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Switzerland is now reckoned to be such a safe haven from Eurozone and US economic woes that monies are pouring into their banks from outside investors to a degree which is causing problems. Switzerland’s budget deficit is just 1pc of GDP; gross public debt is 40pc; the current account surplus is 9pc; unemployment is 3.9pc. The eight million Swiss have half a trillion dollars of external assets. The Swiss... read more

jul 24

02:28 pm

Marjorie Orr has an M.A. (Hons) in English Literature and Philosophy from Glasgow University, and was a current affairs journalist, award-winning BBC... full bio

jul 12

05:05 am

USA Ahead

Looking ahead to see how fares the USA over this tricky economic phase it is clear that taking a realistic and longer term view makes sense. The USA... read more
jun 30

01:15 pm

High Finance and the Federal Reserve

The G20 summit along with a raft of downward figures across the globe for trade, housing etc is focussing the minds of the economic high IQs on the... read more
jun 18

12:48 pm

Upcoming Eclipses - Thad Allen

There is a Lunar Eclipse on June 26th at 5 degrees Capricorn and a Total Solar Eclipse on 11 July at 19 Cancer. The Lunar eclipse points most clearly... read more
jun 11

02:36 pm

Japan - Hungary - Timothy Geithner

Two newly elected Governments have started to come clean about the dire state of the finances they have inherited from their predecessors. One is... read more
jun 3

01:05 pm

World Finances - EU and USA

The first tranche of the EU/IMF loan to Greece will cover this money’s debt repayments. But it’s what comes next that is the vexed... read more
may 15

01:01 pm

USA Finances - worries highlighted

With all the furore in Europe, the state of the US economy has not been much under scrutiny until this week. Now the IMF has come out with a fairly... read more
may 7

02:09 pm

Greece knock on for the world

The not-quite-agreed by individual European Governments Greece bailout has done nothing to improve the confidence of the markets or the standing of... read more