[tr]It’s late in the credit cycle, and it appears the end of the expansion phase is in sight. This being the case, we can see that government deficits are going to increase, due to lower tax receipts and higher welfare commitments as economic activity contracts. This will be covered by an increase in the rate of monetary inflation, which we are already seeing.
[tr]International trade flows have slowed sharply, as can be seen from China’s slump in demand. There can be no doubt that US tariff policies are having what could turn out to be a catastrophic effect on international trade.
[tr]Besides the decline in global trade being a clear signal that the global economy is in trouble, the budget deficit in the US will rise and therefore the trade deficit will tend to rise as well. If not, an increase in the savings rate must occur, which I think we can rule out, or there has to be a contraction in bank credit. In other words, contracting international trade can be expected to propel the US and other domestic economies into a slump. This is bound to provoke the Fed into financing the US government deficit through yet more QE.
[tr]The main economies in Asia (China, Russia, India and Iran) are all turning their backs on the dollar for trade settlement. This will have a profound effect on central bank reserves not just in Asia, but elsewhere as well, with the dollar being sold. Some countries, notably Russia, are buying gold instead.
昨天阅读2小时,累计阅读318小时。昨日阅读An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Application in R的第二章,第二章是对统计学习(Statistical Learning)的整体的描述,首先,先解释何谓统计学习,或者是现在很流行的说法,机器学习(Machine Learning)或是人工智能(Artificial Intelligence),还有以前叫做数据采矿(Data Mining),这几种方法,在很多部分都有类似的作法,也就是让计算机去找出特定的数据型态,进一步可以用于分析,而其中的重点,就在于算法(Algorithm)的好坏了。看完这一章的感想是现在由于计算机的指令周期大幅的提升,使得以前无法快速进行的运算,现在都能在很短的时间内完成,这也是为何我要学习这方面的资识,我不想让计算机取代我。