Virginia has made necessary climate action progress, but our work is just beginning. Climate change does not recognize state or national borders, and so we need determined leadership at the federal level. The Build Back Better Act (BBB) is that essential next step. This House version of the bill passed with the support of Virginia’s...Read More
Despite the fact that the ‘s attractiveness as a defensive asset has declined, it still retains its recently won positions in the foreign exchange market. Against the backdrop of reports from South Africa that the course of the disease of those infected with the new omicron strain has a milder form than with the disease...Read More
To be sure, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to pose global risks, nearly two years into the pandemic. But the state of the US economy is pretty good given the circumstances. Yet voters don’t seem happy. Polls show that Americans are not pleased with the economy and President Biden’s leadership on that front. According...Read More
At the recent COP26 climate-change conference, nearly 500 global financial-services firms agreed to align US$130 trillion — about 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets — with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C. This was the latest in a string of developments proving that net zero is no longer...Read More
BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – An economist said the Quad Cities economy is the strongest its been since the 1980s. Kevin Depew, deputy chief economist for RSM, gave a presentation about the 2022 economic forecast during an event hosted by the Quad Cities Chamber Wednesday at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. Wednesday’s presentation aimed to...Read More
Dec 9 (Reuters) – London copper prices slipped on Thursday as the dollar ticked higher, while signs of easing tightness in nearby supplies of the metal also weighed on the market. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.3% to $9,622 a tonne, as of 0315 GMT, while the most-traded January copper contract on...Read More
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images If the Federal Reserve meets expectations next week and announces a more aggressive unwind of the measures taken to boost the economy, it will...Read More
In 2020, the United States Federal Reserve embarked on a massive dollar printing journey, necessitated by the need to deliver financial stimulus packages for the American taxpayers during the wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The U.S printed 35% of Dollar circulation in 2020 Reports even had it that that year’s print represents 35% of dollar...Read More
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