The labor shortage is getting worse: half of the small businesses in the United States do not recruit enough people, and more than 40 percent of the small businesses are forced to raise wages.
Fifty per cent of small business owners in the US reported job openings in August, an all-time high, the National Alliance of Independent Enterprises (NFIB) said on Thursday. The proportion of small businesses that do not hire enough workers is the highest since records began in 1986, up one percentage point from 49 per cent in July, according to NFIB. In addition, 41 per cent of small business owners said they had raised wages to attract workers, an all-time high. Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist of NFIB, said in a statement: "the owners raise wages in order to attract workers, and these costs are positive."
LIZHI INC's net revenue rose 3.35% before trading, and Q2's net revenue increased by 59% compared with the same period last year.
LIZHI INC (LIZI.O) rose 3.35% before trading. Net revenue of LIZI.O Q2 was up 59% year-on-year, and the average number of monthly active users on mobile was up 9% year-on-year.
Vice chairman of the Federal Reserve: agrees with Powell's view of reducing the size later this year
Richard Clarida, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that he preferred to start scaling back the central bank's monthly bond purchases later this year. Mr Clarida said: "We did test to slow down purchases in December and we want to see significant further progress towards our goal, and I agree with Powell. I think we do meet this standard in terms of inflation. " "We have made progress in the labour market. In July, we don't think significant progress has been made, but employment growth has averaged 800000 a month in the past three months.
The 10-year Treasury yield fell back below 1.40%.
Long-term Treasury yields tumbled on Friday, supported by buying at the end of the month. The move comes a day after poor seven-year issuance exacerbated the decline in government bonds, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising more than 1.6 per cent at one point to a 12-month high. The 10-year yield fell as much as 14 basis points to 1.3776 per cent today. The yield curve flattened as long-term bonds outperformed. About 110000 10-year Treasury futures traded in the three minutes around 4 p.m., and yields fell to the day's lows. The spread on the 10-year yield fell to about 125 basis points compared with the two-year period.
The collapse of “female Buffett” heavy holdings across the board gave birth to the new term “wood-style sell-off”
As the “female Buffett” Cathy Wood's heavy holdings fell across the board in early trading on Tuesday, a new term — “Cathie Wood sell-off” (Cathie Wood sell-off) — appeared on the market. At the opening of trading on Tuesday, the heavy-held stock of Wood's Ark Investments was the stock with the biggest decline in the market. Shares of Palantir, Tesla, Roku, Square, Paypal, Teladoc, Baidu, Zillow, Shopify, and Spotify all fell sharply. These are all of Wood's flagship fund Ark Innovation ETF (AARK) and sides
Female Buffett is not afraid of a sharp drop to join Tesla: the bull market is built on a wall of worry
US technology stocks fell sharply in early trading on Tuesday. The heavy-duty stock of “female Buffett” Cathy Wood's Ark Investment Management Company led the decline in the market, but for investors who really believe in technology stocks, this is a rare opportunity to buy at a discount. Wood is one of them. Wood told the media after the market on Tuesday that after Tesla plummeted 13% in early trading and erased all of this year's gains, her fund bought this stock in large quantities. Although she said she bought “a lot”, she didn't provide specific figures. Growth strategies like Wood's were tested on Tuesday. The Nasdaq 100 index fell more than 3% on Tuesday due to US Treasury bond collection
Copper prices rise above $9,000, historic shortage warning sparks record rally
The price of copper rose above 9,000 US dollars per ton for the first time in more than nine years. Bets on a rebound from the epidemic have triggered a warning that there may be a historic shortage. This economic trend vane is expected to record the longest continuous increase in history. Copper prices rose more than 2% on Monday, and February is expected to achieve an unprecedented 11-month increase. Driven by expectations that post-pandemic consumption will exceed short-term supply, basic metals have risen sharply, while raw materials such as copper and nickel have been boosted by their importance to the clean energy transition. Given the sharp upward pace, market observers have begun discussions on whether a new commodity supercycle is imminent. LME
South Korea's exports increased 16.7% year on year in the first 20 days of February, and exports to China increased 32.7%
According to data released by the Korea Customs Service (Customs) on Monday, exports increased 16.7% year on year to US$30.4 billion in the first 20 days of February. Taking into account the fact that the number of construction days was 1.5 days less than the same period last year, the average daily export value increased by 29.2% over the same period last year. Excluding the number of days of construction, semiconductor exports increased by 27.5%, automobile exports increased by 45.9%, while exports of petrochemical products fell 5.7%, and computer peripherals declined by 4.8%. By export destination, exports to China increased by 32.7% year on year, exports to the US increased by 14%, exports to Europe increased by 53.6%, and Vietnam increased by 10.9% on a daily basis
