The metal shortage is now compounded by an extreme shortage of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a resin compound that is the “secret sauce” to the highly durable coatings that we and our competitors use. PVDF is known for its fade and chalk-resistant properties that ...
Inflation also inflates nominal GDP (not adjusted for inflation). Nominal GDP in Q4 was up by 5.7% from a year earlier. Inflation inflates wages and salaries. Average hourly earnings at the end of 2023 were up by 4.5% from a year earlier. ...
has a deficit in its curren An economic condition in which a trade deficit causes a permanent negative shift in a country's balance of payments is called: A) revaluation B) managed float system C) the ...
This US production chart is updated to April and tentatively extended to May and shows the continuous slow decline in oil output from US oil fields from November 2019 to March 2020 and then the sharp acceleration in April and May. Since the current EIA data is two months delayed, April is ...
It will do so as both domestic and foreign bond holders will question whether the government will try to inflate its way out of its debt problem. That in turn must be expected to bring the return of inflation and high interest rates. Along with its unsustainable public debt position,...
The S&P 500 for its part has recovered the entirety of a 23-point decline and then some in a move that is no doubt prompting some short-covering activity. The Dow, meanwhile, has rallied all the way back from a 212-point deficit while the Nasdaq has said good-bye to a 53-point loss...
The only export “asset” holding up the US/China trade deficit is crude oil but those numbers might be dropping. China is pulling back from US treasuries, (will they continue to stock their oil reserves and take T bonds in currency reserve?)...
The composition of the CHF 160 billion plunge in its holdings is a mix of market prices, asset sales, and exchange rates of the CHF to the currencies involved. The SNB’s US stock holdings. From the SNB’s filings of Form 13F with the SEC, we can ...
Dec 07: -2.0% Dec 06: -1.6% Dec 05: -4.9% But no, the index doesn’t include Goldman Sachs – which is big in other ways but not as a bank, and which has skidded 35% from its all-time peak in February. The index has now dropped 22.5% since the post-financial crisis peak on...