Macroecon 19, UK and Canada inflation rates, Biden admin's 'expensive gas is...
Today, UK and Canada released their June 2022 inflation rates. UK's 9.4% is another 40-years high, highest since 1982.Source:...
View ArticleBWorld 551, The SC on Meralco rate hike, Bidenflation and Peso depreciation
* My column in BusinessWorld last July 11.--------------A number of interesting developments happened last week. I will discuss three of them.THE SC RULING ON MERALCO RATE HIKEOn July 4, the Supreme...
View ArticleMini-plagiarism by Jake Maderazo
Last July 4 I wrote in my column the paper "The Bulacan Ecozone veto and Ben Diokno books"https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2022/07/04/459153/the-bulacan-ecozone-veto-and-ben-diokno-books/"...One,...
View ArticleBWorld 552, Lucky Me, bureaucracy rightsizing, electricity prices, and MPIC
* My column in BusinessWorld last July 18. -------------There were five events last week that I want to comment on.LUCKY ME! AND FOOD SECURITYScrolling through corporate news of BusinessWorld, these...
View ArticleDeindustrialization 1, Europe's sagging energy supply
I am starting a new thread in this blog, about the crawling deindustrialization of the west, especially Europe. The cause of which is high and even rising government intervention and central planning...
View ArticleBWorld 553, State of the world, state of the nation
* My article in BusinessWorld last July 25.-------------This paper will expand my hypothesis that I mentioned last week — that Europe and North America will deindustrialize in the short- to medium-term...
View ArticleWestern Visayas population
Western Visayas (Region 6) is among the medium-size regions in the Philippines in terms of population size with 7.9 million people in the May 2020 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)....
View ArticleBWorld 554, The Post-SONA Economic Briefing; FVR’s economy
* My column in BusinessWorld last August 1.--------------There were a number of important economic events that occurred last week, I will discuss four of them here.FIRST SONA OF PFMJLast Monday, July...
View ArticleEnergy 168, News reports on Europe situation, June-August 2022
Check these reports, I just got screenshots from the email service of Net Zero Samirsdat by The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) https://www.thegwpf.org/. When ecological central planning and...
View ArticleBWorld 555, Motorcycle taxis, illicit tobacco, and electric cooperatives
* My article in BusinessWorld last August 8.--------------There were four economic developments last week that I want to comment on.The first is high inflation driven by transport, alcoholic beverages...
View ArticleCovid 74, Vax spending in the Philippines
Possible that Covid vaccines procurement in the PH is around P120 B+ per year? See numbers and reports.A. National government Covid vaccine procurements:1. 2021 P88.6...
View ArticleBWorld 556, Growth recovery, declining births, and rising power demand
* My column in BusinessWorld last August 15.--------------This piece will cover six topics and events that occurred last week so we go straight to them.1. GROWTH RECOVERY AND RISING INFLATIONLast week,...
View ArticleDeindustrialization 2, Germany
The crawling Germany deindustrialization, degrowth economics. See these reports.1. Germany sets out ways to cut gas usage amid Russia supply crunchVera Eckert and Ludwig Burger. June 22, 2022. 12:28 AM...
View ArticleBWorld 557, 10 things to watch in energy, the budget, and taxes
* My article in BusinessWorld last August 22.-------------------This week will mark the sixth month of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, so we review commodity prices as a result of invasion and US-led...
View ArticleCovid 75, Vax effects -- myocarditis, thrombosis, pericarditis...
Foremost is this compilation, 1,000+ all studies and reports with links. Vax-related diseases are listed by category of diseases. For instance,1. Myocarditis (includes terms: Inflammatory Heart...
View ArticleBWorld 558, ABS-TV5 Partnership, SMC rate hike petition, and Budget 2023
* My column in BusinessWorld last August 29.---------------“Consolidation means more visibility, more content, and more accountability and this will be good for media consumers.” I wrote that in this...
View ArticleDeindustrialization 3, United Kingdom
This is the trend in UK electricity prices, January 2021 to yesterday, from about GBP50/MWH to GBP465. Chart from Trading Economics.The pace of UK deindustrialization and degrowth economics seems to be...
View ArticleCovid 76, Covid vax effects on fertility
Some news reports and data on this subject, read on.1. Presentation By Dr Luke McLindon On Miscarriages & Vaccination. Micarriage Rate Doubled to 48%!Tim Truth August 27, 2022...
View ArticleBWorld 559, Build-build-build, extended welfare, vaccine discrimination, and...
* My article in BusinessWorld last September 5. --------------There are as usual four topics in this column and we go straight to them.ASSESSMENT OF DUTERTE’S BUILD-BUILD-BUILDDr. Epictetus E....
View ArticleFree Trade 71, Anti-Illicit Trade Conf in Manila, invstment liberalization in...
There will be a big international conference on Anti-Illicit Trade (AIT) in Manila this coming October 13 organized by The Economist with the following speakers. Should be interesting.I was invited and...
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