The sudden spate of interest rate increases last week by central banks in Europe and the U.S. has sent...
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CENTRAL BANKS IN EUROPE HIKE RATES, DOLLAR SINKS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, june 21 2022, 0On 16 June, several central banks in Europe suddenly raised interest rates, some without warning, after the U.S. Federal...
PRIVATE EQUITY LANDLORDS DRAW REGULATORS’ ATTENTION
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, june 21 2022, 0For years, private equity firms have been buying single-family houses to rent out at premium prices, a trend that...
SOARING HOUSING COST REACHES MOBILE HOME PARKS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, june 21 2022, 1The high cost of houses and apartment rents has pushed more people with low incomes into mobile home parks,...
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA HURTING U.S., OFFICIALS ADMIT
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, june 21 2022, 0While the mainstream media ignored our forecast, and President Joe Biden, as we reported extensively, told the American people...
Consumers spent 0.3 percent less in May on retail and food-service purchases than in April, confounding analysts’ prediction of...
U.S. industrial production edged up just 0.2 percent in May, compared to 1.4 percent in April, while factory output...
Consumer spending is softening, home starts and sales are down, industrial output is weakening with factory production in decline,...
FED LIFTS INTEREST RATE BY 75 BASIS POINTS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, june 21 2022, 0On 15 June, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point, the largest...
During the week ending 15 June, investors took $6.6 billion out of funds that buy high-yield “junk” bonds, raising...
DHS: ARRESTS OF MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE U.S. BORDER HIT RECORD IN MAY
Support, , TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS, june 21 2022, 0The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that its agents made a record amount of arrests at the...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION GIVES NOD FOR UKRAINE TO JOIN EU
Support, , SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT, june 21 2022, 0The European Commission said last week that it endorsed Ukraine's official candidacy to join the EU, but what that...
U.S. IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ISRAEL BEFORE ATTACKS ON SYRIA
Support, , TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS, june 21 2022, 0The U.S. and Israel maintain a closer relationship than previously known when it comes to Israeli attacks on Syria...
NATO’S JENS “NUTS” STOLTENBERG WANTS TO KEEP UKRAINE WAR GOING
Support, , SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT, june 21 2022, 0Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, said in an interview on Sunday that it is likely that the Ukraine...
Russia carried out airstrikes against the U.S.-led coalition earlier this month near the al-Tanf garrison, which is located near...
EUROPEANS DIVIDED ON HOW THEY WANT UKRAINE WAR TO END
Support, , SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT, june 21 2022, 0A recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations found a nearly even split on how people want...
TREND TRACKING LESSON: HOW THE TRENDS JOURNAL WAS RIGHT ON INFLATION WHILE FED, BUSINESS JOURNALISTS GOT IT WRONG
Support, , TRENDS EYE VIEW, june 21 2022, 0The prevailing wisdom is that the Federal Reserve and large business news organizations who cover the central bank have...
EPA LOWERS WHAT IT CONSIDERS TO BE SAFE LEVELS OF ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ IN DRINKING WATER
Support, , TRENDS EYE VIEW, june 21 2022, 1The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that the “forever chemicals” found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined French President Emmanual Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis...
BIDEN SAYS AMERICANS ARE “REALLY, REALLY DOWN” AFTER ENDURING 2 YEARS WITH COVID-19
Support, , TRENDS IN THE COVID WAR, june 21 2022, 1President Joe Biden said in an interview Thursday that Americans have had to endure two years of stress due...