Since China supplies a sizable portion of the South Korean chip industry’s production capacity, the U.S.-China chip war may have an effect on these companies, but Fitch Ratings predicts no long-term difficulties. According to the June 7 article, Samsung Electronics… Read More ›
Geopolitics
China Again Falls Short, Fueling Speculation About Stimulus
The much anticipated trade statistics from China for May failed to arouse markets that have grown accustomed to the slowing growth of the world’s second-largest economy, but it did inspire fresh speculation about policy stimulus measures from Beijing. For the… Read More ›
Oil Continues To Lose As Concerns About A Slowing Economy Resurface
Oil sank for a second day on Wednesday as worries about the state of the world economy grew, wiping out price gains made when Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest supplier of crude, made a surprise commitment to further decrease output… Read More ›
UN Food Agency Announces Global Food Prices In May Was At Lowest In Two Years
May saw the lowest level in the past two years for the world price index reported by the UN food agency, as declines in the cost of dairy, cereals, and vegetable oils outpaced rises in the price of sugar and… Read More ›
Reuters, Bloomberg, And The Wall Street Journal Are Prohibited From Covering The Weekend Policy Meetings By OPEC
Reporters, Bloomberg, and sources with knowledge of the situation claimed on Friday that OPEC had refused media access to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal to cover oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend. The three media… Read More ›
May Witnessed A Record Trade Surplus For Brazil Thanks To Booming Exports
According to official figures released on Thursday, Brazil’s $11.4 billion trade surplus in May set a record for any single month since the data series’ inception in 1989. The amount above the $9 billion surplus predicted by economists in a… Read More ›
Biden Claims Congress Will Vote On The Final US Debt Ceiling Agreement Soon
The $31.4 trillion debt ceiling will be suspended until Jan. 1, 2025 thanks to a budget deal that U.S. President Joe Biden reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday. Biden declared the accord to be ready for a vote… Read More ›
US Commerce Secretary Says Washington Will Not Bow Down To Beijing’s Embargo On Micron Chips
According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the United States “won’t tolerate” China’s effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to confront such “economic coercion.” In the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework negotiations, which… Read More ›
US Debt Ceiling Cannot Be Raised Beyond June 5, Says US Treasury Secretary Yellen
The deadline for lifting the federal debt ceiling was established by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday. She stated that if Congress does not raise the $31.4 trillion debt cap by June 5, the nation will default. Yellen previously… Read More ›
Despite The Pinch Of Inflation, UK Consumers Increase Their Expenditure
Official figures that demonstrated modest damage from the spike in inflation showed that British consumers increased the pace of their spending last month and that sales volumes during the three months to April increased by the most since mid-2021. The… Read More ›