Higher interest rates and inflated prices for hardware are pinching financing for clean energy projects, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Tag: nov 14 2023
EUROPE’S INTEREST RATES WILL STAY HIGH, CENTRAL BANKS SAY
Top-line inflation in Europe is easing, but central bankers are warning they do not expect to cut interest rates any time soon.
TOP TREND 2023, MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: MIDEAST WAR SENDS ISRAELI BUSINESSES INTO FINANCIAL CRISIS
The Israel-Hamas war has had catastrophic impacts on Israel’s $488-billion economy, with 350,000 military reservists—about 8 percent of the country’s workforce and a large share of the retail customer base—called into service.
HIGH U.S. INTEREST RATES SPARK “CRISIS” AMONG EMERGING NATIONS
Many emerging nations are being thrown into a “silent debt crisis” by high interest rates in the U.S., the World Bank has warned.
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…
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
Everything is just fine, just ask the gamblers on The Street. Forget about how Inflation and interest rate hikes caused, and are still causing companies in many sectors to lay off employees.
TROUBLED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOANS REACH 10-YEAR HIGH
The value of commercial property loans that have missed at least one payment grew by $4 billion, about 30 percent, in this year’s third quarter, data service BankRegData said. The total value of delinquent loans so far this year is about $10 billion.
YOUNGER AMERICANS FALLING DEEPER INTO DEBT; DELINQUENCIES INCREASING
Americans under age 50 were more than $9.5 trillion in debt in this year’s third quarter, compared to about $9.3 trillion in the preceding three months, marking the largest quarterly increase since 2022’s fourth quarter, U.S. Federal Reserve data shows.
FED NOT READY TO DECLARE VICTORY OVER INFLATION, POWELL SAYS
U.S. inflation is not yet tamed and the U.S. Federal Reserve is more likely to raise interest rates than cut them if any change is needed, Fed chair Jerome Powell said in a 9 November speech to a conference of the International Monetary Fund.
CHINA CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AMID HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Mao Ning, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Monday that the current situation in Gaza is “quite dire” and said Beijing supports “all efforts aimed at de-escalating the conflict and restoring peace” in the coastal city.