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The warped financial logic fueling America’s ‘doom loop’

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 05:55

Tech Insider

A boarded up store front with red boards representing a downward arrow — Landlords could help reverse the Retail Apocalypse by lowering rents and extending leases — but their lenders won’t let them.
Tyler Le/Insider

Real Estate, Discourse, finance, Cities, Retail, retail-real-estate, Shopping

Gasoline prices fall as weakening demand sends refining margins crashing

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 14:24

Tech Insider

Gas pumps — Gas prices have been falling amid weak demand.
Newsday LLC

Markets, mi-exclusive, gas-prices, oil-markets, oil-prices, Gasoline, israel-hamas

Welcome to office dystopia, where everyday work can feel irrelevant as global conflict rages

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 06:04

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

man looking stressed in a messy office — null
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images

economy, Careers, economy, Pandemic, Working, working-remotely, dystopian

Airbnb boss Brian Chesky says he personally called CEOs he knew to ask if they could hire the thousands of staff he laid off during the pandemic

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 06:33

Tech Insider

Brian Chesky speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at Convene on September 20, 2023 in New York City. — Brian Chesky speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival at Convene on September 20, 2023 in New York City.
Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company.

Tech Insider, News, trending-uk, AirBnB, brian-chesky, Pandemic, tech-layoffs

Here's how one top Fed official is thinking about the increasingly unaffordable US housing market

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 11:36

Tech Insider

Tom Barkin — Tom Barkin
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Markets, mi-exclusive, Markets, federal-reserve, housing-market, Housing, home-prices

What the plastic surgery industry can tell us about the path of the economy

Sun, 10/01/2023 - 08:15

Tech Insider : Economy

India Plastic Surgery Surgeons — Demand for cosmetic surgery is down around 50%-60% since the pandemic, a veteran surgeon told Insider.
REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

economy, Markets, Recession, recession-indicator, recession-2023, us-economic-forecast, us-economy-outlook

Tourists are still not returning to China and that's not good for anybody

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 10:45

Tech Insider : Economy, Travel, Economy

Great Wall of China. — Fewer people are visiting the Great Wall of China.
Suphanat Wongsanuphat/Getty Images

economy, Travel, Transportation, China, tourism, Pandemic, Transportation

Hot girl summer is about to come to a crashing halt, and winter is coming for women

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:23

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Taylor Swift performs onstage during — Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

economy, economy, taylor-swift, taylor-swift-eras-tour, Beyonce, Barbie, Childcare

China's economy is sputtering as the nation's exports hit their lowest level in over 3 years

Tue, 08/08/2023 - 09:36

Tech Insider : Economy

forbidden city china — Shutterstock.com

economy, Markets, China, Beijing, Exports, Trade, US Trade

China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm says

Mon, 08/07/2023 - 14:48

Tech Insider : Economy

A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai street — A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai.
Liu Liqun/Getty Images

economy, Markets, MI Exclusive, China, Beijing, Working, Demographics

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