Consumer spending, the chief engine of economic growth, was not enough to stop an overall pullback in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). And with evidence of a slowing gains in disposable income, consumers’ appetite to keep spending look set to be tested. The Bureau of...
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise. A press release described the new tech product as a unified digital suite for large-volume...
U.S. farmers are reportedly concerned about the current trade war with China, as that country buys about half of U.S. exports of soybeans. A drop in demand for that commodity — which amounted to nearly $25 billion in sales by U.S. farmers to customers around...
America’s relationship with Canada is causing pain for companies on this side of the border. As Reuters reported Monday (March 31), a growing “Buy Canadian” movement is hurting U.S. consumer goods companies that had depended on selling their products in stores in Canada. The report cites the...
January 19, 2017
Talking down the dollar seems a new strategy for a new administration. Here’s what a weaker dollar may mean on stages large and small, from the macro to the micro level.
May 01, 2025
Nvidia has reportedly criticized Anthropic over its stance on U.S. chip export restrictions. “American firms should focus on innovation and rise to the challenge, rather than tell tall tales that large, heavy, and sensitive electronics are somehow smuggled in ‘baby bumps’ or ‘alongside live lobsters,’” a spokesperson for Nvidia told CNBC Thursday (May 1). Nvidia’s […]
April 23, 2025
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise....
April 11, 2025
U.S. farmers are reportedly concerned about the current trade war with China, as that country buys about half of U.S. exports of soybeans. A drop in demand for that commodity...
March 31, 2025
America’s relationship with Canada is causing pain for companies on this side of the border. As Reuters reported Monday (March 31), a growing “Buy Canadian” movement is hurting U.S. consumer goods companies...
