Labor Shortages: Spain Approach vs UK Approach
We write a great deal about labor shortages in the United States but the problem isn’t unique to the US. The labor shortages in the UK are beginning to become…
October 2022 – US Top Trading Partner Inflation Check
Most of the inflation data is in except Japan which is usually consistent at three percent so we updated our top trading partner inflation charts sans Japan inflation. As you…
London Has Fallen, Paris Has Risen
We came across an interesting article from The Independent which states that Paris is now Europe’s largest stock exchange. London has fallen from first place. Britain has lost its position…
Update on Germany’s Demographic Problem
Back in January we wrote Germany’s Demographic Problem and reported on how Germany was attempting to attract 400,000 workers so how’s it going? Bloomberg reports that Germany’s problems continue to…
$9 Trillion Wiped From US Stock Market
CNBC had an eye catching headline, “Stock market losses wipe out $9 trillion from Americans’ wealth” and we encourage you to read the article. Essentially since the market’s highs, many…
American Migrations, Labor and Food Shortages
Apologies for not posting recently but rest assured we are knee deep in research on a variety of topics including the latest census data that shows migrations within the United…
Russia’s Top Trading Partners
We often write about America’s top trading partners and generally focus on the top partners that account for 80% of trade but we were curious about who were Russia’s big…
US Top Trading Partner Inflation 4.3 Percent, Trending Up
We wrote about US inflation topping out at a whopping 7.5 percent last week so we were curious about inflation with the U.S. top trading partners and the math came…
Palm Oil & Malaysia’s Labor Problem
We’ve discussed demographics problems in the US, China, and Germany but the aging demographic problem isn’t limited to those countries. Finance Yahoo had a great article from Bloomberg on the…
Germany’s Demographic Problem
A very good article from Reuters via Yahoo Finance about Germany’s ongoing demographic problem worthy of a read in its entirety. Germany’s new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified…