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Tag Archive for: July 12 2022
As we reported in “El Salvador Becomes World ‘s First National Bitcoin Experiment” (22 Feb 2022), the tiny Central...
Tighter regulation of digital currencies is needed to protect small investors and to help tame the industry’s volatility as...
TOP TREND, NEW WORLD DISORDER: INFLATION IN RICH NATIONS IS HARDEST ON THE POOR A food bank in Norway...
WESTERN INVESTORS FLOCK BACK TO CHINA After China ended its widespread anti-COVID lockdown in early June, foreign investors poured...
Purveyors of luxury goods such as LVMH, Prada, and Richemont, recovered early from the COVID crisis, with many of...
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0Inflation and interest rate hikes are causing companies in many sectors to lay off employees. To illustrate the employment...
BRITISH, EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SECTORS FACE “NEW PARADIGM”
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0Fewer commercial properties will change hands and property values will plunge in Europe and the U.K. as investors enter...
Prices for computer memory chips, which skyrocketed during the COVID crisis and its aftermath, fell 11 percent during this...
LONG-STANDING EU DEBT RULES ARE “OBSOLETE,” MINISTER SAYS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0European Union (EU) rules limiting the amount of debt member nations can carry and capping the size of their...
ECB’S RATE HIKE PLAN FACES POLITICAL DISCORD
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0The 25 members of the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) governing council that sets interest rates thought they were ready...
IS THE COMMODITIES SUPERCYCLE OVER OR JUST PAUSED?
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 4Seeing an economic slowdown in China and fearing a worldwide recession as central banks hike interest rates, commodities investors...
NEW WORLD DISORDER TOP TREND: GERMANY RATIONS POWER AS RUSSIA CUTS GAS SUPPLIES
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 7Getting what they asked for by putting sanctions on Russia, German officials are rationing hot water, dimming street lights,...
NEW WORLD DISORDER TOP TREND: EMERGING NATIONS DIVING INTO DEBT DEFAULT
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0The number of emerging nations with troubled sovereign bonds has doubled in the first half of this year to...
Funds invested in tech start-ups sank by 23 percent to $62.3 billion in April, May, and June this year,...
FINANCIAL SQUEEZE TIGHTENS ON OFFICE LANDLORDS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0Already losing tenants due to remote work, owners of office buildings find themselves pinched by rising interest rates and...
AS FORECAST: COMPANIES CUTTING OFFICE SPACE
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 0When the COVID War was launched back in 2020, we had forecast the work-at-home trend would be a permanent...
RED STATES FARED BETTER THAN BLUE ONES IN THE COVID ERA
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 1Since COVID’s arrival in February 2020, red states where Republicans hold sway have benefited more in economic terms than...
New cars purchased in June in the U.S. carried a record average monthly payment of $686, according to car...
U.S. MORTGAGE WEEKLY RATE FALLS MOST IN 13 YEARS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, July 12 2022, 1The national average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell from 5.7 percent during the week ending 30...