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" ... According to the SWIFT RMB tracker, China’s currency accounts for less than 2.5% of global trade and global trade finance. This number has barely budged since I have been following the tracker — about four years now. ... "
" ... Revenues barely budged in 2018, when they hit $76 million, or 2019, when they reached $77 million. The busy season, which traditionally started in about September, now did not begin until November, according to Matias Magarinos, who worked as a server at a restaurant on the property from October 2018 to August 2019. In the quieter times, according to Magarinos, there were roughly 100 people in the 643-room resort, on average. “It’s bad,” he says. Not the experience, but the business. “It was very well run,” says Magarinos. “I think they just had the bad luck of their owner becoming president.” ... "
" ... Stocks barely budged Wednesday morning after a mixed bag of pre-market earnings results revealed that the economic recovery is still suffering from weak fundamentals. ... "
" ... To begin with, the trade war has had only a marginal impact on the Chinese economy. Exports to the U.S. has indeed fallen by some 8% in 2019. However, total Chinese exports have barely budged, down by a minuscule 0.03% in 2019. In other words, China has been able to export a lot more to other countries, especially Europe and ASEAN, which has almost fully compensated for the fall in exports to the U.S. This in turn suggests that many Chinese companies are sufficiently agile and competitive to win sales in new markets in a tough global economic environment, which is in sharp contrast to the stereotype of slumbering and unimaginative Chinese SOEs (state-owned enterprises). Furthermore, China’s growth rate in nominal terms has picked up strongly, reaching 9.6% year-on-year. This is important because it is the nominal growth rate that really counts when it comes to an economy’s ability to service its debts. With the average nominal interest rate in China at around 7% and its economy growing at close to 10%, the economy overall is able to service its debts comfortably. ... "
" ... What Needs to Go Right in 2021: Merck isn’t as bad off as 2020’s declines would suggest. Third-quarter sales barely budged higher but adjusted profits jumped 15%, and the company raised its full-year 2020 outlook. Cancer drug Keytruda is a blockbuster—in the third quarter alone, Keytruda did $3.7 billion in sales, up 21% YoY—and most analysts expect the drug to overtake Humira as the world’s best-selling drug well before its patent expiration in 2026. Merck keeps spending to find new treatments, like its $2.75 billion deal for VelosBio, to provide additional growth. Slightly underpriced shares and a decent yield could help MRK shares along. ... "