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Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week – Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) — North America’s steel industry is gathering in Atlanta as it struggles with weak U.S. demand, sluggish prices and a glut of Chinese steel. A key report on Brazilian sugar will provide insight into future price trends for the sweetener. Also, crude oil inventories at major U.S. hubs are at their lowest since February. […]

Dementia: five charts that help explain Britain’s biggest killer | Dementia

Dementia is the biggest cause of death in the UK and is the umbrella term for a number of illnesses. 55 million people worldwideAround 7,000 people are diagnosed in England each month. Global health spending is expected to nearly triple by 2050, reaching $2.8 trillion by 2030. Here we look at the national fight against […]

Eminem Just Dethroned Taylor Swift And Made History On The Music Charts

Eminem dethroned Taylor Swift by wiping her out of the top spot on the charts. The “Rap God” star claimed the spot for the Number One Album in the Country with the release of “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace),” and has effectively put an end to Swift’s 12-week reign for “The Tortured […]

6 Charts Show Crucial Facts About Spending, Taxes, Deficits Missing From Biden’s Budget

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Biden administration on Thursday released an outline for its fiscal year 2024 budget. As expected, it promotes the same swampy, big-government agenda as last year, which the country desperately needs to avoid. Beneath the administration’s spin, the ultimate message is that it thinks the federal government doesn’t have enough […]

Teenager Rachel Holt’s Pro-Life Anthem Rockets into Top 10 on iTunes Country Charts

Breitbart News interviewed the songwriter yesterday. Chris Wallin — the Nashville hitmaker behind top-of-the-country chart hits for superstars like Garth Brooks, Montgomery Gentry, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and Trace Adkins — on writing a song for an 18-year-old country artist from the perspective of a baby that never got the chance to be born. Rachel […]

‘Garfield,’ ‘Furiosa’ continue topping box office charts amid slow summer start

North American cinemas had a quiet weekend, again dominated by Sony’s Garfield the Movie, Warner Bros.’ Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga, and a host of continuing releases. In a departure from its Memorial Weekend release, the animated orange cat overtook Wilderness Warrior for its second release. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “The Garfield Movie” […]

Thoughts About Some Interesting Charts

Charts, like photos, sometimes capture the mood of data.  They also have a way of compacting history, so one can see differences or similarities to previous economic cycles. This chart shows the extent to which the “yield curve” is inverted.  An inverted yield curve is caused when rates for short-term debt exceed the rates paid […]