There is a huge disparity in labor force participation among over 65-year-olds across different OECD countries. According to data from the organization, Japan and Korea are the places where those aged 65 and over are making up the biggest share of the …
Protests and strikes that have disrupted France for weeks are expected to grow more intense as the government yesterday decided to force through a controversial reform raising the minimum standard retirement age from 62 to 64. The change has been in th…
Was yesterday destined to be a failed breakout? Only the Shadow knows. Stay tuned to the latest episode of Return to the Scene of the Crime on your local Capital Stoolcasting Company radio station. The rest of us will know soon.
My guess would be…
This Friday, March 17, is World Sleep Day, an annual celebration that aims to raise awareness of the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. This year’s campaign tagline is “Sleep is essential for health.” According to a study by the American Colle…
We can also predict that the next round of instability will be more severe than the previous bout of instability.
Following this week’s release of GPT-4, OpenAI’s new multimodal model accepting image and text inputs rather than ChatGPT’s text-only prompts, people on social media have been marveling about the new engine’s results in performing a variety of tasks, s…
The ES 24 hour S&P futures looks ready to roll over as I write at 4:45 AM New York time. But being ready, and doing it are not one and the same. First, we need confirmation in the form of an hourly close below sport at 3889, accompanied by a downt…
The bloated body of Credit Suisse floated back to the surface this morning, throwing Europe into chaos. CS, by the way is a Primary Dealer, so this is a Fed problem too. I have pointed out through the years that only a minority, now 9 of the now 25 Fed…
Our faith in the wobbling world of hyper-financialization will soon be tested.
English football commentator Gary Lineker will be returning to the BBC’s landmark Match of the Day programme, after a weekend-long dispute with the news organization. Lineker was asked to step back from his role on Friday after he tweeted on his privat…