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DailyFX
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:14 AM EST
The Mexican Peso has once again managed to regain the upper hand against the US Dollar in this week’s market showdown. Risk-off sentiment dissipated slightly, and equity markets reached all-time highs as demand grew for growth-correlated assists.
Strong Dollar Optics, Less Clear-Cut Details
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Marc Chandler
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 9:37 AM EST
The dollar's performance last week is best understood as the fulcrum of the seesaw. The major currencies that are perceived to be levered or growth and/or risk rose. These are the dollar-bloc and the Scandis.
Weekly Commentary: One Extraordinary Year
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Doug Noland
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 1:06 AM EST
Staring at a rapidly unfolding economic and financial crisis, Beijing has made the decision to move forward with efforts to get their faltering economy up and running. This comes with significant risk.
Three Reasons Why Decentralization And Secession Lead To More Open Economies
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Ryan McMaken
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:13 PM EST
When a political jurisdiction is broken up into smaller independent units, those new units are likely to become more reliant on economic integration and trade, not less. This dependency increases as the country size becomes smaller.
You Shouldn’t Miss The Cupom
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Jeffrey P. Snider
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Friday, February 14, 2020 5:03 AM EST
There were rumors that Banco (central) do Brasil was intervening or was going to intervene in its local currency markets, which may be an important signal.
US Continues To Gain Share Of World Market Cap
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Bespoke Investment Group
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 10:54 AM EST
The United States dominates the rest of the world in terms of its share of total equity market capitalization. Currently, US stocks make up over 40% of global equities’ total market cap.
Mexico: Muted Policy Reaction To Recession
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ING Economics
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 4:57 PM EST
The growing slack in economic activity and the stellar MXN performance should tip the balance in favor of another rate cut by Banxico this week.
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EC Mexico’s President AMLO Shows How It’s Done
Article By:
Ellen Brown
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Monday, February 10, 2020 7:55 AM EST
While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021.
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Is Chile A Warning To All Western Societies Of What Awaits Our Future?
Article By:
Martin Armstrong
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Monday, February 10, 2020 5:15 AM EST
Chile was believed to be Latin America’s freest, most stable and richest nation. However, it is now in free fall. Public order has collapsed, violence is rampant, and populism is the new creed of the political class.