News by subject: Economic News/Analysis

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases research that analyzes the impacts of skyrocketing used vehicle prices on auto loan credit performance metrics, as well as discusses future implications as the economy marches toward a return to pre-pandemic...

Nanox Enters into Acquisition via Merger Agreement with Zebra Medical Vision Ltd. and Announces Entry into Binding Letter of Intent with USARAD Holdings Inc. with the Goal of Creating an Integrated, Globally Connected End-to-End Radiology Solution...

Overall global fintech funding across M&A, PE, and VC deals soared to a new high in H1'21, according to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech, a bi-annual report on fintech investment trends. Dry powder cash reserves, increasing diversification in hubs and...

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases its Equipment Loan & Lease indices for July 2021. The equipment loan and lease securitization sector continued to display positive credit performance during the June collection period. KBRA's headline...

The Investor Movement Index® (IMXSM) moved lower to 8.34 in July, down 8% from a record 9.08 in June. The IMX is TD Ameritrade's proprietary, behavior-based index, aggregating Main Street investor positions and activity to measure what investors...

National Write Your Congressman (NWYC), an organization that gives small businesses a voice in government, released its Q2 2021 Quarterly Index which found 40 percent of business owners planning to grow their business this year. Of those that plan to...

ICE Mortgage Technologytm, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. , a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, released its monthly Origination Insight Report (OIR) today. This month's OIR notes that, of the total...

DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary discussing large French banks' Q2 2021 earnings, covering BNP Paribas SA, Société Générale S.A., Crédit Agricole Group and Groupe BPCE. Key highlights: ? French banks' performance in Q2 2021 was solid, on...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Jordanian insurers' 2020 premium volumes and investment returns, but overall, according to a new AM Best report, technical performance improved, helped by fewer claims in the motor and medical lines....

How governments and investors in Latin America can resuscitate opportunities for stability and prosperity in the face of populist politics and civil unrest is the subject of the latest episode of CERAWeek Conversations, available today. Latin...

In a recent paper titled "Morocco, building resilience towards economic recovery" (https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fpc/Documents/nous-connaitre/policy-paper-deloitte-maroc-juillet-2021-an.pdf), Deloitte examined the trends that would...

International Data Corporation (IDC) recently published a new forecast for the Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) markets, which includes revenue segmentation across IDC's 18 enterprise workload...

The "Global Pharmaceutical Warehousing Market 2021-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The publisher has been monitoring the pharmaceutical warehousing market and it is poised to grow by $13.30 billion during 2021-2025,...

SOFR Academy Inc., a digital education and data provider, announced that it has recently completed a series of meetings with United States government agencies regarding the Across-the-Curve Credit Spread Index known as AXI. The index is a robustly...

Genesis, a digital asset industry pioneer and digital currency prime brokerage, today released its Q2 2021 Market Observations Report which highlights major trends across institutional digital asset markets. The report shows a significant rotation...

The operating performance of rated U.S. captive insurance companies continued to surpass that of their commercial market peers in 2020 alongside emerging areas of growth due to COVID-19-fueled market conditions, according to a new AM Best report....

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today reveals its analysis of homebuyer migration trends in 2020. According to its 2020's Hottest Cities for Homebuyers report, more homebuyers moved to...

UKG: National Overview: The UKG Workforce Activity Report for July 2021 shows workplace activity as measured by high-frequency employee shift work data1 increased 1.1%. UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) believes this bodes well for a strong July...

Public agencies across the Golden State are continuing to rebound from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. The state's local one-cent sales and use tax revenue from January to March 2021 was 9.5% higher than the same quarter in 2020,...

The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, a leading national poll on consumer confidence, slipped another 1.3% in August, after dropping 3.7% in July. The index, which moved from 54.3 last month to 53.6 this month, still remains in positive territory --...

With spend already declining in Birmingham pre-COVID, the decrease rapidly accelerated in Birmingham's downtown and surrounding tracts because of the pandemic significantly impacting the city's small businesses. Minority owned businesses in the...

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today reported the following consolidated airline ticketing volume variances compared to the same period in 2019. These totals represent sales generated by U.S. travel agencies* and processed through the ARC settlement...

Shareholders are referred to the prospectus (Prospectus) published by Prosus on 12 July 2021 in respect of the voluntary share exchange offer by Prosus to Naspers N Shareholders (Exchange Offer). Since the publication of the Prospectus Prosus has...

Truck gate operations have resumed Thursday afternoon at Barbours Cut and Bayport Terminals, following resolution of computer hardware issues that closed both terminals to truck traffic for two and a half days. "Extended gate times are planned...

TRENDFOCUS this month released its Preliminary CQ2 2021 HDD Shipment Summary Report, forecasting that the active nearline market will achieve record unit and capacity shipments for the category. At approximately 19 million units and 240 EB, the...

