taggard wrote:Exports, a cornerstone of China’s torrid economic growth over the past three decades, grew only 4.9 percent last month — half as fast as economists had expected.
figures Monday showing that residential land sales in the country’s 20 largest cities had fallen 92 percent last week from the week before, as declining prices for apartments have left developers short of cash and reluctant to start further projects.
There are early signs of a credit crunch, at least among private sector companies. Many seem to be asking their suppliers for more time to pay debts and complaining of cash flow problems.
It really is all starting to unwind. All we witnessed was the feeding of oligarchs thanks to a leaderless nation doing Chicago-styled business as usual.
Former IMF President Simon Johnson, "If you grow and feed oligarchs instead of dealing with the problems will increase the chances of a depression" - The Quiet Coup - May 2009 - The Atlantic Monthly:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc ... coup/7364/
ZH - "Europe Has Started The Endgame" And Biderman Says "The US Is Next"
TrimTab's Charles Biderman has an excellent commentary on the European EndGame and the problems are starting here. This is all inevitable. Economic history guarantees it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMW1rIDl ... el&list=UL
And if you want some real issues to wonder how hard this can get hit (
ALL the trading today is when a HFT hits, else we sit)read/listen to Marc Faber:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/marc-fabe ... pproaching
Not to forget the outflow of cash from the mkt:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/11th-cons ... ecord-lows
The term?
EndGame
And Cantor-Fitzgerald advises buying call spreads on TBT.