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Several countries across Asia are confirming they experienced major dollar funding losses last month amidst a cash crunch on surging demand for money to buy oil. Officials in Taiwan, Indonesia, India and in other places have had to scramble to contain the monetary pressure, causing several of them to expend significant reserves just to keep …
Taiwan took the hardest hit with record -$7.9B (TSMC/semicon exodus), Korea -$1.6B, India -$1.3B. MSCI Asia Pacific cratered -6.3% in a week—worst drop outside major crises in ~6 years—erasing early-2026 momentum. Risk-off panic is driving flows to USD and safe havens as oil… — DesiTrump (@CryptoCivics) March 8, 2026 $11 billion out of developing Asia …
What TF is up with the Taiwan Dollar? pic.twitter.com/NLS1yDni51 — Nobody Special (@JG_Nuke) May 5, 2025 Pretty succinct overview of what’s going on. If the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis happened because Asian banks had too much USD liability mismatch, this time it seems they have too much USD asset mismatch. And no one on this …
“For decades, the Japanese and Chinese produced more than they consumed and saved the difference. A part of those savings got invested in US treasuries, which meant the US govt could spend more than it earned and borrow the difference. The more Asian savings grew, the more US borrowing surged. Western economists understood this mechanism, …
The reason why Trump paused tariff negotiations with the rest of the world is because he never expected the Asian Tigers ex-China to lower their trade barriers to ZERO. Now, If he makes an agreement to eliminate all trade barriers with Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia then… — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 10, 2025 That's the …
View post on imgur.com 60 minutes to certainty. pic.twitter.com/XnoE3r0Sv2 — Truth Hurts (@TruthHrtzz) April 7, 2025 European stock markets plunged, continuing a market rout spreading from Asia and the Middle East in response to Donald Trump's trade tariffs https://t.co/36zebxTiut — The National (@TheNationalNews) April 7, 2025 Saudi Arabia Cuts Crude Oil Prices for Asia. April …
Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it pays white and Asian employees more and even puts them on a higher career track than other workers. The lawsuit was led by Ana Cantu, a Mexican who is racially indigenous, on behalf of other minority communities including Hispanic, …
This is blatantly illegal and @Apple isn't even bothering to hide it. The link it still up:https://t.co/Jcv7Uy88Su — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 13, 2024 I truly don't get it… I hoped there was a general application schedule but, wow, it is intentional to only grant access to certain profiles. This is about work, quality of …
West Midlands Police discuss disorder that kicked off after misinformation spread online. The Sky News crew covering the unrest in Birmingham were followed by a man holding a knife and wearing a balaclava after broadcasting live. Take a listen…“Policed within themselves” So basically: 1. They told the police they were going to behave2. The police …
China's Real Estate Collapse At the heart of the decline in family wealth is China's real estate meltdown, which is having a pervasive effect on a society where 70% of family assets are tied up in property. Towards the end of last year, 34 of the top 50 Chinese property… pic.twitter.com/owUbTR8RjW — Reef Insights (@ReefInsights) …
I thought Asians were a minority, and “people of color?” Many come from other countries….blacks are generally born in America…what gives? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13266205/Seattle-closes-gifted-talented-schools-racial-inequities.html “Seattle has shuttered its gifted and talented programs because the school board determined they had too many white and Asian students. The district began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools and classrooms …
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shut down an Asian-run prostitution ring aimed at U.S. elites that was enabled by the Department of Homeland Security. The targeted elites include elected officials, military officers, and government contractors The justice department’s press announcement on Wednesday hides the reality by describing the foreign-born alleged pimps as Americans, saying: …
Interesting bit of info, the Asian Financial Crisis began in July 1997 but only became a major economic crisis when things worsened in November. https://t.co/L8TZwJ1fgM — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 31, 2023 Exactly. They have billions of US Treasuries they can sell, so there's no reason to let their currency rise now unless that's the plan. …
Photograph of China’s women’s 100m hurdles winner hugging another Chinese athlete at the Asian Games is CENSORED in their homeland… but can you figure out why? A photo of Chinese athlete Lin Yuwei hugging her opponent Wu Yanni at the end of a 100 metre hurdles race has been censored in their home country. Lin …
It’s not really a war against whites, it’s a war against intelligent people. Many Asian Americans are treated like shit too, not just whites. via YAHOO: An Asian American student from Florida with a 1590 SAT score who was rejected from six elite universities has joined the Supreme Court case seeking to end race-based admissions. …
On June 1st, Stuyvesant High School released its admissions data. Seven black students got into Stuyvesant out of 762 offers. Those pro “equity” and anti-meritocracy screamed racism. It’s a lie. After examining the data, three things become clear. First, those screaming racism are racist towards Asians – and Native Americans who fared worse than blacks …
