March 22, 2022
“ EDITOR’S NOTE: Signs of inflation were beginning to appear in 2020, long before the CPI had even breached the 2% target level. Yet, hardly anybody considered inflation a real threat. Fast forward to today, three critical recessionary signs are flashing… Continue Reading…
March 16, 2022
“Growth in U.S. retail sales slowed in February after surging a month earlier, suggesting that consumers tempered their spending in some categories as inflation limited purchasing power. The value of overall retail purchases increased 0.3 per cent, after an upwardly… Continue Reading…
March 7, 2022
“World food prices hit a record high in February, led by a surge in vegetable oils and dairy products, to post a 20.7% increase year-on-year, the U.N. food agency said on Friday…FAO said its vegetable oils index rose 8.5% month-on-month… Continue Reading…
December 29, 2021
“The U.S. trade deficit in goods mushroomed to a record in November as imports surged and exports slipped. The goods trade deficit widened last month by 17.5% to $97.8 billion from $83.2 billion in October, the Commerce Department said on… Continue Reading…
December 16, 2021
“U.S. stocks rose slightly in early trading Thursday trading the Federal Reserve signaled it would be aggressive on tapering and sees three interest rate hikes in 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 137 points. The S&P 500 was flat and within… Continue Reading…
December 3, 2021
“ Nonfarm payrolls increased by 210,000 in November, following a gain of 546,000 the previous month. The number was well below Wall Street expectations of 573,000. Despite the big hiring miss, the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, a 0.4% percentage… Continue Reading…
November 11, 2021
“EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press reports that “the U.S. trade deficit hit an all-time high of $80.9 billion in September as American exports fell sharply while imports, even with supply chain problems at American ports, continue to climb.” This September… Continue Reading…
November 3, 2021
“EDITOR’S NOTE: A recently released Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report on price hikes shows that “a record 50.5 percent of manufacturers had raised prices on their finished goods in October, while just 0.7 percent cut prices,” according to Breitbart.… Continue Reading…
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