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997 days ago

Is positive business sentiment going to linger?

Right now, business sentiment is brightest it's been in seven years however downshifts has been felt across China, India and Russia. Global hiring intentions are also at a high point for many nations resurging from the pandemic and with all of this, the downside, inflation expectations, have hit a new record as raw material and staff costs soar. 

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997 days ago

Will Dollar stores make it out of an inflationary period?

Keeping your price point at $1 to suit your company's $1 dollar policy is challenging for many reasons. Costs are going up and profits are shrinking on the Dollar Tree side of the business. Between tariffs, the pandemic, and rising shipping costs, the dollar shop has had a hard time. Shipping costs rising is probably the most difficult incident for the company to deal with but strategic locations, leasing stores, paying low wages via part time work, and scaling might save them. 

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1001 days ago

We have rarely seen so many bulls on the market

The 52-week moving average of bulls in investors intelligence survey shows the highest level of bulls in the market since 1976. What we ought to note is that at this time, the peak was followed by a 14 month 20% correction. Not great to say the least.

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We have rarely seen so many bulls on the market

1001 days ago

ECB's balance sheet on its way to reach €8 trillion

The ECB's balance sheet is on course to reach a total of €8 trillion. Total assets rose by €30.7 billion to hit a new all-time high of €7.907 billion. The balance sheet is now equal to 75.3% of the Eurozone's GDP, and keeps on rising under the hand of Christine Lagarde. 

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ECB's balance sheet on its way to reach €8 trillion

1003 days ago

Euro-economy: not all countries are equal

Since joining the Euro, Italy has experienced next to no growth with a shy 2.62%, while Spain managed to increase its output by 35% since the beginning of 1999. Germany managed to increase it's econ output by 26% and France by 29%.

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Euro-economy: not all countries are equal
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