Category: Economy

Original Article By Ian Hanchett At Breitbart.com:

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and the Harvard Kennedy School Jason Furman, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama and on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton dismissed arguments that corporate greed is the cause of inflation and argued that companies always try to maximize their profits and didn’t just start deciding to do so in the past couple years, and the real culprit was demand spiking.

Original Article By TheCounterSignal.com:

The WEF has announced that $104 billion was syphoned out of the pockets of taxpayers globally via carbon taxes last year to pay for environmental schemes.

In an article, the WEF brags that this is a new record and that carbon taxes and emissions trading systems now account for 24% of the world’s emissions, up from 7% in 2013.

Original Article By Noi Mahoney At FreightWaves.com:

Layoffs continue across the freight and logistics industry, with companies in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Texas announcing job reductions and facility closures over the past two weeks.

Original Article By Tilly Armstrong At DailyMail.co.uk:

Nearly one in five homes sold in San Francisco have sold at a loss in recent months – way above the national rate. 

Murders, robberies, burglaries and widespread public drug use are forcing residents to flee the city – and putting off people from moving to what was once the hottest US property market.

The 17.8 percent of San Franciscans losing money on their home sale in the three months to the end of February is close to the highest level in a decade. And it is four times the national average of 4.3 percent.

Following yesterday’s false start, it appears the SEC has now officially approved a spot Bitcoin ETF… and screwed-up the release AGAIN!

In Jan. 10 letters filed with the SEC, Cboe said it had approved spot BTC ETF offerings from ARK 21Shares, Invesco Galaxy, Fidelity, VanEck, WisdomTree and Franklin Templeton. The deadline for final approval or denial of the spot Bitcoin ETF from ARK 21Shares is Jan. 10, leading to speculation that the SEC may approve multiple offerings from asset managers simultaneously.

A new dating trend has been popping up, where men send money requests to women after they decline a second date. Some even express they’d like their date’s share of the bill back since they didn’t get a return on their “investment.”

A psychotherapist cited by CNBC pointed out that this new trend could be partially due to the skyrocketing cost of living. A first date costs an average of $77 according to LendingTree — a high price to pay in a time of wage stagnation and inflation.

But maybe it’s to be expected — changing economic realities create new rules around money and dating. Here’s what you need to know if you’re still playing the field.

“Taking aim at the nation’s housing crisis, the White House kicked off a multiagency push on Friday to help real-estate developers convert more office buildings emptied by the pandemic into affordable housing.”

With enough subsidies, developers will try nearly anything. Then when the projects fail, the developers ask for more money.