The stock market bubble starts to burst
Exponential rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways.
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China’s ‘perpetual motion’ housing machine is starting to slow
Evergrande’s default will only be the first of many. Companies and countries that have “bet the ranch” on China’s “perpetual motion machine” need to urgently decide how to minimise their potential losses, whilst there is still time
Plastics industry feedstocks at risk from the rise of Electric Vehicles
The plastics industry as we know it today, may well start to move into an endgame as it is squeezed from both ends of the value chain.
Plastics producers need to move to recycled feedstocks as Western refineries start to close
The new business models, based on using locally-produced recycled plastic feedstocks, are a ‘once=-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to create growth for decades to come.
Industry now needs to step up, if Net Zero is to be achieved
The transformation period is a wonderful opportunity to reset the clock and start a new race.
The end of China’s real estate bubble will impact global supply chains, exports and growth
Much of the way the world currently works depends on uninterrupted and elevated Chinese growth.
PlasticsEurope calls for mandatory 30% recycling target for packaging by 2030
Now we need companies to step up to the plate, in alliance with their value chain and financial partners. Time is limited, and the industry must be able to demonstrate real progress before COP26 in November.
Financial markets head for (another) train crash as coronavirus starts to impact
China’s industrial heartland of Hubei (pop 59m) and its capital Wuhan (pop 11m) have now been locked down for nearly a month as a result of the coronavirus COVID-2019 epidemic. In total, more than half of the population (760m) are …
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Hurricane Harvey: lack of insurance will hit Houston’s recovery
“By Monday, the third straight day of flooding, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey had left much of the region underwater, and the city of Houston looked like a sea dotted by small islands. ’This event is unprecedented,’ the National Weather Service tweeted. ‘All impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.’” This summary from the New […]