As we have noted since the Central Banksters started to rapidly raise interest rates, the decade’s long merger and acquisition spree is over.
Tag: Economy
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMY
The Chinese government has announced a trillion-yuan boost (about $1.4 billion) to domestic spending, breaking its long-standing limit of a deficit no larger than 3 percent of GDP. That will dig the annual budget hole deeper than it has been in 30 years, according to figures cited by Bloomberg.
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U.S. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES HIT THE BRAKES
High interest rates, inflated materials costs, and sticker-shock prices in the $60,000 range have stalled the electric vehicle revolution in the U.S.
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EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK FREEZES INTEREST RATE
At its meeting on 26 October, the governing council of the European Central Bank (ECB) ended its streak of 10 consecutive interest rate hikes, leaving its deposit rate at 4 percent, its highest since the euro currency was launched on 1 January, 1999.
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EUROZONE ECONOMY SHRANK IN THIRD QUARTER, PMI INDICATES
The Eurozone’s economy probably contracted in this year’s third quarter, according to the Hamburg Commercial Bank’s newest composite purchasing managers index (PMI).
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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…all made worse by the COVID War which destroyed the lives and livelihoods of billions across the globe.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
How much more proof do people need to see the dismal economic future? For the mainstream media, the only numbers that count are stock indexes. Welcome to week 60 or our job layoffs... of a bad situation getting worse.
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WORLD ON THE BRINK OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
The global economy is increasingly marked by low investment and low growth, financial speculation, declining real incomes, rising social inequality, and greater domination by giant multinational corporations, according to the newest UN Trade and Development Report.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
As we have noted since the Central Banksters started to rapidly raise interest rates, the decade’s long merger and acquisition spree is over. However, the “Bigs” will still get bigger, as they buy out overleveraged companies that can’t afford to borrow at high rates to refinance while, at the same time, recessionary pressures erode their profitability.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMY FAILS TO IMPROVE
China exported 6.2 percent fewer goods in September than in August, notching the fifth consecutive month of declines, although the rate of decline slowed from 8.8 percent the month before. Imports also shrank by 6.2 percent, according to customs data reported by the Associated Press.