Ignore the bollocks: watch the signals
The near-certain reassertion of fundamentals is driven by myriad factors. Some of these were covered in a recent Slog Saturday Essay about interest rates, when during the second half of the piece I pointed out that only if everyone is in the same tent will the élite stand firm. China clearly isn’t in the tent: before long Beijing may start pissing into it….and before not much longer, others may join in. But there are eclectic drivers of equally unstoppable importance. Continue reading