“It’s the economy, stupid.” And now, thanks to the Ukraine War and the long series of sanctions and embargoes...
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CHINA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DIMS China’s manufacturing and service economies both showed marked slowdowns in April. The country’s official purchasing...
KEY U.S. INFLATION GAUGE NOTCHES 40-YEAR RECORD The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s preferred measure...
AP Moller-Maersk, the world’s second-largest ocean shipping company, has raised its profit forecast for 2022 by 25 percent—from $24...
The shortage of computer chips that chip-maker Intel had expected to end next year now will extend into 2024...
On 29 April, Russia’s central bank trimmed its key interest rate for the second time during that month, dropping...
To fulfill its announced plan to shift to carbon-neutral energy by 2050, Europe will need 35 times more lithium,...
Last week, state-controlled Gazprom, Russia’s largest natural gas company, cut off deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland because the two...
Together, Russia and Ukraine ship a disproportionate share of the world’s barley, corn, wheat, vegetable oils. Russia also is...
During this year’s first quarter, the U.S. economy shrank 1.4 percent and the European Union’s economy grew 0.2 percent...
More than two-thirds of U.S. counties with an urban center and a population of 250,000 or more lost population...
U.S. orders for durable goods posted a 0.8-percent gain in March, reaching $275 billion. Durable goods are items intended...
During April’s third week, the number of applications for adjustable rate home mortgages doubled from the last quarter of...
About 25.6 million Americans, more than 10 percent of all adults, borrowed money from family or friends between 30...
Private and government employers boosted workers’ compensation by 4.5 percent in this year’s first quarter, compared to a year...
The U.S. economy contracted by 1.4 percent during this year’s first quarter, the commerce department reported on 28 April....
The cryptocurrency industry spent billions of dollars promoting itself during this year’s Superbowl, including an ad proclaiming “fortune favors...
FBI DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE ABUSE: NO WARRANT, NO PROBLEM. According to U.S. intelligence officials, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted...
Social workers are relying on AI algorithms to help determine families that should be examined for possible interventions. Not...
People are still coming to grips with the fact that fighters deemed wild “Conspiracy theorists” and purveyors of "pessimism...