Accounting “forensics” show that Chinese GDP growth from 2008-2016 is 1.7pp lower and investment and savings rate in 2016 is 7pp than what was officially reported.

via brookings: DOWNLOAD Download the conference draft » ABSTRACT China’s national accounts are based on data collected by local governments. However, since local governments are rewarded for meeting growth and investment targets, they have an incentive to skew local statistics. China’s …

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Amazon abruptly stopped buying goods from third-party sellers

https://qz.com/1567934/amazon-sellers-panic-after-the-company-reportedly-canceled-orders/ Amazon is reportedly going cold turkey on thousands of vendors. The e-commerce behemoth has canceled orders with many wholesalers, pushing them instead to sell directly to consumers on its marketplace, Bloomberg reported today (March 7). Having vendors sell directly …

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GINORMOUS: Judicial Watch Uncovers Numerous Bruce Ohr Communications with Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, and Glenn Simpson

by TFittonJW Breaking: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-doj-records-showing-numerous-bruce-ohr-communications-with-fusion-gps-and-christopher-steele/ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 339 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S. Department of Justice which reveal that former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr remained in regular contact with former British spy and …

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Feels like G-20 again, remember when trump pumped a trade deal back then, and it never materialized. Markets then sold; $TRAN $RUT $MID $AMZN getting crushed!

Feels like G-20 again, remember when trump pumped a trade deal back then, and it never materialized. Markets then sold. pic.twitter.com/qC5GPtcO22 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 7, 2019 $TRAN $RUT $MID $AMZN GETTING CRUSHED! pic.twitter.com/2zbE0wCF6r — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) March 7, 2019 …

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