The Great Decoupling

Now, Trump administration officials talk of rolling out a concept called the “Economic Prosperity Network” of like-minded countries, organizations, and businesses. The aim is in part to convince U.S. firms to extricate themselves from China and instead partner with members of the so-called network to reduce U.S. economic dependence on Beijing—seen as a key national security vulnerability. If a U.S. manufacturing company can’t move jobs from China back to the United States, for example, it could at least move those jobs to another more U.S.-friendly country, such as Vietnam or India.

The Great Decoupling

So when the relationships go bad with India, or Vietnam, we’ll have the same problems?!

Dow jumps 300 points higher, shaking off report that shows the worst U.S. unemployment rate since the Great Depression

Dow jumps 300 points higher, shaking off report that shows the worst U.S. unemployment rate since the Great Depression

What’s driving the market?

The monthly report on the employment situation in the U.S. showed that 20.5 million jobs were eliminated last month, and the unemployment rate rocketed 14.7% from a 50-year low of only 3.5% two months ago and 4.4% last month. However, the headline number was less worse than some estimates for 22 million unemployed.

Meanwhile:

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