The U.S. average office occupancy rate dipped to 48.5 percent during the week of 9 April, according to Kastle Systems, which monitors entry-card usage among 2,600 businesses in 47 states.
Category: HOMEPAGE
THE SINGULARITY AND THE SIMULATION
Most people have an awareness now that technologically driven surveillance has become as pervasive in supposedly free western countries, as it is in the most repressive regimes on the planet.
UKRAINE TO LOSE WAR: U.S. TRIES TO SAVE FACE AFTER CLASSIFIED DOC LEAK
When Russia launched the Ukraine War on 24 February 2022, The Trends Journal had forecast that despite mainstream media “experts” and U.S./NATO government “officials” forecasting that Ukraine would defeat Russia, we had forecast the opposite.
FED OFFICIALS: PUSH THOSE INTEREST RATES UP HIGHER AND FOR LONGER
The U.S. Federal Reserve should raise its key interest rate above 5 percent and leave it there until inflation shows clear signs of retreating, Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Bank of Cleveland, said in an 11 April speech at New York University.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
Two weeks ago, the headline of Gerald Celente's Trends in the News video was “DEATH OF THE DOLLAR ON THE DOORSTEP.”
SPOTLIGHT: BYE, BYE BUCKS—THE DEATH OF THE DOLLAR
As we have greatly detailed over the weeks and as illustrated in this issue of the Trends Journal, it is a new world order. Much of what used to be emerging markets have emerged to large global economies providing products and services that were once dominated by the United States.
RUSSIA: U.S. IS OUR MAIN ADVERSARY
The Kremlin last week updated its 2016 foreign policy doctrine and made several noticeable changes, including identifying the U.S. as its main threat while stating that it is on a “unique historical mission.”
NOT JUST FOR VIRUSES: SCIENTISTS HELLBENT ON HUMAN AND AI GAIN-OF-FUNCTION EXPERIMENTS
Imagine super soldiers who can shrug off a chemical weapons attack and keep right on waging war.
BYE, BYE USA: SAUDI’S SHIFTING EAST
Saudi Arabia is continuing its shift from the West after its cabinet last week approved the move to become a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was set up to rival the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.
SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Last week, federal bank regulators sold Silicon Valley Bank’s assets with a book value of $72 billion but they only fetched $55.5 billion from buyer First Citizens Bank, roughly 77 cents on the dollar.