One can time almost to the dot the moment the ECB started buying European (mostly peripheral) bonds under the central bank’s latest QE facility. At just around 4am ET, a wave of buying pushed European peripheral debt sharply higher, sparking speculation that the central bank was in the market. And sure enough, moments later the European Central Bank confirmed that it started buying bonds under its […]
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What may have started out as a spontaneous romantic idea quickly became a living nightmare for one couple whose bid to escape the coronavirus lockdown in Spain by fleeing to the mountains ended in two cases of hypothermia. Things never quite work out in real life like they do in the movies, as the unfortunate 43-year-old Peruvian man and a 32-year-old Russian woman found out when […]
Amid a public health crisis that has transformed into a financial crisis, people are glued to the news, looking for timely, trusted, accurate information as the coronavirus outbreak unfolds, and things change hour by hour, and day by day. Another group, just as hungry for information on the virus, are Spanish-speaking Americans in cities and towns across America, who are relying on Spanish-language giants like Univision […]
For the past week, it’s been virtually non-stop: one central bank after another has fired a bazooka, rushing to frontrun its peers in hopes of big impact, only to find no response from the market, forcing it to fire another, even bigger bazooka. Consider that just over the past 24 hours we have gotten the following (via Nomura): Fed announced a new emergency program (MMLF) to […]
Authored by Aaron Kesel via TheMindUnleashed.com, Spanish police are taking a page out of China’s Orwellian playbook by using drones to patrol and yell at their civilians who are disobeying the CoViD-19 quarantine. The country issued a state of emergency on Friday, and on Saturday the government ordered everyone in the country to stay home for all but the most crucial trips outdoors, according to Business Insider. Now, […]
Dozens of Olympic qualifier matches have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the official position of the Japanese government is that the games should still be held. Though news that a top Olympics Organizing Committee Official in Japan tested positive for the virus certainly didn’t bode well for the future of the games when it was announced yesterday. Now, the president of the Spanish […]
Spanish PM’s wife tests positive for Covid-19 after Madrid imposes national lockdown to tackle the disease — RT World News icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon flag ruicon full chevron downicon full chevron lefticon full chevron righticon full chevron upicon gpicon insicon mailicon moveicon-musicicon mutedicon nomutedicon okicon v-pauseicon v-playicon searchicon shareicon […]
Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense has ditched their dream trip to Europe as Covid-19 steamrolls across the continent, with Italy, France, Spain, and Germany, so far experiencing the brunt of the virus outbreak. As a result of mass quarantines and businesses’ shuttering their doors, Europe’s travel industry, accounting for 782 billion euros to GDP in 2018 and 14.4 million jobs, is on the verge […]
Authored by Catte Black via Off-Guardian.org, We’ve had a couple of people take issue with us regarding the case fatality rate (CFR) of the 1918 Spanish Flu. Citing Wikipedia and the CDC we gave that rate as being between 10-20%. A couple of commenters, however, insisted the actual CFR was 2-3%, and this led us to look further. What we found was quite interesting. This is […]
Authored by Michael Every of Rabobank COVID-19 vs The Spanish Flu Summary In light of the recent outbreak in Europe, it appears a question of when –rather than whether– the COVID-19 epidemic will be declared a global pandemic Countermeasures such as quarantine or travel bans remain necessary to contain the virus’ spread. This will continue to cause disruption, as policy makers chase a moving target There […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is looking to make inroads with diverse voters in Nevada ahead of its caucus Saturday, told an awkward anecdote about her elementary school Spanish class to Latino workers from the powerful Culinary Union that was mocked on Twitter as “Hispandering” — or pandering to Hispanics. “Well let me tell you first about me, my name is Amy and when I took Spanish […]
Traffic was paralyzed across Valencia, Spain as thousands of farmers descended on the capital to protest government inaction. Disgruntled farmers blocked the entrance and exits to the main highway in Lucena near Malaga in the south, blocking off an entire section measuring approximately 22km (13.7 miles). The farmers reportedly apologized to all those caught up in the protests and gave out oranges to help ease tensions. […]