Homes heating with natural gas this winter could see their energy bills leap up 25 percent compared to last year, while those using heating oil could experience a staggering 45-percent rise in costs, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicted.
Tag: Economy
U.S. CONSUMERS: BUY MORE, SAVE LESS
U.S. consumers spent 0.8 percent more on goods and services in October than in September, the U.S. commerce department reported.
ECONOMIC OUTPUT, JOB NUMBERS GROW MORE THAN EXPECTED
The U.S. GDP grew by 2.9 percent in this year’s third quarter, the U.S. commerce department reported, beating the 2.6 percent analysts had widely predicted.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
Inflation and interest rate hikes are causing companies in many sectors to lay off employees. To illustrate the employment trends and the socioeconomic implications, each week we will list job losses. This is week 20.
SPOTLIGHT: THE STRUGGLE OVER INTEREST RATES
As we have greatly detailed, the rise and fall of interest rates is a guessing game since facts do not matter. Again, the facts were clear, front and center: Inflation was spiking but the Central Banksters defamed those of us who said it was real and rising and instead declared it was only “temporary” and then “transitory.”
GHANA ASKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT
The African nation of Ghana is asking foreign bondholders to swallow losses of as much as 30 percent of principal and forgive interest payments for three years as it tries to qualify for a loan from the International Monetary Fund, Bloomberg reported.
PLAN TO LIMIT RUSSIAN OIL PRICE MIRED IN DEBATE
While European nations argue among themselves about capping natural gas prices, they also are at odds with each other over limiting the price that countries can pay for oil they import from Russia.
EUROPE SQUABBLES OVER PLAN TO CAP GAS PRICE
European nations continue to bicker over whether and how to cap the price of natural gas across the 27 nations that make up the European Union (EU).
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
Inflation and interest rate hikes are causing companies in many sectors to lay off employees. To illustrate the employment trends and the socioeconomic implications, each week we will list job losses. This is week 19.
THE INSIDE GOVERNMENT GANG WINNING BIG ON INSIDER TRADES
The private, nonprofit Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has filed legal complaints prompted by a recent Wall Street Journal report that thousands of appointees at 50 federal agencies held stock in companies that were affected by their policy decisions.