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Sweeping sanctions against Putin’s oligarchs has led governments to limit and in some cases end their lucrative pay-for-passport programs. Source: Russian oligarchs: ‘Golden passports’ for the rich face new restrictions…
Seems lots of people are now asking this: But in only two short weeks, new questions have arisen as to whether that model is now broken and we will have…
Postwar vision of harmonious world trade was already under pressure; invasion of Ukraine risks further economic fragmentation. Source: Economic Blacklist of Russia Marks New Blow for Globalization – WSJ Russia…
And the top 20% of households received about 85% of the benefits. The PPP was launched by the Trump administration and has been reformed by the Biden administration, but data…
The consumer price index for February was expected to rise 7.8% over the past year, according to Dow Jones estimates. Source: CPI inflation February 2022 They said a year ago…
I’m so old I remember when our political leadership lied to us a year ago and insisted inflation would be brief and temporary. And here we are: products are being…
A top official of India’s central bank has compared cryptocurrency to “Ponzi scheme” and suggested an outright ban in its sharpest criticism just weeks after the government proposed taxation of…
It’s okay. We can print however much money we need, say the experts: The producer price index was expected to rise 0.5% in January, according to economists surveyed by Dow…
The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet for $2.9 million has halted most transactions because people were selling tokens of content that did not belong to…
February 10, 2022: Inflation surges 7.5% February 20, 2022: Inflation eroded pay by 1.7% over the past year Remember all those “Free money” stimulus checks the government sent you? You…