Market Talk – April 19, 2024 ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,011.35 points or -2.66% to 37,068.35 Shanghai decreased 8.96 points or -0.29% to 3,065.26 Hang Seng decreased 161.73 points or -0.99% to 16,224.14 ASX 200 decreased 74.80 points or -0.98% to 7,567.30 Kospi decreased 42.84 points or -1.63% to 2,591.86 […]
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A tight labor market and state minimum wage increases boosted low-end wage growth between 2019 and 2023 The labor market recovery from the pandemic recession has been tremendous and low-wage workers have been key recipients of those gains, with dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023 as we found in our recent report.
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COVID was a Tactic for Control & to Further Climate Change QUESTION: Dear Marty, I haven’t bothered you with any questions for a long time, but if you could find time to express your opinion on this matter, it would be very valuable not only for me, but also for the readers of your blog. While we are currently in the initial stage of the War […]
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Does China Control America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves? Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. Reminded the US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, “We are not governed by a world government – yet!” The Biden Administration consulted with China before selling off America’s strategic petroleum reserves. In 2021, Granholm admitted that she spoke with the Chinese Communist Party about coordinating how America would handle its nation’s highly […]
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