John Ing
John Ing Articles
Alternate facts or reality have become part of our daily lives such that there is an indistinguishable blurring between the two worlds. In the fantasy world of the metaverse, people or their avatars are spending ever greater portions of...
Central banks, politicians and policymakers are surprised that November inflation surged to 6.8 percent, a nearly four decades high, about triple the Fed’s decade old 2% target. US producer prices rose at the fastest pace on record.
The mounting global warming and the pandemic have contributed to full blown energy and food supply chain disruptions hitting households and manufacturers keeping prices buoyant. Demand for oil, coal and natural gas have skyrocketed as...
President Biden’s messy departure from Afghanistan has long reaching consequences casting a long shadow over his domestic plans into the upcoming midterms. For one thing, he dug himself a deeper hole when he vowed to conduct operations...
Covid has upended economic theory. The steepest economic collapse since the Great Depression has given way to the longest stock market rally and the biggest inflation shock since the seventies.
Americans believe they have the best military in the world. That said, when was the last war that America has won? However, a by-product was the mighty American industrial machine that spent decades creating the supply/chain logistics,...
Bull markets climb walls of worries, defying today geopolitical tensions, rising interest rates, record levels of debt and a worsening third coronavirus wave. Stimulus checks sent to consumers have fueled US markets to climb to record...
The greatest blackout in US history saw millions of Texans without heat as a polar vortex knocked out half of the United State’s energy grid, shutting down more than 4 million barrels a day of output or 40 percent of US production....
Despite the arrival of numerous vaccines, Covid-19 is still having a huge impact, with bankrupt businesses, lockdowns and full hospitals in the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. In fact, the unprecedented economic...
All in all, with risks of higher taxes, healthcare spending, technology regulation, climate change and a festering Trumpian Republican party, America’s reputation is taking a battering. Adding to this concern is that while inflation would...
