Macron Falls to Lowest Popularity Since 2018 Yellow Vest Protests
French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity has waned since the yellow vest movement, with Marine Le Pen leading the pack of candidates to succeed him. According to an Ipsos poll of 1,000 representative voters conducted between January 8 and 9, President Macron's approval rating has fallen by two points since the start of the year, to […]
Property sellers in England and Wales ‘make lowest return in a decade’ | Housing market
Sellers in England and Wales made less than £100,000, or just over 40%, on the sale of their homes last year, the lowest return in a decade, according to estate agent Hamptons. It was the second consecutive year of decline in terms of cash profits since the market peaked in 2022, when average profits reached […]
Quits sink to lowest level since the height of the pandemic
As the number of job openings soared to the highest level since May, job separations fell in November to the lowest level since the height of the pandemic, both signs of a broader cooling in the U.S. employment situation. Labor market data shows that people are staying in their jobs more often as the labor […]
Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 8 months to end 2024
The number of new jobless claims fell to the lowest level since April last year, as the job market showed signs of strength amid a broader employment downturn. The number of new unemployment insurance claims filed in the week ending December 28 was 211,000, down 9,000 from the previous week's level. Economic forecasters had expected […]
Unlawful border crossings hit lowest level of Biden admin in November
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the lowest border crossings for the month of November ahead of President Biden's exit from the White House. According to statistics released by the agency, 4.5% drop field operations and encounters on the southwest border. Over the past two months, single adults consistently ranked highest among border crossers, […]
2 professions have lowest death rates linked to Alzheimer’s
You’ve arrived – it’s too easy! Taxi and ambulance drivers have the lowest death rate from Alzheimer's disease, suggesting Google Maps may be rotting our brains by not forcing us to be more cognitively flexible According to an interesting new study, According to a study published in the journal This Month, 1.03% of taxi drivers […]
Jobless claims fall to lowest level in a month
Unemployment claims fell to the lowest level in a month, showing signs of health in the U.S. labor market amid a broader employment slowdown. The number of first-time claims for the week ending Dec. 21 fell by 1,000 to 219,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The average number of applications over the four-week period increased […]
Hornets Pull One Of The Lowest, Cheapest Moves You’ll Ever See On Young Fan
What a shame! During an in-game segment, the Charlotte Hornets gave away a PlayStation 5 (PS5) to a young fan…only to take it back when the cameras went off. The move sparked viral outrage across the sports world, and now the series is trying to right the wrong by trying to give PS5s back to […]
Confidence in Courts Sinks to Lowest in Two Decades Under Biden
Confidence in America's justice system has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years under President Joe Biden, Gallup revealed on Tuesday. The drop in confidence reflects dissatisfaction with the weaponization of justice against the Republican Party. President-elect Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges since Biden took office. Some of the lawsuits were dropped […]
China’s yuan hits lowest level in months as Trump tariff threats roil currencies – South China Morning Post
Onshore and offshore yuan hit multi-month lows against the US dollar as Donald Trump's re-election as US president heightened concerns about broader trade tensions and punctured China's currency's previous strength. It fell to As of Tuesday morning, the offshore yuan had fallen by about 0.39% to 7.3148 yuan to the dollar, below the benchmark of […]