October 17, 2023
“… Why it matters: An upward shift in long-term interest rates is putting the government on track to spend much more on interest payments in the coming years than was anticipated just a few months ago. …” https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/interest-rates-federal-debt Long story short… Continue Reading…
October 17, 2023
“…This year’s housing slowdown is very different from the previous one, after the housing bubble of the early 2000s burst. Back then, the economy entered a deep recession and millions of people lost their homes to foreclosure. This time around, home… Continue Reading…
October 13, 2023
“BlackRock Inc. clients pulled a net $13 billion from long-term investment funds, the first outflows since the onset of the pandemic in 2020… The outflows from the firm’s long-term investment funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, missed by a… Continue Reading…
October 13, 2023
“…With fewer people selling their houses, she said, there is now an “inventory crisis.” “We’ve seen a crunch — our first-time homebuyers are struggling,” she added… Mortgage rates are currently approaching 8%, the highest level in decades, and have priced many first-time… Continue Reading…
October 13, 2023
“New Zealand has a plan to tax farmers for their livestock’s burps and farts — and it’s causing a stink ahead of Saturday’s general elections. The economy is driven by agriculture with around 10 million cattle and 25 million sheep… Continue Reading…
October 12, 2023
“Crude futures fell more than 2% following a hotter-than-expected Producer Price Index inflation print and signs that a conflict between Israel and Hamas may not extend to other countries, namely Iran… “While uncertainty is high, war in Israel is unlikely… Continue Reading…
October 12, 2023
“The nation’s federal consumer protection watchdog announced Wednesday that companies will refund $140 million to customers as a result of its work to uncover illegal so-called junk fees…. Nearly two-thirds of banks with more than $10 billion in assets have also eliminated NSF fees,… Continue Reading…
October 12, 2023
“Delta Air Lines’ profit rose nearly 60% in the third quarter as strong travel demand continued through the summer, particularly for international trips, though the carrier forecast full-year earnings toward the low end of an earlier estimate after a jump in fuel prices. In… Continue Reading…
October 10, 2023
“Conflict in the Middle East has a history of pushing up oil prices. The Yom Kippur War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states in 1973 triggered an oil embargo that caused prices to nearly quadruple in a year.… Continue Reading…
October 10, 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/4860dae8-ef14-316e-b390-86f867d5e267/evergrande-investors-warn-of.html The article is behind a paywall so I’ll just comment on the subject. Pretty much all of the real estate in China is in trouble. Many of the major real estate companies were selling houses before they were build… Continue Reading…
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