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Macroecon 17, Germany's near half-century inflation rate
Germany inflation rate May 2022 is 7.9%, the highest since Dec. 1973, and almost same level in early 1952. Source: Trading EconomicsOnly -0.3% until Dec. 2020, started rising in Jan. 2021 with 1.0%,...
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BWorld 541, Post-election economic issues to prepare for
* My article in BusinessWorld last May 9.------------By the time this column is printed and posted online, the elections would have ended and counting should have started. I want to share some things...
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Energy 165, ESG and more impact of sanctions vs Russia
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon is reported to be worried about high inflation due to the Ukraine war. He and many western corporate and government leaders, media, keep blaming the Ukraine war and not the...
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BWorld 542, Growth, electricity, vaccination, and the new administration
* My column in BusinessWorld last May 16.---------This article will cover four different topics so we go straight to them.GDP GROWTH IN FIRST QUARTER 2022Last week the Philippine Statistics Authority...
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Macroecon 18, More gobal price instability
US inflation in May 2022 further rose to 8.6%, still 40-yrs high. Bidenflation keeps repeating the lie that Putin caused the high US inflation. Even before Russia entered Ukraine last Feb, US inflation...
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BWorld 543, Inflation, mining and WHO pandemic treaty
* My article in BusinessWorld last May 23.----------This piece will cover three different topics so we will discuss them directly.HIGH INFLATION AND ANEMIC GROWTHStagflation — a combination of economic...
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Climate 103, Ozone level variation due to natural, not man-made factors
How true is this statement, "big fossil fuel plants, not human emissions, are causing harm to the ozone."Quickly, not true. See this short compilation,Flashback 2007: Scientists Reveal They ‘No Longer...
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BWorld 544, ESG, electricity prices, and BBM’s economic team
* My column in BusinessWorld last May 30. ------------------During the BusinessWorld Virtual Economic Forum (BWVEF2022) last week (May 25-26), net-zero, decarbonization, and more renewable energy (RE)...
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Revised IRR of BOT law on MAGA
There is a big controversy in the recent move by outgoing leadership of NEDA (Sec. Karl Chua) and DOF (Sec. Sonny Dominguez) revising the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build Operate...
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BWorld 545, Public finance and UPSE’s PDE batch 33
* My article in BusinessWorld last June 6. --------------The Philippines’ public debt stock continues to increase big time, from P8.22 trillion (actual + guaranteed) in 2019 to P10.25 trillion in 2020,...
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Pol. Ideology 84, Capitalism and prosperity
I like this meme. Capitalism, private property, profit orientation and competition can produce more goods and services, more prosperity to humanity. I also like these.See also:Pol Ideology 81, Human...
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BWorld 546, Demonopolize social security
SSS clarifies: Not a subsidy for operationsJune 8, 2022 | 5:49 pmhttps://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2022/06/08/453611/sss-clarifies-not-a-subsidy-for-operations/Letter To The EditorWE WANT to thank...
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Energy 167, ESG, Russia and US oil
Random thoughts and reports on energy, food shortage...1. Food shortage, high food prices. Root cause is war on fossil fuels and climate alarmism drama.From crude oil are (1) diesel for tractors,...
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BWorld 547, Inflation, cement importation, and electricity concerns
* My column in BusinessWorld last June 13.-----------------Three different topics here, we go straight to them.RISING PHILIPPINES INFLATION, BIDENFLATIONThe Philippines saw a big jump in its inflation...
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Housing and the economy
I saw this report,Q2 office demand more than doublesJune 30, 2022 | 12:35 amhttps://www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/2022/06/30/458421/q2-office-demand-more-than-doubles/Then posted in our UPSEAA group...
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BWorld 548, Taxes, cement, electricity and land transportation
* My article in BusinessWorld last June 20.-----------------Last week, there were a number of developments in these four subjects or sectors: taxes, cement, electricity and land transportation.DINNER...
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Free Trade 70, Free trade should be separate from war
See June 2022 inflation rates:Philippines, 6.1%, highest since Oct 2018.Thailand, 7.7%, highest since 2008.S. Korea, 6.0%, highest since 1998.Switzerland 3.4%, highest since 1992. France, 5.8%, highest...
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BWorld 549, Inflation, transportation, internet, and outgoing secretaries
* My column in BusinessWorld last June 27.---------------The developed countries of North America and Europe continue to experience record-high inflation rates and their interest rates follow the...
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Agri Econ 37, Sri Lanka food catastrophe
Ecological socialism and central planning, food rationing are lousy. The case of Sri Lanka. Read on and take lessons. Thank you.-----------------1. Sri Lanka’s Green New Deal Was a Human DisasterAn...
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BWorld 550, The Bulacan Ecozone veto and Ben Diokno books
* My article in BusinessWorld last July 4. ----------------A number of important policies and events caught my attention last week. I will discuss three of them.PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF BULACAN ECOZONE...
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