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These hard data weeks are always one of the best since it gives a broad read on the economy – giving our most timely read on demand, production, housing, and employment. Instead of focusing on the wiggles (which can be jerked around by SA), more useful to look at y/y & levels. — Bob Elliott …
Lab-grown “UnReal Milk” is being developed by Brown Foods using mammalian cells in bioreactors. It’s marketed as environmentally friendly despite lacking comprehensive safety testing Other companies like Perfect Day are creating synthetic dairy alternatives that also lack long-term safety data while making questionable environmental claims Raw milk from grass fed cows contains essential nutrients like …
Someone explain how this is not a National Security Threat and Health Crisis – 60% of all pork is produced by 1 company in the US and that is 100% owned by the Chinese – 4 companies control over 80% of the meat industry in the United states – More than 10,000 different additives are …
It all started in a small apartment in Poland where founder Tomasz Patan built the first prototype of Jetson. This idea and vision of realizing everyone’s dream of flight attracted talents from all over the world who took on the challenge of redefining air mobility and creating something so exciting and revolutionary. Today the incredible …
US President Donald Trump has invoked emergency powers to expand domestic production of critical minerals as he tries to reduce US reliance on imports from countries like China. The executive order, which uses cold war era legislation, instructs government agencies, including the defence department, to prioritise mining projects as well as providing technical and financial …
-President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products starting April 2. It’s his latest threat to impose trade barriers on imported goods. -The president also announced Monday that 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico will begin Tuesday. -An additional 10% levy on China will also be imposed. Full …
SHOT and CHASER. Joy Behar falsely claimed on the View today that Elon Musk supported apartheid in South Africa. Later in the show, she attempted to walk back her comments admitting that she didn’t know if they were true and said “don’t be suing me, okay, Elon?” 🚨 SHOT and CHASER. Joy Behar falsely claimed …
To make America great again one thing we need to do is transition from an income-based tax system to a consumption-based tax system. Tariffs tax consumption. Since you get less of what you tax, tariffs reduce consumption. So, in the short run that means a severe U.S. recession. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) February 3, 2025 …
Mining stocks: 10+ years of bleeding out. "The longer the base, the higher in space." The breakout will be epic. pic.twitter.com/yIR1lMl3DJ — GoldSilver HQ (@GoldSilverHQ) January 4, 2025 Silver could make a quick run towards $38 by late February or early March then pullback and then start a long anticipated run towards all-time high… pic.twitter.com/KvvzwuIs8d …
President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some US coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections during his final weeks in the White House. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-02/biden-to-block-more-offshore-oil-drilling-before-trump-arrives
The local industry is struggling to fill the void left by the Western car manufacturers. Therefore, in a land where emissions restrictions are close to zero, there is one carmaker that is trying to look environmentally conscious. And that is Avtotor, which has been revealed as the country’s first electric car by Moscow’s Polytechnic University, …
China has transformed itself from a minor player in the auto industry two decades ago to the world leader in car production and exports, particularly in electric vehicles (EVs), the New York Times reported late last month. But the trend of China’s impact on the global auto market has been best characterized by this chart, …
DECLINE IS A CHOICE: Thyssenkrupp to cut 11,000 jobs at steel division in major corporate shakeup. Germany’s largest steelmaker, a division of Thyssenkrupp AG, is under pressure from cheaper Asian competitors, high power prices and a weakening global economy, leading to operating losses in four of the past five years. Under the restructuring, Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe …
Putin says he will fire MORE of Russia’s new hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine and has already begun mass production of the nuclear-capable weapon Vladimir Putin has said he will fire more of Russia’s new hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine. The Russian president added that his country has already begun mass production of …
