China’s Demographic Problem
We’ve covered the American demographic problem here in various posts on this blog but the United States isn’t the only country with a demographic problem. According to this article, China’s…
Wage Inflation Powers on in 2022
Goldman Sachs CEO had something interesting to say recently and if this firm is having trouble retaining people then what do you think that says about hiring across America? Goldman…
Worker Strikes Across America
While everyone is aware of the great resignation of 2021 very few are paying attention to the great worker strikes across America. Let’s take a tour of what’s happening now.…
Bad Batch of December Economic Data
The latest economic news releases show a bit of bad data for December, retail sales down however with store shelves emptying out and items hard to find, it isn’t really…
Food Shortages in 2022
Both CNN and CNBC are reporting on the depletion of food stocks at most grocery stores so we went out and took a look for ourselves and we can confirm…
Does This Look Like A Recession?
There is a highly anticipated Fed central rate bank coming in March or later so the conventional wisdom seems to be that it will “kill” the economy but looking at…
Feeding Frenzy For Industrial Real Estate
Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBRE is buying $4.9 billion of warehouse space from Hillwood. We are happy to see this transaction happy because it reaffirms our investment in…
Some Trucker Pay Up 40 Percent
For anyone who thinks that inflation is going away anytime soon, look no further than a recent article from FreightWaves.com by Todd Maiden that describes how Lawrence Freight is now…
Can Marijuana Bring Back Manufacturing to US?
An interesting study from the University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic University have suggested that embracing Marijuana more fully leads to higher job growth and economic potential. The findings…
South Korean Inflation
In earlier posts, we took a look at global inflation and inflation in Mexico to understand what the inflation dynamic is with the United States largest trading partners. South Korea…