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Private-Sector Job Openings Remain High Despite Falling in October

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The industries with the highest openings are education and health care (2.172 million), professional and business services (1.794 million), trade, transportation, and utilities (1.644 million), and leisure and hospitality (1.578 million). Bob has a MA in economics from Fordham University and a BS in business from Lehigh University.

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Microsoft, Moderna, Mobileye, Chegg and more

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Hunt Transport Services — The transportation stock jumped 4% after executives said on an earnings call that they expect to see the freight market rebound in second quarter going into third quarter as inventory resets. Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016.

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Fed Report: 2020 Closes Out With Slight Economic Uptick 

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economy posted slight gains in the pandemic year of 2020, after closing the books on what was one of the most dismal economic fallouts in history, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday (Jan.

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Jumio Sees Vaccine Passports Intersecting With Digital ID

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These credentials will become ever-present as people wend their way through airport and public transportation settings, ports and check-in kiosks. In an interview with PYMNTS, Reinhard Hochrieser , vice president of product management at Jumio , said the widespread adoption of vaccine passports is an inexorable trend.

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Manufacturing-Sector Contracts Again in December

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According to the report, “Of the six largest manufacturing sectors, only Transportation Equipment reported increased new orders.”. Economic risks remain elevated due to the impact of inflation, an aggressive Fed tightening cycle, continued fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and waves of new Covid-19 cases in China.

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Choosing to Remain in the Global Market Economy

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Of course, the resulting material standard of living of economically isolated individuals would be desperately low compared to the standard of living available even to the poorest of those who participate in the modern commercial economy. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with American Institute for Economic Research and with the F.A.

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Africa’s Chinese Trade Tie-Up

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Angola now owes China approximately $20 billion, mostly on energy and transportation projects. Accordingly, China’s involvement in Africa goes beyond trade, encompassing a mix of economic investments, geopolitical strategies, and local challenges. Ethiopia’s debt to China stands at around $13.5