Merger and Acquisition took a break when the Federal Reserve and EU began aggressively raising interest rates from their zero and negative levels.
Category: TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT – Jan 23 2024
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
China’s economy expanded by 5.2 percent in 2023, edging past its 5-percent target, the most modest in more than two decades, according to the country’s statistics office.
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TOP TREND 2024, BANKS GO BUST
Topping last year’s record of $541 billion, in 2027 $602 billion in loans against commercial real estate are scheduled to mature, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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SPECIAL REPORT: WAR IN THE RED SEA—THE ECONOMIC IMPACT
The Israel War keeps ramping up as the United States and the U.K. keep launching attacks on the Houthis in Yemen.
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ARAMCO ADDS $4 BILLION TO ITS VENTURE FUND
Saudi Aramco, the world’s richest oil company, will more than double its venture capital fund.
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TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: EV SALES TANK IN EUROPE
In December, electric vehicle (EV) sales in Germany plummeted by half, year on year. The plunge led EVs’ Europe-wide sales to shrink for the first time since 2020.
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GERMANY’S ECONOMY SHRANK BY 0.3 PERCENT IN 2023
Germany—battered by high interest rates, slowing global sales and continued high energy costs—Europe’s largest economy and the fourth largest one in the world... saw the heart of its manufacturing industry contract by 0.3 percent in 2023, according to the country’s National Statistics Office.
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DEBT BOMB READY TO EXPLODE
“We have a huge fiscal problem everywhere,” Tim Adams, CEO of the International Institute for Finance (IIF), said in a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum earlier this month.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
In recent times, the economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community. Some of the most significant challenges include soaring inflation rates, escalating interest rates, looming fears of a recession, and a tangible decrease in revenues for many sectors…
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
It’s global. The numbers are there for all to see. From developed to underdeveloped nations, economies are slowing down and/or contracting.