October 10, 2022
“EDITOR’S NOTE: We saw what happened to the world’s major currencies when the Federal Reserve took a more aggressive stance on rate hikes: they tumbled. Even legendary hedge fund manager, Ray Dalio, whose mantra was “cash is trash” no longer believes that… Continue Reading…
September 22, 2022
“…Since Sept. 15, the date the merge was completed, to Tuesday, ether is down 15.2%. Bitcoin has dropped 4.4% in the same period. Ahead of the network upgrade, the price of ether roughly doubled from the lows of the year in… Continue Reading…
September 15, 2022
“…Clothing prices rose 109% from a year earlier, while food costs increased by 80%. Worse may be to come, since the government raised regulated utility prices in September, which will have a knock on effect in several sectors… Central bank… Continue Reading…
September 14, 2022
“…The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan rose above 6% for the first time since 2008 and is now more than double the level it was one year ago, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on… Continue Reading…
September 13, 2022
“…The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in August reflected an 8.3% increase over last year and a 0.1% increase over the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. Economists had expected prices to rise 8.1% over last year and fall 0.1%… Continue Reading…
August 15, 2022
“China’s economic slowdown deepened in July due to a worsening property slump and continued coronavirus lockdowns, with an unexpected cut in interest rates unlikely to turn things around while those twin drags remain. Retail sales, industrial output and investment all… Continue Reading…
June 22, 2022
“Canadian consumer prices increased in May at rates not seen since January 1983, surging past analyst forecasts, largely driven by pricey gasoline, official data showed on Wednesday, upping the pressure on the central bank to hike rates “more forcefully” Canada’s… Continue Reading…
June 15, 2022
“Mortgage rates jumped sharply this week, as fears of a potentially more aggressive rate hike from the Federal Reserve upset financial markets. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rose 10 basis points to 6.28% Tuesday, according to Mortgage News Daily. That… Continue Reading…
May 6, 2022
“A sharp sell-off left the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 1,000 points lower Thursday, wiping out the gains from Wall Street’s biggest rally in two years, as worries grow that the higher interest rates the Federal Reserve is using… Continue Reading…
May 6, 2022
“Non-farm payrolls added 428,000 jobs in April, in line with the the consensus estimate of around 400,000, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. The number of employed people fell to 158,105,000, a decrease of 353,000 from… Continue Reading…
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