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.
European stock markets generally closed higher, and Germany's DAX30 index continued to reach record highs
FX168 Financial News (North America) News European stock markets generally closed higher on Friday, and investors digested key US employment reports. Meanwhile, according to people familiar with the matter, the finance ministers of the G7 are close to reaching an agreement to raise the minimum global corporate tax rate to at least 15%. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 1.78 points, or 0.39%, to 452.57 points; the German DAX30 index closed up 60.23 points, or 0.39%, to 15692.90 points. The index reached a record closing high for the fourth consecutive trading day, rising 1.31% this week; FTSE 100 in the UK
Fund managers warn that most investors are unprepared for a surge in US bond yields
Last week's surge in US Treasury yields triggered stock market turmoil, with one fund manager warning that investors were ill-prepared for the coming "pain". Cole Smead, president of Smead Capital Management, said on Tuesday that investors need to weigh whether a company is affected positively by the economic recovery or by the negative impact on the "currency price" of the recovery. "I don't think investors have taken into account the divergence between the economic recovery and the stock market decline," Smead said. Yields on benchmark 10-year Treasuries rose sharply last week due to the launch of COVID-19 vaccine
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.
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
The Senate meets on Saturday to discuss Barrett's nomination, which will be confirmed on Monday.
The procedural vote will be held on Sunday and the final confirmation will be held on Monday. On Saturday afternoon EDT, the Senate will meet in a rare session to debate Justice Amy Coney Barrett's entry to the Supreme Court. In a few days, voters will decide whether Republicans will continue to control the Senate and the White House. Democrats strongly opposed the confirmation of Barrett's appointment so close to the election, boycotting the Judiciary Committee's vote on Thursday. Senator Chuck Schumer (Chuck Schumer), Democrat of New York, adopted four kinds of procrastination wars at the Senate meeting on Friday.
The future market trend is in the hands of this small group of people.
The original title: future market trends are in the hands of this small group of people in the past, billionaires can often make use of their huge investment scale to dominate the market. But now the trend is quietly changing, and not all billionaires can shake the market. The technology industry is a watershed in market trends. The total wealth of tech billionaires has increased by 43.5% since 2018. Similarly, with the help of drug discovery, diagnosis and medical technological innovation, the wealth of billionaires in the health care industry has increased by 50.3%. A report jointly prepared by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers said: those who are successfully using
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."
Nearly 40% of US millionaires think the economy will weaken next year
Sina US Stock News reported on the 24th, Beijing time, that the latest millionaire survey by the US financial media CNBC shows that wealthy Americans are showing increasing anxiety about the economy and stock market about to enter 2020, but the overall sentiment is still optimistic. According to the survey, most millionaires don't think anything major will happen next year or that the US economy will fall off a cliff. 39% of respondents said they expect the US economy to weaken next year, up 25 percentage points from CNBC's survey results this spring. However, 38% of millionaires expect the economy to “stay strong” next year, 27%
新研究称沃伦将财富税收入高估至少1万亿美元
新浪美股讯 北京时间12日消息,根据一项最新研究,美国民主党参选人伊丽莎白-沃伦将其“财富税”计划可能带来的收入高估了至少1万亿美元。 根据宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院预算模型(Penn Wharton Budget Model)的最新估计,沃伦的财富税计划如果实施,将在10年内给美国政府带来2.3万亿至2.7万亿美元的收入,远低于她的竞选阵营声称的3.75万亿美元。 这一最新估计引发了人们对沃伦此前
External market headlines: The retail portion of Saudi Aramco's IPO has been fully subscribed
The main headlines that global financial media paid close attention to last night and this morning were: 1. The Brexit chaos may have halved the annual production of British cars by 2020 2. Analysts: AirPods will become a hot product during the shopping season or there will be a shortage of supply 3. Rumor has it that Daimo traders concealed $140 million of losses were fired or forced to go on vacation 4. The portion of Saudi Aramco's IPO aimed at retail investors has been fully subscribed 5. Online retail sales on Thanksgiving Day may have increased by 14.5% over the same period last year 6. Facebook's app Thanksgiving Day experienced a major “crash” The Brexit chaos may cause Britain
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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