No technology is “inevitable.” Just like no decision of either individuals or groups, whether governments, corporations or associations, is a matter of fate or compulsion of forces operating with cold imperative beneath and / or beyond our conscious decision.
Merger and Acquisition took a break when the Federal Reserve and EU began aggressively raising interest rates from their zero and negative levels back in March and July 2022 respectively. Now, with The Street betting that the Fed will lower interest rates, the equation is simple: The lower interest rates go, the higher the M&A activity will rise.
At a 30 April meeting, China’s Politburo—the small group that sets government policies—signaled that mortgage interest rates will be lowered again and that aid would be offered to floundering real estate developers.
Japan’s central bank intervened in markets last week for a second time, buying $23 billion worth of yen to prop up the country’s sinking currency, Bloomberg reported after analyzing the bank’s current account figures.
More than $38 billion worth of loans against U.S. office properties are delinquent in their payments or facing foreclosure or default, according to data service MSCI.
The Biden administration has made a one-year extension to 2026 for $7,500 in federal tax credits for consumers buying electric vehicles (EVs) containing Chinese graphite.