ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW

ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW

Back in November of 2022, The Trends Journal had forecast a stock market spike in 2023. We noted that over the past 40 U.S. midterm elections, the S&P 500 rose 16.3 percent in the next 12 months and considering the economic data, the trend would continue.

MAXIMUM SATURATION

MAXIMUM SATURATION

For many years now, I have warned that at one point a “maximum saturation” moment would eventually occur in the financial system—it’s already started.

3D Digital Illustration Of Currency Symbols Circling Planet Earth

GLOBAL DEBT SETS RECORD AT $307 TRILLION

The amount of money owed by governments, businesses, households, and individuals grew by $10 trillion in this year’s first half to a record $307 trillion, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a 19 September report.

BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES

BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES

Authors looking for permissionless web3 alternatives to Amazon or Barnes & Noble to publish their works have yet to see anything that approaches the ease of use of those platforms.

 

 

Economy

SPOTLIGHT: “BIGS” GETTING BIGGER

SPOTLIGHT: “BIGS” GETTING BIGGER

As we have noted since the Central Banksters started to rapidly raise interest rates, the decade’s long merger and acquisition spree is over. However, the “Bigs” will still get bigger, as they buy out overleveraged companies that can’t afford to borrow at high rates to refinance while, at the same time, recessionary pressures erode their profitability. 

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

China’s economic crisis has emboldened reformers who argue for structural change to the country’s economy, challenging other officials who contend that stimulus spending will put China’s productivity back on track, Reuters reported.

SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST

SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST

About 24 percent of office space in 18 major Chinese cities sat empty in June, compared to 18.2 percent in the U.S., real estate services firm CBRE reported. In that month, the national value of office rents fell 7 percent below that of 2019.  

Geopolitics

Trends in AI

U.K. WILL PLACE THIRD IN GLOBAL AI SWEEPSTAKES, STUDY SAYS

U.K. WILL PLACE THIRD IN GLOBAL AI SWEEPSTAKES, STUDY SAYS

Britain’s AI sector will grow from £1.36 trillion (about $1.7 trillion) to £2.4 trillion ($3 trillion) by 2027, making it the world’s third-largest AI economy behind the U.S. and China, according to an analysis by the information clearinghouse Global AI Ecosystem.

NEW INTEL CHIP BRINGS AI TO LAPTOP COMPUTERS

NEW INTEL CHIP BRINGS AI TO LAPTOP COMPUTERS

In December, chip-making giant Intel will unveil its new “Meteor Lake” chip able to run a generative AI program on a notebook computer instead of forcing users to connect to data centers to muster enough computing power for the task, the company announced last week at a Silicon Valley developers conference.

Hi-Tech Science

GOODBYE, GRAY CEMENT. HELLO, GREEN CEMENT.

GOODBYE, GRAY CEMENT. HELLO, GREEN CEMENT.

Making cement—the main ingredient in concrete—is estimated to be responsible for producing 8 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, at a rate of a ton of CO2 per ton of cement.

The above are just a few of the many articles in the latest Trends Journal. CLICK HERE for the full edition​.

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