December 21, 2021
“European gas prices jumped to an all-time high on Tuesday after natural gas on a key pipeline from Russia to Germany reversed flow eastward and freezing temperatures took hold in many parts of Europe. The benchmark price for Europe at… Continue Reading…
December 15, 2021
“London (CNN Business)Germany is teetering on the brink of recession this winter as supply bottlenecks and a wave of new coronavirus cases hobble the economy. Europe’s largest economy will shrink 0.5% in the fourth quarter of this year, compared with the third, and stagnate… Continue Reading…
December 13, 2021
“Saudi Arabia’s finance minister echoed warnings from the kingdom’s oil officials that a slowdown in fossil-fuel investment globally will cause spikes in energy prices… “We have very serious concerns that the world could run short of energy if we are… Continue Reading…
December 10, 2021
“The consumer price index, which measures the cost of a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, rose 0.8% for the month, good for a 6.8% pace on a year over year basis and the fastest rate since June 1982. Excluding food… Continue Reading…
December 7, 2021
“US labor market productivity tanked in the third quarter. Paychecks grew and the number of hours worked jumped, but workers’ output increased only at a moderate pace.Revisions to the data that were initially published a month ago show that the productivity drop was… Continue Reading…
December 6, 2021
“…Consumers who use natural gas as their primary heating fuel, about 47% of U.S. households, can expect to spend 30% more this winter as they did last year, according to government estimates. The estimated average bill of $746 factors in… Continue Reading…
December 2, 2021
“EDITOR’S NOTE: America prides itself on being the greatest in the world in so many areas. In 2021, we are once again among the top countries in the world in a major economic category. Unfortunately, that category is inflation. Yahoo!… Continue Reading…
December 2, 2021
“EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeremy Siegel, a professor at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, “told the assembled wealth managers at the Forbes/SHOOK Top Advisor Summit in Las Vegas that the current economic picture is unsustainable and projected 20% to… Continue Reading…
December 1, 2021
“Private hiring increased by 534,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 506,000 in a labor market that appears to be getting tighter. The total was a decline from the October growth of 570,000, which was revised lower… Continue Reading…
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