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Economy

“Food prices jump 20.7% yr/yr to hit record high in Feb, U.N. agency says”

“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…

Real Estate

“January home sales jump 6.7% despite a record low supply”

“Sales of previously owned homes in January rose 6.7% from December to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.5 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. That exceeded Wall Street expectations significantly. Sales were 2.3% lower compared with… Continue Reading…

Precious Metals

“Global Silver Demand Expected To Rise To A Record Amount In 2022”

“EDITOR’S NOTE: Good news for silver bulls. The Silver Institute is expecting fabrication, jewelry, and silverware usage to rise significantly in 2022. The industrial component represents a significant expansion in consumption as EV production gets underway. If EV and other green… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. Trade Gap Swells to Record in 2021 on Surge in Imports”

“…The annual shortfall in goods and services increased for a second straight year, widening 26.9% to $859.1 billion, Commerce Department data showed Tuesday. The December gap grew to $80.7 billion from the prior month. That compares with the median estimate… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“A record low number of consumers say now is a good time to buy a home”

“…A monthly survey from Fannie Mae showed home purchase sentiment in January fell to its lowest level since May 2020, at the start of the pandemic. Weaker affordability is clearly the problem.   Just one quarter of respondents said now… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Billionaires Dumping Stocks at Record Pace”

“Billionaires are cashing out of stocks at a record pace right now. The disturbing reason behind this move could soon accelerate the market’s downturn. Tech stocks are already off to their worst start since 2008… The wealthiest Americans have recently sold… Continue Reading…

Business

“Microsoft sets record for biggest tech deal ever, topping Dell-EMC merger in 2016”

“On Tuesday, Microsoft said it’s buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion, a price that would narrowly eclipse the richest U.S. tech deal in history. In 2016, Dell purchased EMC for $67 billion. The JDS-SDL deal comes next, followed by IBM’s $34 billion… Continue Reading…

Economy

“$1,051,873,000,000: Record Federal Tax Collections Top $1 Trillion in 3 Months”

“Total federal tax collections in the first three months of fiscal 2022—October through December—set a record as they topped $1 trillion, hitting $1,051,873,000,000, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today. Prior to this year, the most the federal government had… Continue Reading…

Economy

“A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November”

“A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.This pushed the quits rate to 3%, matching the high from September.Workers particularly quit their jobs in the hospitality industry, which had by far… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Dow rises for a second day to new record, broader market weighed down by tech losses”

“The Dow Jones Industrial average rose for a second day to start 2022 as investors bet on the kinds of stocks that would benefit from a robust economy this year despite the omicron threat. Losses in tech shares that were… Continue Reading…