Posted on August 26th, 2011 by
Reginald Bailly in
Investing
The March 11 Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami will affect the country in a number of ways, but perhaps the impact that will be felt most forcefully on the international stage will be in energy markets. Japan imports nearly all of its oil and natural gas consumption, and th...
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Tagged As: Backup Facilities, Demand, Disaster Zone, Electricity Demand, Electricity Generation, International Stage, Japan Earthquake, Japan Imports, Japanese, Jump, Likely, Mitigation Efforts, Mountainous Nature, Natural Gas Consumption, Nuclear Power Facilities, Nuclear Power Generation, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Reactors, Oil Demand, Peak Periods, Power Generation Capacity, Refined Products, Regional Power, Tokyo Region
Posted on August 25th, 2011 by
Reginald Bailly in
Investing
Official inflows vs total reserve accumulation – Nomura Demand for US assets, especially Treasuries, has been waning since the beginning of 2011, with central banks around the world increasing reserve accumulation while dumping the greenback. More signs that the dollar is...
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Tagged As: Asset Purchases, Banks, Bill Gross, Central, Central Banks, Chief Bob, Chinese Officials, Currency, Currency Status, D Day, Dollar's, Dump, Fades, Fx Research, Global Head, Gold Standard, Greenback, Indebtedness, Nomura, Printing Press, Qe2, Rbs, Reserve, Reserve Currency, Status, Strategy Team, Treasuries, World Bank Chief
Posted on August 24th, 2011 by
Reginald Bailly in
Investing
The Emsland nuclear power plant in Lingen, Germany, in 2010 RALPH ORLOWSKI/Getty Images The 27 countries in the European Union derived 31 percent of their electricity needs and 14.6 percent of their primary energy consumption from nuclear power in 2010. In roughly the last eight ...
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Tagged As: Backup Generators, Chernobyl Disaster, Countries In The European Union, Daiichi, Disaster, Earthquake In Japan, Energy Consumption, Energy Exports, Europe, Fukushima, Getty Images, Lingen Germany, Nuclear, Nuclear Crisis, Nuclear Energy Industry, Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Reactors, Outright Bans, Power, Revival, Russian Energy, Russian Natural Gas, S Pacific, Snuff, Technological Improvements, Threatens
