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Chinese consumers are about to return from the holidays. That doesn't mean the economy will pick up.

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 01:43

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Tourists are visiting the traditional-style Shibati area in Chongqing, China, on February 5, 2024, as the Spring Festival approaches. — Tourists in Chongqing, China.
Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Small business sentiment dropped by most in 13 months in January as inflation, labor costs bite

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 15:12

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Small Business Holiday Hopes — A child browses through the toys on display at Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

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The number of new commercial mortgages plummeted 47% last year

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:51

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The renovated exterior of Franklin Tower, a 24-story former office building in downtown Philadelphia that now contains luxury residences. — The renovated exterior of Franklin Tower, a 24-story former office building in downtown Philadelphia that now contains luxury residences.
Courtesy of Gensler / PMC Property Group

Real Estate, Markets, office-vacancy, commercial-real-estate-market, cre, Mortgages, real-estate-sector

A German bank says it's preparing for the worst property crisis since '08 as commercial real estate distress spreads

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:40

Tech Insider : Economy

apartment buildings skyscrapers — Deutsche Pfandbriefbank warned that the commercial real estate sector faces a crisis on par with the 2008 downturn.
Reinhard Krause/Reuters

Real Estate, Markets, Markets, real-estate, property-market, housing-market, commercial-real-estate

The 2008 housing bust suggests China's only halfway through its property crisis. Here's how the downturns compare.

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:21

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

china real estate — China's housing market turmoil has similarities to the 2008 US collapse.
Tyrone Siu/Reuters

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Russia's economic decline is in only in the early stages, and the country is masking significant 'degradation,' think tank says

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:01

Tech Insider : Economy

Putin with military personnel saluting behind him. — Russia is losing a huge amount of human capital as war drags on, one think-tank chair warns.
Sputnik/Mikhail Klementyev/Kremlin

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Corporate borrowers are coming under stress even as the rest of the economy looks strong, top Apollo exec says

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 12:28

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

People walk along Fifth Avenue during the Open Streets program on December 18, 2022 in New York City. — People walk along Fifth Avenue during the Open Streets program on December 18, 2022 in New York City.
Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images

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China's economy is 'booming,' but it's being held back by a lack of confidence, Standard Chartered CEO says

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 12:14

Tech Insider : Economy

Xi Jinping — Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023.
Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images

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It seems Peter Thiel's fund timed a reported $200 million crypto spending spree perfectly

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 10:11

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Peter Thiel — Peter Thiel at a crypto conference.
Marco Bello/Getty Images

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New rules for banks would be the 'end of real-estate finance as we know it,' MBA says

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 09:06

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Detroit, Michigan downtown skyline — Detroit, Michigan skyline.
Sean Pavone/Shutterstock

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