Stagflation happens when an economy experiences high unemployment rates combined with stagnation or negative growth (recession) and rising prices (inflation). There are strategies to combat recession and inflation individually, but since these are conflicting effects, the combination of both makes stagflation challenging to control.







Introduction

On one side, economic stagnation or negative growth can be addressed by increasing the money supply, making it cheaper for… Continue

BWT Alpine F1 Team converted its lowly grid positions of twelfth and twentieth into seventh and ninth at the chequered flag after superb drives from Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso to bring home eight points from a scorching hot Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.



Esteban charged through the field early on to propel himself into points-scoring contention with home hero Fernando storming from last on the grid – as a result of an engine change – to ninth at the… Continue

Summary: US equities plunged to new cycle lows on Friday, but quickly found support at a major technical level and rallied back toward unchanged on the day, with some brightening in sentiment to start this week as well, though a rise in Covid cases in Beijing is driving fears of new lockdowns there. The focus this week is on whether sentiment can stabilize and whether the USD rally is done for now as the sell-off last week has extended into the start of this week. Gold has enjoyed the… Continue

Bitcoin is down 3.6% over the past week, ending near $29,900. Ethereum lost 5.8%, while other leading altcoins in the top 10 fell from 5.4% (XRP) to 9.2% (Cardano). The exception was Binance Coin (+3.3%).



By Monday, the cryptocurrency fear and greed index is down 4 points to 10

According to CoinMarketCap, the total capitalisation of the crypto market has changed little over the past seven days at 1.29 trillion, as the decline at the beginning of the last week was largely… Continue