China demand worries also continued to weigh on prices as recent data pointed to a struggling economy and slowing oil demand from refiners. "Demand in China remains weak and the expected second-half rebound has yet to show credible signs of commencing," Amarpreet Singh, an a...
line with long-term fiscal sustainability (see April 2024 Fiscal Monitor). This raises short-term risks to the disinflation process, as well as longer-term fiscal and financial stability risks for the global economy since it risks pushing up global funding costs. Something will have to give....
The share of USD-denominated foreign exchange reserves dipped to 59.2%, according to the IMF’s COFER data released on December 31 for Q3 2023. For the past 20 years, the USD’s share has been on a slow downward trend, with other currencies nibbling at it from ...
Although the amount of main state television stations have expanded over the past 10 years, in the years 200-2001, the state channels averaged about 1.9 percent compared to 5.9% for 2009-2010(Television in Venezuela pg 5). These statistics show that the Chavez government does not have ...
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Here are a few more Bloomberg screenshots. And yes, gold has done well vs the USD in, say, the past two years, no doubt. But gold has pretty much followed the exact same pattern vs the euro: Silver has done even better, more recently, vs the USD, though compared to where it was ...
ByWolf RichterforWOLF STREET. Services that are being bought by consumers, businesses, and governments account for nearly two-thirds of the US economy. But four huge sectors totally dominate. They have seen explosive growth over the past few years; three of them by over 30% since 2019. These...
Graph theory-based network analysis of regional uncertainties of the US EconomyUncertainty spilloverMacroeconomic uncertaintyUS statesBayesian graphical structural VARWe study the transmission mechanism of time-varying macroeconomic uncertainty across the US states. We analyse the contemporaneous and temporal ...
The US e-commerce market has evolved over the past decade. Retail e-commerce sales in the United States are projected to grow rapidly in the coming years, going from USD 470 billion in 2021 to over USD 560 billion in 2025. Customer satisfaction with online retail in the United Stat...
Kosares (with 25 years experience in the field) emphasizes the asset preservation qualities of gold at a time when investor uncertainty about the economy has led many to seek asset diversification. The ABCs Of Gold Investing covers a range of topics, from understanding gold's role in combatting...