KBRA Analytics releases topical and timely commentary on credit markets, compiled from our weekly podcast, 3 Things in Credit, hosted by our Chief Strategist, Van Hesser. Among the wide-ranging issues Van has addressed over the past month are the...

Just over one year after the official launch of its workinnorthernvirginia.com website and accompanying talent initiative funded by the Fairfax County government, the site created by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) has...

Edgeworth Analytics, an economic and quantitative consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., released two reports about ShotSpotter, a provider of precision policing technology solutions that commissioned these independent reports. The first report...

A new report from Guidehouse Insights forecasts spending in the energy as a service (EaaS) microgrid market for the world's main regions and for primary EaaS microgrid segments through 2030. Microgrids are gaining traction due to advances in...

ABP Publishing announces its audiobook catalogue exceeded 500 titles. The European publisher go on to say that they are forecasting a 100% increase in titles (1000 titles) by 2024. In addition, a 30% increase in total sales is predicted before the...

First American Financial Corporation , a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the May 2021 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). The RHPI measures the...

A new report from Guidehouse Insights provides a study of the global market potential for horticultural lighting with a focus on LEDs for three types of horticultural applications and five technology types. The rising acceptance of LED technology...

With the pace of vaccination continuing to accelerate and an economic reopening taking shape, Brazil, Latin America's largest economy is growing presenting attractive investment opportunities in all asset classes: Sovereign, Fixed Income and...

Port Houston has announced its new MWBE Business Equity Program and Initiative, receiving praise and support from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis, Adrian Garcia, and other community and business leaders at...

The Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI) released the NDPI 2020 Annual Report, which highlights the PIND (Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta) 2020 Annual Report, outlining the peacebuilding and economic development work...

Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Industrial Sentiment Survey. The survey, part of Corbin Advisors' Inside The Buy-side® publication, is based on responses from 37...

"Too much money and not enough projects" is how the head of the DOE Loan Programs Office characterizes the current pace of deployment for climate-related projects in the United States. "The pace at which we are deploying climate solutions is wholly...

When a film wins a Golden Globe Award, on average it will earn an additional $16.5 million, or 31.2 percent more than it would have if it had not won the award, according to a new economic study released today by VUONG Global. "For films with total...

KKR today announced the release of its 2021 mid-year outlook piece by Henry McVey, CIO of KKR's Balance Sheet and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation. In his latest Insights piece, McVey delves into a key question on investors' minds: Will the...

Regulatory News: NANOBIOTIX (Euronext: NANO ?? NASDAQ: NBTX ? the ??Company'') (Paris:NANO) , a late-clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering physics-based approaches to expand treatment possibilities for patients with cancer, today announced...

LegalShield, the company that protects and empowers people with tools and services needed to affordably live a just and secure life, today released its June Economic Stress Index, a suite of leading indicators of the economic and financial status of...

Seven in 10 institutional investors expect to buy or invest in digital assets in the future, and more than 90% of those interested in digital assets expect to have an allocationi in their institution's or clients' portfolios within the next five...

As college graduates start adulting and enter the workforce in the wake of a pandemic, a national consumer survey by Experian® recently examined their sentiments about finances and outlooks for the future. Although the findings reveal that some young...

Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will increase the price of all grades of EPS by $0.05/lb., effective August 1, 2021 or as contracts permit. Rising feedstock costs, along with current EPS supply and demand...

OCTO Telematics, the leading insurance and fleet telematics services and analytics provider, today announced plans to hire more than 100 people as part of its ?Smart Data, Smarter People' program. "Investment in top talent is indicative of the...

Price appreciation is widespread and most segments of the used truck market, especially medium duty trucks, are performing very well, according to analysts from J.D. Power Valuation Services, as reported in the July 2021 Commercial Truck Guidelines...

Prosus N.V. (Prosus) (Euronext Amsterdam: PRX; JSE: PRX) (the "Offeror") announces today the final results of the tender offer that the Offeror commenced on July 6, 2021, for any and all of the U.S.$1,200,000,000 5.500% Notes due 2025 and the...

Mr. Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, President of the Republic of Panama, made a historic visit to Port Houston Thursday, highlighting the importance of the connection between the Panama Canal and the Houston Ship Channel. Panama is home to the Panama...

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today released data showing net sales from ARC-accredited travel agencies totaling $4.2 billion in June 2021, an 800% increase compared to June 2020.* The June 2021 total is the second month of 18% month-over-month...

Transplace, the leading provider of logistics technology and services, today celebrates the grand opening of its new center of excellence located at 4909 W. Magnolia St. in Rogers, Ark. The ultra-modern facility extends logistics solutions and supply...