September 6, 2021
I was looking through the news and seen some what of a trend. “Japanese automakers’ China car sales tumbled in August” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-automakers-china-car-sales-083033156.html “Ford’s U.S. sales decline 33% in August as chip shortage devastates auto industry” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/fords-us-sales-fall-33percent-as-chip-shortage-devastates-auto-industry.html “Russia’s August auto sales… Continue Reading…
September 2, 2021
“Initial filings for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest levels since March 2020 in another sign that the labor market is gradually improving from the Covid-19 era, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time jobless claims totaled 340,000 for… Continue Reading…
August 31, 2021
“…Congress authorized a historic expansion of the country’s safety net for jobless individuals in March 2020 to manage the fallout of the Covid-fueled economic downturn. Lawmakers twice extended those temporary expansions, which increased the number of people eligible for unemployment… Continue Reading…
August 30, 2021
“…Stocks gained in the past week, surging again to new highs Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The chairman acknowledged that Fed officials expect to taper back their $120 billion a month bond-buying program this year, a… Continue Reading…
July 5, 2021
“The U.S. created 850,000 new jobs in June. Great. Yet 9 million people who likely would be working right now had there been no pandemic are still sitting at home. The economy would recover a lot faster if they were… Continue Reading…
June 23, 2021
“House prices have set records in the US and parts of Europe as vast fiscal and monetary stimulus help residential property markets to continue shrugging off the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The median price for US existing houses rose… Continue Reading…
June 21, 2021
“Oil could hit $100 per barrel next year as demand outstrips supply, according to Bank of America. The firm identified three factors on both the demand and supply side that should support prices into 2022. Analysts led by Francisco Blanch… Continue Reading…
June 9, 2021
“Job openings, a measure of labor demand, increased by 998,000 to 9.3 million on the last day of April, the highest level since the series began in December 2000. Vacancies rose in all four regions and were spread across nearly… Continue Reading…
June 3, 2021
“…The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended May 29: 385,000 vs. 387,000 expected… Continue Reading…
May 18, 2021
“The U.S. economy is trying to restart its engine after tumbling into its deepest recession in generations, but a variety of supply chain constraints are threatening the country’s rebound. The country faces major shortages in everything from labor to semiconductors,… Continue Reading…
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