British companies' recruitment intentions hit a one-year high 56% of companies plan to hire more
According to a report released by the British Chartered Personnel Development Association (CIPD) on Monday, the current recruitment intentions of British companies are the strongest in a year. The number of companies planning to lay off employees has decreased due to improved economic prospects in the past three months. According to the association's survey, 56% of companies plan to increase the number of employees in the next few months, up from 53% at the end of 2020, but still lower than 66% before the outbreak of the epidemic a year ago. The share of companies planning to lay off employees fell sharply to 20% from 30% in the previous quarter. The healthcare, finance, education, and IT industries have the strongest hiring intentions, while the hospitality industry has the weakest hiring intentions
Bill Gates: The social media ban may cause more divisions in the US
Sina Tech News reported on the morning of February 22. According to reports, Microsoft (Microsoft) co-founder Bill Gates (Bill Gates) said that social media bans, such as Twitter Inc. (Twitter Inc.) banning former US President Donald Trump (Donald Trump) from entering the US for life, may cause more divisions in the US. In an interview with Fox News Sunday (Fox News Sunday), Gates said that Trump said many things questioning the legality of the 2020 election, but he thought, “Use a lifelong seal
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程序性投票将于周日进行,最终确认将于周一进行。 美东时间周六下午,参议院将罕见地举行会议,就巴雷特(Amy Coney Barrett)法官进入最高法院一事进行辩论。几天后,选民将决定共和党人是否将继续控制参议院和白宫。 民主党人强烈反对在如此临近选举的时候确认巴雷特的任命,抵制了司法委员会周四的投票。纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)星期五在参议院的会议上采取了四种拖延战
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原标题:未来的市场趋势,掌握在这一小群人手上 在过去,亿万富翁往往能借助其庞大的投资规模在市场上呼风唤雨。但现在时代趋势正悄然发生变化,不是所有亿万富翁都能撼动市场了。 科技行业是市场趋势的分水岭。自2018年以来,科技行业亿万富翁的总财富增加了43.5%。同样,在药物发现、诊断和医疗技术创新的帮助下,医疗行业亿万富翁的财富增长了50.3%。 瑞银和普华永道联合编写的一份报告表示: 那些在成功利用
Boeing employees once mocked the 737MAX as a “clown design monkey supervision”
Sina US Stock News reported on the 10th, Beijing time, that Boeing released hundreds of internal emails on Thursday showing that its employees had been very concerned about the development process of the 737 Max simulator and questioned the safety of this type of aircraft, triggering anger among members of the US Congress. The emails are part of a more than 100 page document submitted by Boeing to the US Senate and House Committee on Thursday and made public, including Boeing's apology statement. Boeing said that these public documents do not reflect the current state of the company and are completely unacceptable. The company regrets the content of these communications and tells the US Federal Aviation Administration
Apple Inc re-signs the technology license agreement with iPhone graphics chip partner
Sina U. S. stocks Beijing time on January 3, Apple Inc announced today that it will once again obtain a technical license from Imagination Technologies. Imagination Technologies is a UK-based chip design company that has supplied GPUs for iPhone and iPad. Imagination posted a brief statement on its website, saying that it had signed a multi-year license agreement with Apple Inc, under which Apple Inc will be able to use "more Imagi."
The opening of NIO Auto surged 20.66%, and revenue for the third quarter of 2019 exceeded expectations
Sina Tech News reported on the evening of December 30, Beijing time, that the opening of NIO Auto (NYSE: NIO) surged 20.66% to 2.92 US dollars. Today, NIO released financial results for the third quarter of 2019. According to financial reports, total revenue was 1.84 billion yuan, exceeding market expectations (1,632 billion yuan), compared to 1.47 billion yuan in the same period last year. Financial reports show a net loss of 2,554 billion yuan in the third quarter of 2019, the market expects a net loss of 2,939 billion yuan, and a net loss of 9.757 billion yuan for the same period last year.
The Bank of Russia cut interest rates for the fifth time at a time when inflation plummeted
Sina US Stock News, December 13. The Bank of Russia implemented monetary easing for the fifth time in a row, lowering the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points; the country's inflation rate continued to fall below target. According to a statement issued on Friday, the central bank lowered the benchmark interest rate to 6.25%, and the total interest rate cut this year reached 150 basis points. Of the 33 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, 26 predicted interest rate cuts of 25 basis points.
Japan and South Korea opened higher with the Nikkei 225 index up 0.7%.
Sina American stock news Beijing time 26 news, the Nikkei 225 index opened up 0.7% to 23451.40. South Korea's KOSPI index opened up 0.32% at 2123.50. U. S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with all three major indexes closing at record highs, while the Nasdaq and the S & P 500 hit intraday highs. The Dow closed up 190.85 points, or 0.68%, at 28066.47; the S & P rose 23.35 points, or 0.75%, at 3133.64; and the Nasdaq rose 112.60 points, or 1.32%, at 8632.4
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