Nick Corbishley

Something Just Cracked in Spain’s Mortgage Market

Spain already witnessed one of the most spectacular housing bubbles and busts so far this century. As pressures in the mortgage market begin to grow, the government and banks are desperately trying to avoid a rerun. More

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“Inverse” Migration: Why Are So Many US Citizens Moving to Mexico?

As life gets prohibitively expensive for many people living in the US (and other rich countries), relatively cheaper countries like Mexico are becoming increasingly attractive. But for local people the costs are growing.More

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The G20 Just Agreed to “Build on the Success” (sic) of Digital COVID-19 Certificates for Future Pandemics

Even as divisions rise in the world, the governments of the world’s largest economies appear to be on a strikingly similar page when it comes to rolling out digital health certificates, digital identity schemes and central bank digital currencies.More

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China Is Making More Big Moves in Latin America

What happens when one of Latin America’s smaller economies, on the US doorstep, decides to throw its lot in with China? It looks like we are about to see. More

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US Farmers and Big Ag Corps Press Panic Button on Mexico’s Upcoming GMO Ban

As Mexico’s GMO ban looms ever larger, the US National Corn Growers Association is calling for the U.S. Trade Representative to intervene, “before it is too late”.More

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NHS to Use US “Spy-Tech” Firm Palantir’s Platform to Extract Patient Data Without Patient Consent

Palantir, with intimate ties to defense, intelligence and security industries around the world, seems set to play an even larger role in the UK’s crisis-ridden National Health System (NHS).More

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One Year In, The First Ever Large-Economy CBDC, Nigeria’s eNaira, Is a Gigantic Flop

The Central Bank of Nigeria is undeterred. To deepen its drive to “entrench a cashless economy” and boost take-up of the eNaira, it is launching a demonetization process not too dissimilar from India’s.More

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Is Venezuela’s US-Appointed “Interim” President Juan Guaidó On His Way Out?

Gauidó has long outlived his usefulness. Now, he and the “interim” government he fronts are an obstacle in the way of reopening Venezuela’s oil market to US oil majors.More

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Credit Suisse is One of 13 Too-Big-To-Fail Banks in Europe, But It Looks Like It Could Be Failing

Following a string of scandals, bad investments and woeful risk management, Switzerland’s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, is close to the edge.More

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Colombian President Says the Unspeakable Out Loud: “The US is Ruining Economies Around the World”

Until recently Washington’s closest ally/client state in South America, Colombia is now under new management. And that management has a different perception of US influence in Latin America and the wider world. More

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