As we have detailed in The Trends Journal, across the globe young people are taking to the streets in protest of their inability to earn a decent living and the prospects for a more dire socioeconomic future.
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AMERICANS HATE BOTH PARTIES: MORE VOTERS IDENTIFY AS INDEPENDENTS, NEW POLL FINDS
Forty-five percent of Americans identify as independents, which is the highest percentage since 1988, when Gallup first started tracking political attitudes in the U.S.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
In trend forecasting, it is important to understand that all things are connected. Or as Chief Seattle said, “All things are connected like the blood which unites us all.”
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SPECIAL REPORT: AI’S RISK TO FINANCIAL MARKETS
The world’s economy has become so narrowly balanced on the AI boom that a sharp reversal in AI stock values could spark a global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund has warned in its latest Global Financial Stability Report.
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AS FORECAST: BRENT CRUDE HIT $110 A BARREL LAST WEEK AS WARS LOOK TO BE ON THE BRINK OF ESCALATION
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, reached $110 a barrel on Friday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to keep striking Russian energy targets, and reports that Ansar Allah (the Houthis) carried out successful strikes on Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure.
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THE ENERGY CRISIS IS NOW HITTING THE FOOD CHAIN
FOR HOW LONG NOW HAVE WE WARNED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN!
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GEN Z PROTESTS: FRANCE EXPERIENCES ‘WORST RIOTS IN DECADES
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for calm after riots broke out across France over energy prices, the high cost of living, and poor school conditions, but said rioters who damaged property will face justice.
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AMERICANS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME AFFORDING BASIC NEEDS
Just weeks before the midterm elections in the U.S., a newly released survey found that 44 percent of Americans said they have had difficulty paying for at least one “basic need” in the last year.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
After being ignored for years, months and weeks, the reality of the overinvestments in the AI/hi-tech stock sectors is now becoming a reality.
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SPOTLIGHT: AI AND THE MARKETS
As the yields on treasury securities reached their highest in more than 20 years, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index barely dipped, and the NASDAQ actually gained 3 percent.