Download the free eBook here: https://mises.org/library/anatomy-crashDuring this 30+ minute interview, Jason asks Jeff if it is even possible to measure the amount of economic damage done by governments deciding to shut down the economy?Jeff says that the true number is immeasurable and that all of the economic damage is self inflicted.Jason and Jeff discuss how capitalism will still be blamed for...Read More

"Most of the 2019 effect is driven by the impact of tariffs on U.S. firms doing business with China, but the 2020 effects are driven more by the fact that tariff announcements drove down returns of firms regardless of their exposure to China."Continue...Read More

"Farmers thought they saw the light at the end of tunnel," Lusk said. "It turns out that it was the headlight of a train."Continue...Read More

"The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."Continue...Read More

As states gradually reopen from their coronavirus-induced lockdowns, the U.S. economy is showing signs of life after one of the most significant economic downturns in history. Continue...Read More

Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdownsContinue...Read More

Bank of America confirmed this trend of "smart money" selling stocks, with the bank's "private" high net worth clients not only selling stocks for 7 consecutive weeksContinue...Read More

Brazilian crude steel production dropped by 39% year on year in April, according to figures released by national steel association A??o Brasil early this week.Output totaled 1.81 million tonnes, down from 2.97 million tonnes in April 2019.At least a dozen blast furnaces in the country are currently halted due to weak demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Finished steel output reached 1.23 million tonn...Read More

Turkey has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it is planning to impose import duties on certain steel products from the European Union.On Monday May 25, Turkey informed the WTO that it plans to impose an additional duty of 9-17% on steel product imports from EU. The products to be affected are hot-rolled flat steel under HS code 7208, cold-rolled flat steel under HS code 7...Read More

The annual sitting of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - widely known as the 'twin sessions' - in Beijing released a series of stimulus packages for the development of China's economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Market participants harbor mixed sentiment over the impact of the policy measures. Here are eight...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 29 that are worth another look.Slab export prices in Brazil increased in the week to May 29, with multiple deals and negotiations taking place in Asia.Consumers are starting to pay a premium for low-carbon aluminium - a practice that will grow more widespread over time, the former chief executive officer of Norwegian aluminium p...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 29 that are worth another look.Slab export prices in Brazil increased in the week to May 29, with multiple deals and negotiations taking place in Asia.Consumers are starting to pay a premium for low-carbon aluminium - a practice that will grow more widespread over time, the former chief executive officer of Norwegian aluminium p...Read More

How long it will take the global economy to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic is anyone's guess right now.Could the world's major economic regions be in for an "LUV" recovery similar to the one they saw after the global financial crisis of 2008-09?That was the format of recovery that was expected in 2009 by former Rio Tinto chief executive officer Tom Albanese, who was at the helm of the mining g...Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to lead to another casualty: the mega mine. The volatility created by crises like Covid-19 is adding a layer of uncertainty to the development of large-scale projects that take a decade or more to progress and are highly capital intensive, according to Tom Albanese, the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.This means that mining projects are likely to be deve...Read More

Alcoa Corp has called on the aluminium industry to assess the cost effectiveness of its smelting capacity and make cuts where appropriate - or face a ratcheting up of inventories and a protracted period of low prices. Roy Harvey, the US producer's chief executive officer, said that while curtailments were costly, both financially and in terms of job losses, they were more than necessary at this mo...Read More

Silver miners just aren't profitable, and generally haven't been for years. That's a strike against them. Nevertheless, the better major silver miners...by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLCThe silver miners' stocks have surged higher since mid-March's COVID-19 stock panic, clocking in some big and fast gains. Nevertheless, this long-struggling sector remains vexing. By mid-May as their latest earnin...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Aluminium: Early signs of post-lockdown demand recoveryWith major economies outside China reopening after the easing of their Covid-19-related restrictions on movement and industrial activity, last week's jump in the number of cancelled aluminium warrants on the London Metal Exchange may be an early sign that the post-lockdo...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Aluminium: 'Sell the rally' mentality here to stayAlthough the London Metal Exchange aluminium price has managed to recover modestly from recent lows, we suspect this is mostly short-covering. The lack of producer restraint, growing exchange inventories, a weak demand outlook and the 7 million tonnes of oversupply forecast f...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Aluminium: 4-million-tonne surplus for 2020We have made further downward revisions to our aluminium demand expectations for 2020 and, although there have been smelter capacity reduction in China too, the net effect is that our forecast for the global surplus this year has swelled to 4 million tonnes, from 2.7 million tonnes...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Average LME aluminium price down by 2.5% week on weekAlthough LME aluminium began this week on the rebound, prices extended their recent downtrend further last week, approaching the $1,400-per-tonne level. The weekly average LME aluminium cash price was down 2.5% last week to $1,432.50 per tonne from previous week's $1,469.6...Read More