ABSTRACT: We examine the role of metals as economic inputs by using a production network model, calibrated for various countries using input-output (I-O) tables. Empirically, we employ local projections to study how metal shocks influence inflation, testing country-level heterogeneity in the sensitivity to these shocks. Our findings indicate that metals price shocks have significant and …
Trump Pledges To End Electric Car Subsidies And Promote The US Auto Industry Back To Worldwide Dominance Check Out Our Live Stream Here: https://t.co/d9KUv23ouI pic.twitter.com/Jzo3RXjene — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) November 13, 2024 Trump Pledges To Bring Back Production Of Critical Medicines Back To The United States Ending The Frequent Shortages Seen Under The Biden Administration. …
When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state legislature, and her husband, Malcolm, were privately asked last year about their ideas for the model “pronatalist” city-state, they sensed an opportunity. With their own YouTube channel, online education platform and foundation, the couple are among the most high-profile and outspoken proponents of …
Lost in the payroll mess, the ISM (manu) dropped to fifteen-month low not far off it. Worst part of it is how employment has dropped off during the summer, more evidence aligning with payrolls, hiring, layoffs, nominal incomes, etc. Firms have been cutting back production, trimming hours, reducing headcounts, and backlogs are still declining at …
This may end up being the final straw for what’s left of the global economy. With more highly negative signals from copper, gold, oil and swaps, even bond spreads here, we’re getting more impressions that the part rolling recession is now rolling right on into the full thing. If this one goes, that’s usually it. …
by Mike Shedlock Industrial production declined 0.3 percent in September. Negative revisions lopped off another 0.5 percent. The Bloomberg consensus was a decline of 0.1 percent. Factoring in negative and positive revisions the decline was about 0.5 percent. Blame the Hurricanes The Fed blames the hurricanes in its September Industrial Production Report. Industrial production (IP) decreased …
California’s film and TV industry is facing a major crisis in 2024, with production levels plummeting. Series production dropped by 30% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 2022, and on-location filming for reality TV in Los Angeles fell by nearly 57% in the second quarter. The industry, already hit hard by the pandemic …
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The real issue is oil prices in Yen, not just the Yen itself. The situation is far from over. — Ashok Mishra ⭐ 🇮🇳 (@ashok0220) August 26, 2024
Daily oil production has increased by 22% over the last 4 years. Since 2008, production has skyrocketed 350% from ~3.8 million barrels per day. The US is now the world’s largest oil producer exceeding Russia’s output by ~35% and Saudi Arabia by ~38%. The US is dominating global oil production. BREAKING: US crude oil production …
>ship factory to India>your products are now contaminated with e-coli laden shit https://t.co/tNheXkbD1Y pic.twitter.com/YTJKqZVMeQ — Into the Memory Hole (@frogNscorpion) August 5, 2024 Foxconn’s base in Sriperumbudur, India, started making the iPhone 15 series in August 2023. The goal was to shorten the shipping time difference between India and China and sync the supply chains …
Elon Musk has made a chilling announcement about Tesla after revealing that his company will begin the production of humanoid robots. The billionaire unveiled his plans to start work on the robots as early as next year and they will be available for mass purchase. Straight out of a sci-fi horror film, the robots will …
And they say #Bitcoin is bad!Take a look at #Germany's industrial production.A simple but devasting result of bad policy making! pic.twitter.com/17VeuA60zy — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) July 5, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for resuming production of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now-scrapped treaty with the United States. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, or INF, which banned ground-based nuclear and conventional missiles with a range of 500-5,500 kilometers (310-3,410 miles), was regarded as an arms control …
John Deere is set to move some production from Dubuque to a new facility in Ramos, Mexico, by 2026. The company is currently acquiring land in Ramos, Mexico, to construct a facility that will be operational in 2026, facilitating the shift of specific production lines from Dubuque to Mexico. in statement to Iowa’s News Now …
Silver production in Peru continues to fall severely, now down 43% from peak levels. Together with China, Peru is projected to be the second-largest producer of silver globally. Limited new supply paired with structurally higher demand is the perfect recipe for major price… pic.twitter.com/dQXLhI2T01 — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) May 28, 2024