ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW

ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW

On the Nature side, floods, hurricanes, dried up rivers, lakes and streams, forest fires etc., are the way of much of the world, and they will affect everything from food prices to immigration, from civil wars to regional wars.

Concept Of Oil Price Increase Chart With Trading Exchange Graph And Silhouette Of Oil Pump

OIL PRICES JUMP AS MIDEAST WAR EXPANDS

The price of Brent crude oil, the benchmark for world oil prices, spiked more than 9 percent last week, trading above $78 a barrel after Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and Iran and Israel exchanged aerial attacks.

 

 

Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

Lower interest rates will be a boon to private equity firms, which tend to use debt to fund takeovers. The sector has booked $531 billion in deals so far this year, 38 percent more than by this time last year.

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

China’s equity markets have soared over the past two weeks in a way not seen in 16 years after the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) made cheap loans available to buy stocks. 

TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST

TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST

At the 2020 onset of the COVID War and the shift to remote work, we correctly had forecast in May of 2020 that office buildings’ market value would plunge. 

The Israel War

Palestinian Men, Women, And Children Inspect Their Destroyed Homes After An Israeli Airstrike

GAZA DEATH TOLL

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor issued a dire report on the conditions in Gaza to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s genocide inside the enclave.

AI

AI MAKES FOR HAPPIER EMPLOYEES, SURVEY FINDS

AI MAKES FOR HAPPIER EMPLOYEES, SURVEY FINDS

Roughly two-thirds of people using AI in their jobs say that the tools create "new opportunities for them to enjoy work," according to HP’s latest Work Relationship Survey, which quizzed 15,600 employees across several industries.

Hi-Tech Science

BACTERIA RESTORE HISTORIC FRESCOES, SCOUR AWAY GRAFFITI

BACTERIA RESTORE HISTORIC FRESCOES, SCOUR AWAY GRAFFITI

In 2008, Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was wondering what she should research as a subject for her doctoral dissertation when she happened on a study indicating that bacteria could be a useful tool in restoring paintings.

FARM ROBOTS 2.0

FARM ROBOTS 2.0

Aigen’s bot trundles along between rows of crops, swinging metal arms back and forth under its belly. The arms end in blades, moving at ground height to lop off weeds. 

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