As inflation remains at the highest level in more than 40 years, millions of Americans are facing financial hardship due to rising consumer prices. According to a survey conducted by Gallup in August, the majority of U.S. adults now say that price incr…
While the hotter-than-expected inflation reading for August is a major setback in America’s fight against surging prices, it came at a time when optimism was slowly building among Americans. According to the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, a mo…
Despite a 10.6 percent drop in gasoline prices, inflation showed little signs of cooling in August, as prices rose 0.1 percent compared to July and 8.3 percent compared to August 2021. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, increases in prices fo…
Next week is going to be big (and will drive the Fed decision in the week that follows):
Can money really buy happiness? In this chart, we compare most of the world’s countries to examine the relationship between wealth and happiness.
GDP Growth Annualized In the Euro Area increased to 0.80 percent in the second quarter of 2022 from 0.70 percent in the first quarter of 2022. GDP Growth Annualized in the Euro Area averaged 0.38 percent from 1995 until 2022, reaching an all time high …
Any city whose lifeblood ultimately depends on hyper-globalization and hyper-financializationwill no longer be viable.
Global “Risk Off” gathers momentum by the week. Crisis Dynamics fester, as global central banks coalesce around a united front for battling inflation. The reality that central bankers will aggressively hike rates until something breaks has begun to s…
From rising inflation to food insecurity, we show why energy price shocks have far-reaching effects on the global economy.
Originally posted at Capitalstool. As for the yellow relic, I just hope that what’s going on on this chart for the past 2 1/2 years…