By John Richardson THE world’s top 50 central banks have cut interest rates at least 672 times since the Lehman Bros crisis – perhaps 673 if you include yesterday’s decision by the Bank of England to lower the UK’s cost of borrowing (it is very hard to keep track of the exact number, as interest rates have […]
Asian Chemical Connections
Xi’s Overture Finishes As China’s Real Reforms Begin
By John Richardson We’re going to see pretty soon whether this man [China’s President, Xi Jinping] is for real. THE above quote, from Chinese Studies professor Kerry Brown in this FT article, is something else that you should print out and pin on your chemicals company boardroom wall. You then need to write below this print-out, “Yes, […]
Oil Below $30, Trade Barriers Etc: Implications for US Polyethylene
By John Richardson FOUR years ago it seemed like an absolute “no brainer”. Just about everyone thought that China’s economy was going to expand at double digit annual rates, virtually forever. You also had the surge in ethane availability in the US, thanks to the shale gas revolution, oil prices which most people thought had […]
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