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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
As we had forecast, the M&A activity which went down when interest rates went high would soon return.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
In March, China’s factory activity grew for the first time in six months, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has estimated.
TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU: FORD DELAYS NEW EV MODEL UNTIL 2027
Citing a weak market for electric vehicles (EVs), Ford Motor Co. is delaying the debut of a three-row EV until 2027 and instead is focusing significantly on gas-electric hybrids.
TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
In this year’s first quarter, the nationwide U.S. office vacancy rate averaged a record 19.8 percent, Moody’s reported, up from 19.6 percent the previous quarter.
TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
Faced with a looming wave of wobbly commercial real estate (CRE) loans coming due, banks seem to be granting many lenders extensions of their maturity dates to give them more time to either refinance those loans or scrape together more capital to qualify for a new loan.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
The “degrowth” screws are tightening on citizens in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
A new stablecoin set to be launched by Ripple will offer competition to Tether and Circle’s USDC.









