Following the latest Halving, Bitcoin’s inflation rate has officially become lower than Gold’s, making BTC the scarcest asset in history. Bitcoin Halving Results In Inflation Rate Dropping To Just 0.83% In its latest weekly report, the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode discussed the impact of the latest Halving on cryptocurrency. Halving is a periodic event on […]
Today, the Commerce Department released a snapshot of its growth report for the first quarter. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 1.6 percent, its slowest pace in nearly two years. Further, inflation rates have also risen dramatically. Many economists are describing this as “the worst of both worlds.” Economists polled by Reuters […]
As each day unfolds, analysts, economists, Wall Street institutions, and Fed watchers have increasingly postponed their forecasts for when the U.S. Federal Reserve will reduce the benchmark interest rate. Current data suggest that a rate cut in June is unlikely, with odds standing at 50-50 for a reduction in July. Financial Analysts Question Timing of […]
GDP will grow just 0.5 per cent in 2024, International Monetary Fund predicts. Analysts also found GDP of UK has largely been boosted by migrant workers. UK slipped into recession at end of last year but is now on its way to recovery
"Energy markets remain the key transmission mechanism from regional tension/conflict to the rest of the world economy."
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is alone in its perception that Nigeria’s surging inflation is fueled by excess liquidity. CBN has inauspiciously pushed the monetary policy rate (MPR), the nation’s benchmark lending rate to a record 24.75 per cent, while banks cash reserve ratio (CRR) stands menacingly at 45 per cent in a […]
Economic growth increased at a slower pace than economists had predicted in the first quarter, while President Biden continued to deliver a positive message about the economy. NBC News' Peter Alexander reports.
It's Not Rate Hikes That Are "Sparking An Economic Boom", It's The Fiscal Stimulus By Michael Every of Rabobank The Polybius Crisis Take a step back (in time), and see that our neoliberal, debt-addled, was-lower-for-longer global system is not just in a Polycrisis but a Polybius Crisis - referring to the ancient Greek historian. Polybius Methodology: Polybius was first to argue ‘consider your source’: today, media and markets still spout and swallow propaganda. He argues we can’t...
Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year. Consumers have had some relief as the rate of cost increases for food and energy, two key components of most budgets, has eased greatly. But auto insurance and car...
Concern about the rapidly rising U.S. government debt is partly behind recent surges in gold prices and bitcoin, even as the Treasury market so far remains relatively sanguine about the country’s fiscal path, market observers say. The U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.7 trillion in fiscal year 2023 and is on track to reach $2.6 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. U.S. government debt held by the public, meanwhile, is on pace to reach a record 106% of gross domestic...
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled policymakers will wait longer