The Dutch economy is strong and resilient, but not everyone in the Netherlands experiences it that way and many people are struggling financially, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said on Thursday, at the publication of the bank’s annual report From a macroeconomic perspective, the Dutch economy is doing “quite well”, Knot said. “Despite continued sluggish economic growth, the economy is still running above capacity and we have not entered a deep recession despite the pandemic and high...
China's economy is ending the first quarter on a "strong" note, according to a business survey published by the China Beige Book on Thursday.
With opening day approaching, the timing couldn't be worse.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who has served in the Senate since early 2006, announced in a video message that he will not file to run in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in the Garden State this year, but indicated he is "hopeful" that he will be exonerated this summer and then be able to run in the general election as an "independent Democrat."In the video, Menendez, who has been accused of accepting bribes, claimed that he is innocent of the accusations against him. "All I can...
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims dipped by 2,000 to 210,000.
“Perceptions are more important than reality,” said Marc Hetherington at UNC Chapel Hill. “People vote on their perceptions, not on the the actual data itself.”
Sir Keir Starmer vowed last year that he would transform the UK into the fastest growing economy in the G7 by the end of Labour's first term in office.
Kate (pictured) being sat alone on a bench to reveal she had cancer showed 'her as a strong woman sharing an innately strong message to the nation' and 'she didn't need anyone sitting next to her'.
Part of the Democratic strategy on abortion is to paint Republicans as unsympathetic to the plight of pregnant women. Eva Burch, a Democrat in the Arizona state Senate, is keen to do that with her own story. Last week, Burch spoke on the floor of the state Senate about her fertility journey. Although she has two children, she […]
Our Economy And Politics Are Broken Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Awakening from the dream of painless financial / political solutions, we find the status quo is not the solution, it is the source of our decay. Our situation as a society is akin to awakening from a dream of loved ones to the realization that they passed away long ago. Our economy and politics are broken, yet we continue dreaming that they are functional. Let's start with politics. American...
At the rate growth dipped from 2022 to 2023, 8% growth is a moonshot. This is peak delulu. If we settle at 5.6% from now on, we will never ever get back to the pre-pandemic trajectory.