Category: Global Economy

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The Saudi Impact on U.S. Gas Prices

Just when the temperatures are starting to rise over much of the US, gas prices are unfortunately doing the same. With prices for most everything on the upswing as inflation rears its ugly head, Saudi Arabia just created a new quagmire with its sudden decision to cut their production of

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Adnan Zai

Family Offices Establish Themselves on Foreign Soil

With more freedom of investment and more money in the hands of Chinese investors, the game is changing regarding where interested parties can safely place their investments. With the ongoing lockdowns meant to curb the pandemic, and newfangled family offices being formed by the Chinese, many investors have turned to

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Product Logjam Continues

Although many experts had thought we were out of the woods when it came to supply chain hold-ups, having survived over two years of the unprecedented pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Covid-19 have brought supply chain problems to the forefront yet again. Many of the world’s raw materials come

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The World Pursues Putin’s Purse Strings

Vladimir Putin, after months of planning and talk, invaded Ukraine at the end of February in the most widespread traditional attack on a sovereign nation since World War II. The response of the west has been swift, leveling economic sanctions on Russia that are catapulting them into a banking crisis.

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Small Businesses Find Large Victories

No one has faced more roadblocks in the last two years than the owners of small businesses. With inflation, supply chain issues, and the “Great Resignation” of workers, small business owners have been tested in a myriad of ways. The good news is that they have been passing the test,

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Price Hikes Across the World

With oil prices at an all-time high, a pandemic that continues to mutate, and a broken supply chain, it’s no wonder that inflation is rearing its ugly head across the globe. Although many parts of the United States still maintain a reasonable standard of living, people everywhere are feeling the

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Pension Investment Creativity a Must

For workers who have spent a lifetime paying into a pension program, the countdown to retirement is usually a joyful time. But with the unpredictability of the economic world, especially in terms of the ramifications of the pandemic, and past risky financial moves by employers managing pension accounts, the idyllic

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Adnan Zai

Real Estate Developer in Real Trouble

Chinese real estate developer, Evergrande Property Services Group, has a predicament on their hands. After amassing $300 billion of debt in the real estate sector, the Chinese government is cracking down on debt since 2020, and Evergrande is struggling. They are trying to right the ship with some help from

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Adnan Zai

Where Would We Be Without the Vaccine?

Where Would We Be Without the Vaccine? In the developed world, we often take things for granted. And nothing fits into this category more clearly than the vaccine for Covid-19. Without the diligent work of scientists from around the globe, the entire world would still be amid personal and economic

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