From 2008 through this year’s second quarter, private equity funds such as Manulife Investment Management and Nuveen have bought more than a million acres of U.S. cropland, according to a Reuters investigation.
Category: TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT – Nov 21 2023
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U.S. RETAIL SALES FALL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH
U.S. consumers spent fewer dollars with retailers, gas stations, and vehicle dealerships in October than in any month since March, the Commerce Department reported.
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80 PERCENT OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS WORSE OFF NOW THAN IN 2019
Four in five U.S. households see themselves as in a worse financial state now than before the COVID era, according to a U.S. Federal Reserve survey.
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FOREIGN INVESTORS LOSE APPETITE FOR U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES
Investors abroad, especially those in China and Japan, have been eager buyers of U.S. treasuries as the U.S. Federal Reserve scaled up interest rates over the past 18 months.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
As we had forecast back in November 2022, the U.S. equity markets would climb in 2023, with the S&P 500 expected to increase at least 16 percent.