Inflation May Spur Revaluing Of Yuan.The article reports on the decision of China not to revalue its currency, the yuan due to the perceived impact of which on the economy.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionBATSONANDREW
Figure 2: Europe, inflation-adjusted investment volume by sector (EUR billion) Source: MSCI; UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM), March 2024. This graph illustrates how total annual commercial transaction volume in Europe amounted to EUR 95.7...
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage The latest Freddie Mac Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 6.39%. Here is a long look back, courtesy of a FRED graph, of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average, which began in April of 1971. Now let’s see the 10-yea...
2023. Meanwhile, Japan is on a completely different track due to its reviving nominal growth. Its negative interest rate policy ended in March 2024 and the overnight call rate was raised, for the first time since 2007, by 10bps. However, the Bank of Japan’s tone re...
graph below illustrates that contributions to S&P 500 earnings growth was quite skewed toward the Magnificent 7 in 2023 and early 2024, but there is significant catch-up in contribution from the other sectors and non-Mag 7 as we move through the year and on into 2025. No...
Environmental variables with variance inflation factors >10 were removed to ensure the absence of multicollinearity among environmental variables. Constrained correspondence analysis (CCA) of beta diversity with environmental variables was undertaken to investigate community distribution. VPA, Mantel test, and ...
(compound growth rate) 10,5% after 20 years. In an economy the size of Italy, many millions of people are not available to do necessary work in care, education and the like. Compare productivity growth in Poland and the USA between 2000 and 2023 with productivity growth in the other ...
(I–IV on graph): I: The first explosive phase, 14–18 April; II: Low-discharge mainly effusive phase, 18 April–4 May; III: Second explosive phase, 5–17 May; IV: Declining phase, 18–22 May. (a) Six hourly mean and maximum values of plume altitude based on weather radar in ...
The inflation numbers are fine. How does non-fossil fuel energy become cheaper when some of the material inputs increase in price? By means of technological progress and we have the historical data showing that wind and solar power have become cheaper over time. Also note that it is the ...
Quite logically, the ECB decided to keep interest rates unchanged at its last meeting, citing a lack of significant progress in the fight against inflation, while ruling out the possibility of an interest rate hike in the future, a statement that was very popular with investors. ...