August 13, 2020 – Icarus Signals. The home of economic insight

Communist Hong Kong Arrests Troublesome Jimmy Lai. Shares Soar!

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Hong Kongers are literally using the financial markets, considered the beating heart of the global capitalist system, to fight the nominally "Communist" rulers in Beijing. One day after Hong Kong…

Thailand and Taiwan Find Themselves on Manipulator’s Watchlist

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With geopolitical tensions remaining at the most elevated levels in modern times, the Asian-Pacific region is finding itself the centre of attention. As China continues to try to enforce its…

Fed Warns US Economy Heading into Sinkhole, Not Pothole

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"We thought the economy faced a pothole and stimulus put a plate over it so we could navigate," Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin told a webinar hosted…