China will focus on high-end manufacturing development China’s Premier Li Qiang announced on Wednesday that the government plans to support advanced manufacturing. The authorities will strengthen their policy guidance to bolster this sector. China is the second-biggest economy around the globe, while the United States takes first place. However, the two countries are engaged in a longtime rivalry, both straining to gain more influence. Currently, America is gaining the upper hand. Meanwhile, Beijing is trying to counteract the latter’s actions. In the United States, national security recently restricted access to Chinese semiconductors, as well as AI technology. Li stated that […]
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Learn moreCommercial real estate REITs have been under intense pressure as the industry faces a tripple whammy of high-interest rates, work-from-home, and white-collar layoffs. On Wednesday, the Fed decided to hike interest rates by 0.25% and signaled that more rate hikes were coming. And recent data shows that the percentage of people working from home is still sharply higher than where it was during the pandemic. Worse, many large companies like Amazon, Salesforce, and Meta Platforms are laying off thousands of employees. Therefore, with debt maturities coming up, there are concerns that the industry will be in trouble for a while. […]
Learn moreThe Fed raised rates by 25 bps. The decision was unanimous. The terminal rate projection is unchanged at 5.1%. The FOMC statement modifies guidance: “The committee anticipates that some additional policy firming may be appropriate.” My first tweet @marketminute this morning before the market opened: @marketminute: I feel pretty certain Powell goes 25. Announces theyre willing to keep raising at that rate as jobs strong, economy ok & banks arent in a credit crisis. However, as data dependent, they could change course accordingly. $SPY remains in a trading range. Until next fracture appears And then there’s $sugar looking like it’s about […]
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