Americans are feeling better about the economy than they have at any time since July 2021, the University of Michigan's monthly survey of consumer sentiment has found.
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NUMBERS GAME: U.S. HOLIDAY SALES BEAT FORECASTS
U.S. consumers spent 0.6 percent more in December than in November, a month in which shoppers raised their spending 0.3 percent from October.
INTEREST ON NATIONAL DEBT EXCEEDS THREE-QUARTERS OF A TRILLION DOLLARS
The annual interest due on the U.S. national debt has reached $730.8 billion, a sum that exceeds the combined net worth of billionaires Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, Ray Dalio, Bill Gates, Ken Griffin, Elon Musk, George Soros, and Mark Zuckerberg, according to DailyWire.com.
TECH STOCK RALLY: HOW HOT IS TOO HOT?
With the U.S. Federal Reserve promising interest rate cuts this year and U.S. equity markets setting records, fund managers are betting big on Big Tech once again.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
In the real world it’s all about the bottom line. But in the White Shoe Boys Wall Street world it’s about a small gang being in complete control to run and rule the equity markets as they wish.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
In recent times, the economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
The “Bigs” are getting back into “Big” business. As we have noted when the Central Banksters started to rapidly raise interest rates, the decade’s long merger and acquisition spree slowed down dramatically.
SPOTLIGHT TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Years of overbuilding and the transition to remote work has raised the U.S. national office vacancy rate to 19.6 percent, compared to 18.8 percent a year ago, Moody’s Analytics reported, the highest since at least 1979, the year Moody’s began tracking the data.
MORGAN STANLEY AGREES TO PAY $249 MILLION FINE IN STOCK TRADING SCANDAL
In exchange for avoiding a criminal trial and no one receiving a prison sentence, Morgan Stanley bank agreed to pay a $249-million fine to the U.S. government to settle an investigation into the bank’s handling of several large stock trades from 2018 into 2021.
MOST BOOMERS HAVE NOT SAVED ENOUGH TO RETIRE
Fewer than half of the Baby Boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964, have the resources to retire comfortably, a study by Business Insider found.