WAR SCRAMBLES EUROPE’S HOPES FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY As Europe’s economy struggles to right itself after the Omicron surge and...
Tag Archive for: march 15 2022
RISING ENERGY, METALS PRICES FUEL INFLATION IN CHINA The annual inflation rate for Chinese factories’ raw materials dipped to...
FORD MOTOR SPLITS IN TWO TO BETTER EMPHASIZE EVs
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1Ford Motor Co. has split itself into two divisions. “Ford Blue” will make petroleum-powered cars and trucks and try...
The metaverse—the virtual world where your avatar shops, dines, and hangs out with digital buddies—is a place where the...
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE SUSPENDS TRADING IN NICKEL
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1The London Metal Exchange (LME) suspended trading in nickel after freak trading activity on 7 March by a major...
BRAZILIANS SPENDING HALF THEIR INCOMES ON DEBT PAYMENTS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 0Citizens of Brazil are paying 52 percent of their incomes to make payments on mortgages, auto loans, credit card...
ECB TO STOP BOND-BUYING STIMULUS PROGRAM THIS YEAR
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1In an unexpected decision, the European Central Bank (ECB) will begin trimming its monthly bond purchases in March and...
OIL MARKET TURMOIL SIGNALS EUROPEAN RECESSION
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 0Soaring fuel prices triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine and western embargoes on trade with Russia pose what could...
EU TUNES INTO OUR TOP 2022 TREND: SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMIES
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1Leaders of the European Union’s (EU’s) member nations met on 10 and 11 March to formulate a coordinated response...
Thirty-five percent of white-collar workers would refuse to even consider a job that forbids them to work at home...
USA: CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, CAN’T PAY THE RENT
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 2While wages are not keeping up with inflation, on the home front it’s much worse. Typical residential rents in...
“BIG QUIT” CONTINUES AS EMPLOYERS STRUGGLE TO FILL JOBS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1About 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in January, the eighth consecutive month in which resignations topped four million,...
U.S. TRADE DEFICIT SETS ANOTHER RECORD
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 0Go back to the Trump years, when the word on The Street, nearly every time stock prices moved lower,...
Brevan Howard Asset Management and Tudor Investment Corp. are broadening their work in cryptocurrencies. Brevan Howard’s crypto fund, launched...
TOP TREND 2022-UNIONIZATION: LACK OF COMPETITION CUTS WORKERS’ LEVERAGE
Support, , TRENDS EYE VIEW, march 15 2022, 0The labor market is tight as a drum, with workers walking away from one job and right into another...
DRAGFLATION: TOP TREND FOR 2020. NOT STAGFLATION
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 1Goldman Sachs analysts see the U.S. economy growing by 1.75 percent from 2021’s fourth quarter through this year’s third...
New claims for unemployment benefits edged up 11,000 in the most recent week to 227,000, the U.S. labor department...
Only 18 percent of U.S. workers feel their pay is keeping pace with inflation, according to a Capital One...
FROM “TEMPORARY” TO “TRANSITORY” INFLATION KEEPS SPIKING
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, march 15 2022, 0The Consumer Price Index (CPI) swelled by 7.9 percent from February 2021 through February 2022, the U.S. labor department...
AFTER DESTROYING VENEZUELA’S ECONOMY, NOW U.S. WANTS THEIR OIL
Support, , SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT, march 15 2022, 2It’s all about the oil, stupid. After years of trying to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in favor of...