The fifty-third annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) brought together fifty-two world leaders, seventeen hundred corporate executives, sundry artists, and other personalities to address “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.” Fragmentation is the nemesis of the World Economic Forum ...
The Federal Reserve has yet to get price increases anywhere near its own arbitrary 2-percent goal, but a mild slowing in growth rates has Biden claiming that price inflation is “falling.” Original Article: “Real Wages Fall for the Twenty-First Month as ...
After a 50% decline, you need to make a 100% return to break even. That is precisely what happened to the communication services sector. In August 2021, XLC peaked at 85 and, from that point onward, started a disastrous decline, ...
On the dedication page of Ron Paul’s The Revolution: A Manifesto, we find these words: “To my supporters: I have never been more humbled and honored than by your selfless devotion to freedom and the Constitution.” The modifier “selfless” is ...
No matter the historical era, governments have excelled at one thing: debasing their own currency. Rome was no exception, as Roman government excesses required inflation—lots of inflation. Original Article: “Rome’s Runaway Inflation: Currency Devaluation in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries” This ...
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released new Producer Price Index (PPI) data on Wednesday, and it looks like the rate of increase in price inflation is slowing. Nonetheless, year-over-year price inflation in December remained near 40-year highs, and shows the marketplace ...
New data has revealed one in five UK employees are sitting for more than eight hours each day, contributing to the decline in physical or mental health experienced by 79% of employees in the past year. The findings place UK ...
VIENNA — The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced, but the Ukraine war has probably now caused a new surge, a U.N. ...
SEOUL — South Korea plans to scrap a number of regulations in the local stock market within this year to make investment easier for foreign investors, its financial regulator said on Tuesday, in an effort to bring in more money ...
CREDIT CARDS with rewards are rewarding only for those who know how to profit from the system, according to a paper released by the Federal Reserve. Consumers with higher credit scores benefit the most because they tend to spend more ...