Half eaten kebabs, a broken high heel, a puddle of sick in a shop doorway – typical remnants of a Saturday night out in the city. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) though, measure a much less visible indicator of a ci…
While the death toll from the coronavirus in the United States was back on May levels in August, deaths counts have only recently began to grow again in Europe. Detected COVID-19 infections have been increasing in numbers on the continent for a while, …
Despite the expiration of the weekly supplement to unemployment benefits at the end of July, U.S. consumer spending continued to bounce back in September. According to preliminary estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau, seasonally adjusted retai…
Usually reserved for the iPhone, Apple’s September event was all about the company’s hidden champions this year. Aside from the latest Apple Watch, Tuesday’s pre-taped event also included the official unveiling of a re-designed iPad Air, the mid-range …
As figures from the Office for National Statistics show, government borrowing has exploded in 2020 as the finiancial toll of dealing with the coronavirus takes hold. Up until the pandemic really hit the country in the spring, cumulative public sector n…
Following a surge in new housing starts to end 2019, the global COVID-19 pandemic reached the private housing construction industry in the U.S. and caused a record-low number of new projects in the country. After five straight months of growth, however…
Following an unprecedented plunge in April and a sharp rebound in May and June, U.S. retail sales continued to recover from the historic slump brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter. According to advance estimates released by the U…
Coal production and consumption continue to fall across the globe, with 2020 following the trend of growth in alternative and renewable energies. The reduction in coal consumption is clear in the U.S., with data showing how natural gas has quickly repl…
The Chinese economy continued its recovery in the third quarter of 2020, albeit at a slower pace than many had predicted. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the country’s GDP grew by 4.9 percent year-over-year in the three months …
Along with tourism, there aren’t many parts of the economy which have been harder hit by the pandemic than the performing arts. Underscoring the devastating blow to the industry, data from a collaboration between TRG Arts and Purple Seven based on 80 v…
