It’s global. The numbers are there for all to see. From developed to underdeveloped nations, economies are slowing down and/or contracting.
Category: 20 February 2024
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SPOTLIGHT: RECESSION WATCH
Japan’s economy shrank 0.4 percent in 2023’s final quarter, surprising economists and falling into a technical recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.
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DEMAND SHRINKS FOR WAREHOUSE SPACE
Retailers’ need for storage space boomed as e-commerce exploded during the COVID War and continued growing post-COVID as supply chains untangled and back-ordered goods flooded into the economy.
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IN THE NAME OF EFFICIENCY, COMPANIES FIRE WORKERS
Thirty-eight percent of executives responding to a ResuméBuilder survey expect layoffs this year.
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NO INFLATION? COST OF OWNING AND OPERATING A CAR KEEPS RISING
The annual cost to own, insure, fuel, and maintain a new car climbed to $12,182 in 2023 from $10,728 in 2022, according to AAA. Other expenses such as parking fees and road tolls were additional factors that boosted the cost.
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MORTGAGE RATES CLIMBING: REAL ESTATE COLLAPSE COMING?
The interest rate on a home mortgage loan has risen to its highest since mid-December, stalling progress on reviving the housing market.
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AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY SEEMS TO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO
Over the past four months I have carried out my daily morning scan of the major online news websites increasingly concerned over what I would be seeing given the mainstream media’s reluctance to report honestly and the persistent management by government propaganda mills of what is leaked to the journalists.
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COVID WAR CONTINUES: MRNA SHOTS FOR CHILDREN AND TRAVELERS, AND A NEW DATING APP FOR THE UNVACCINATED
Are the U.S. and EU looking for the right moment to mandate mRNA “vaccinations” into the childhood vaccination schedule?
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U.S. TARGETS FARMERS SELLING RAW MILK PRODUCTS…BUT MISSES TOXIC PESTICIDE IN OATS
U.S. Federal and many state agencies have long been fighting farmers who want to offer raw milk cheeses and other products, which many in the natural foods movement believe have health benefits and are generally safe to consume.
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ZELENSKY PRAISES FRANCE, GERMANY FOR NEW DEFENSE AGREEMENTS TO HELP ENSURE WAR DRAGS ON
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed major defense agreements with Germany and France to ensure that his war with Russia will continue to drag on and continue to kill Ukrainians and Russians instead of negotiating for peace.