Crop prices are rising in the U.S., in large part due to an increased international demand led by top buyer China. New data shows how crops like wheat, soybeans and corn have all seen significant gains in price over the last three months. According to …
While the majority of the 2020 election process may be over, a pivotal runoff election in Georgia will decide which party controls the last two open seats in the Senate. Republicans are favored to retain their control, with Democrats needing to capture…
Japanese GDP contracted by 28.8 percent in Q2 of 2020 at an annualized rate, the biggest decline on record, before bouncing back 21.4 percent quarter-on-quarter in Q3. Despite the high growth rate, our graphic shows how far Japanese national accounts a…
If Netflix is one of the companies better suited to thriving within or despite the special circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is certainly at the other end of that spectrum. With theme parks and resorts closed, cruises suspended, an…
After a turbulent week that saw the U.S. presidential election overshadow the coronavirus pandemic for a couple of days, the grim reality is setting in once again. Less than ten days after surpassing 100,000 daily new cases for the first time on electi…
COVID-19 cases are once again skyrocketing across the U.S., this time reaching record-highs of over 140,000 total cases a day. Many states are reporting record-highs in average daily cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations, and data shows how this…
In 2014, the WHO annual measles update was titled “Measles deaths reach record lows with fragile gains toward global elimination.” It’s safe to say that these headlines are a thing of the past since the organization had much worse news this time around…
Airbnb has once again delayed its long-awaited IPO filing for it not to be overshadowed by the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. election. The market-leading short-term rental company was originally planning to go public this spring, only to see its pla…
UK monthly GDP continues to recover after having experienced the biggest dip on record in April when the measure was down 19.5 percent compared with March. Between August and September, GDP in the UK rose for the fifth consecutive month but the pace ha…
The U.S. has experienced a soaring rate of coronavirus infections in recent weeks with the number of new cases surpassing 140,000 on Wednesday, an all-time high. Earlier this week, the number of Americans in hospital with Covid-19 topped 60,000 for the…
