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Tag: may 31 2022

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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GET BIGGER

Each week, we report instances where the money junky hedge funds, private equity groups and the already big companies swallow another piece of the global economy. Here are some more of what the BIGS have been gobbling up and how the Bigs keep getting bigger and the rich keep getting richer. BROADCOM TO BUY VMWARE...

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SPOTLIGHT: INFLATION

INFLATION CRIMPS GLOBAL GROWTH The world’s economies slowed this month because of high inflation combined with rising interest rates, The Wall Street Journal reported. Manufacturers in the world’s largest economies are grappling with continued supply chain blockages and higher costs for supplies, due in significant part to China’s two-month shutdown to combat a surge in...

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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S TROUBLES CONTINUE

CHINA’S COVID LOCKDOWN HARMS DOMESTIC, GLOBAL ECONOMIES Adidas, Intercontinental Hotels Group, and Starbucks are among the multinational firms that have seen revenues sink because of China’s draconian anti-COVID lockdowns, which have shut an estimated 325 million people in at least 46 cities into their homes or workplaces for two months. Affected areas include tech hubs...

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EUROPE’S HOME PRICES WILL FALL, ECB SAYS

It’s the same old story, what goes up, must come down. And weak economic growth and rising inflation is a threat to home sales in the EU. House prices in Europe are poised to decline as interest rates rise in response to record-setting inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) said in its semi-annual financial stability...

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TOP 2022 TREND, SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMIES: NATIONS SLASH FOOD EXPORTS

Faced with a toxic combination of global food shortages and rising prices, 26 nations so far have reduced or halted food and fertilizer exports to ensure their citizens have enough and pay the lowest possible prices, the International Food Policy Institute reported. Nations have curbed shipments of beans, corn, lentils, edible oils, sugar, and wheat;...

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DRIVERS STAY PARKED AS GAS PRICES CLIMB

Demand for gasoline in mid-May fell to 8.8 million barrels a day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, its lowest level since 2013, apart from the plunge during the early months of the COVID War. The average U.S. gas price was $4.61 a gallon on 30 May, the American Automobile Association reported, a record...

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SPOTLIGHT ON REAL ESTATE

Today it was reported that despite rising mortgage rates, home prices rose sharply in the U.S. in March. According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index U.S., home prices shot up 20.6 percent year-to-date. Will prices and home sales drop as mortgage rates rise? It’s a mixed picture. The following is an overview of...