The Bank of Japan minutes are from the meeting of September 21 and 22. This meeting was a bit of a non-event, no change to policy: The BOJ’s ‘Summary of Opinions’ of meetings precede the Minutes by many weeks. This of the summary as sort of a Minutes ‘Lite’, they do give us some of […]
When broader markets drop on some bit of general news and take down the price of stocks for no apparent reason, some investors jump at the opportunity it creates and buy a discounted stock they’ve been watching. It can often pay to be a little greedy when others are acting fearful. But a sharp stock-price […]
Canada and the United States have historically walked similar economic paths. The coming years, though, may see them take quite different journeys. Investors should keep this in mind when planning their portfolios. We often hear that Canadian stocks are far cheaper than U.S. ones. That is true if you focus only on price-to-earnings ratios. Canadian […]
China’s deflationary pressures just aren’t going away, underscoring the fragility of the economic recovery as 2023 enters the home stretch. Forecasts suggest a wide-ranging slowdown in the Asian economy including in its credit growth and trade. (Bloomberg) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Data due Thursday will likely show Chinese consumer prices slid back into deflation in […]
Elon Musk at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory in 2019. STR/AFP via Getty Images After a dynamic post-pandemic recovery at the start of the year, China’s economic growth started to lose steam in the April-June quarter. Export, once a consistent growth driver, is now struggling. On the domestic side, ongoing real estate market problems dampen investments, while […]
U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D, W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R, W.Va., did an important thing this week as they talked about the potential for the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub in West Virginia. They were optimistic, but avoided “This is a done deal that will immediately put our state’s economy on a rocket ship […]
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Investing.com — U.S. job growth is seen slowing sharply in October, possibly boosting expectations that the Federal Reserve may hold off on any further interest rate hikes this year. Economists estimate that the closely-watched nonfarm payrolls report from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics will show that employers in the world’s largest economy added 180,000 […]
Combined photo shows U.S. climate envoy John Kerry (Left) (Getty/Kyodo) and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua. (Kyodo) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will travel to California this weekend to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua, the State Department said Thursday, about […]
Omaha, Nebraska — Iowa’s economy saw a slight gain during October, while the Midwestern economy dipped, according to the monthly survey of business leaders and supply managers across the nine-state region. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the Business Conditions Index, a leading […]
