Since China launched the COVID War in January 2020 on its Lunar New Year, “The Year of the Rat,” The Trends Journal had long forecast that the world’s governments propping up economies with countless trillions of dollars backed by noting and printed on nothing…
Tag: SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT: RETAIL ON THE ROPES
Discount retailer Dollar General saw its share price fall 15 percent early this month after it reduced its 2024 forecast for existing store sales growth.
SPOTLIGHT: NEW WORLD DISORDER
Here are a few of the latest disorders that are unfortunate negative trends that will make bad times much worse.
SPOTLIGHT ON THE U.S. HOUSING MARKET: SALES FALL, PRICES RISE
The median selling price of U.S. homes in May was $419,300, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported, the highest on record and 5.8 percent above the price a year earlier.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Consolidation is the name of the “Bigs” game. The more they own the more they control... it’s the way of the power-hungry world. As we have noted since the Central Banksters started to rapidly raise interest rates, the decade’s long merger and acquisition spree is over.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
From January through August this year, Walmart bought 25 percent of its imported goods from Indian suppliers, compared to 2 percent in 2018.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Consolidation is the name of the Bigs game. The more they own the more they control... it’s the way of the power-hungry world.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMY
Last month, retail sales in China surged 7.6 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported, beating a 7-percent gain foreseen in a Reuters survey of economists.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC QUAGMIRE
Following a number of policy tweaks by Beijing, China’s economy grew at an annual pace of 4.9 percent in this year’s third quarter, beating a Reuters poll of economists predictions of a 4.5-percent expansion.
SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
The value of commercial loans officially considered “in distress,” meaning they are approaching default, reached $79.7 billion in this year’s third quarter, the highest since 2013, MSCI Real Assets reported.