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U.S. Retail Sales Surprise with July Jump!

In July, the U.S. retail sales report showed a surprising increase, despite the inflationary pressures and a series of Federal…

9 months ago

UK Inflation on a Roll: Record Bread Prices Send Inflation Soaring

In March, UK inflation persisted at over 10%, mainly due to skyrocketing bread prices. Consumer prices increased by 10.1%, with…

1 year ago

Nestle planning another price increase

Nestle, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, is planning to increase prices again this year as they…

1 year ago

Food prices at a 14-year high as the UK battles inflation

Annual food prices in the UK went up by 14.7% in October, representing the largest increase since records began in…

2 years ago

An online shopping boom is fueling ships across the Pacific

In the last few months, American consumers have been going mad for online shopping, with the result being a buoyant…

4 years ago

An economy down under: Australia facing the prospect of a deep recession

Josh Frydenberg, the Australian Treasurer, announced on Wednesday that the economy is likely to have shrunk by as much as…

4 years ago

British Supercar manufacturer McLaren to cut more than 25% of their workforce

As the world’s economies continue to reel from the damage caused by the spread of Covid-19, Supercar manufacturer McLaren is…

4 years ago

Declining rate of retail sales at a historic low as consumer confidence plummets in the US

The latest in a long list of ‘historic lows’ since Covid-19 wiped out the global economy is the total collapse…

4 years ago

Loo roll over Louis Vuitton: luxury brands amongst the hardest hit by Covid-19

The global fashion industry, valued at over US$2 trillion, has been hit extremely hard by the worldwide spread of Covid-19,…

4 years ago

Ramen: the inferior good behaving like an… inferior good!

For a student of economics, one of the first concepts we learn about is the different types of goods. That…

4 years ago