July 30, 2020 – Icarus Signals. The home of economic insight

Continued Global Reliance on an Increasingly Fragile Supply Chain

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Over the past 20 years, as China's dominance was steadily built by an insatiable demand for cheap foreign labour and manufacturing capacity, the global trade environment continued to stack an…

Mask-denier Outed as PPP Funded Lamborghini Buyer

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Some call it courage, others call it stupidity. It's likely the Public Prosecutor is going to call it "bank fraud" - at least. Since the implementation of government rescue packages,…

Worldwide Evictions Start Ramping Up, Lead by the US

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Governments around the world have been scrambling to find a way to effectively plug the gaping hole between contracted lease terms, and the millions of tenants who, as a result…

The Retail Bankruptcy Wave May Be Subsiding….but Can It Hold?

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The tsunami of retail bankruptcies, restructurings and liquidations seen since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has been of biblical proportions. In the US alone, more than 25 retailers and…

Goldman Warns “Real Concerns Are Emerging” About The Dollar As Reserve Currency; Goes “All In” Gold

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In his morning critique of goldbugs’ resurgent optimism about the future of gold, which has exploded alongside the price of precious metals, which in turn have been tracking the real…