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Janet Yellen doesnât think a widening deficit is driving the rise in US Treasury yields. Itâs actually the sign of a strong economy, the treasury chief said yesterday. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq didnât like what it saw from this weekâs tech earnings.
The UK is establishing an AI safety institute. But prime minister Rishi Sunak isnât supporting a moratorium on the techâs development.
Indiaâs Epsilon Advanced Materials is opening a $650 million battery plant in the US. The North Carolina-based hub, set to be up and running by 2026, could eventually supply more than a million electric vehicles.
Many of the hostages taken back to Gaza by the Islamic militant group Hamas arenât Israeli. More than half of the estimated 220 hostages hold foreign passports, with the largest group being migrant workers from Thailand.
âFunflationâ is fueling the US economy
The US economy is looking Red hotâand yes, thatâs a Taylor Swift reference.
Gross domestic product of the worldâs largest economy grew at a 4.9% annual rate in the third quarter, fueled by strong consumer and government spending. Thatâs the highest since the end of 2021 and a big uptick from 2.1% in the previous quarter.
In fact, half of the GDP growth was driven by consumers, and itâs likely that Swiftâs Eras tour, BeyoncĂ©âs Renaissance tour, and Barbenheimer all ushered in an era of âfunflationâ that probably had something to do with the $8.5 billion addition to the US economy.
So what are financial advisers telling their clients on the heels of these results? Quartzâs Grete Suarez asked around.
One big number: 20,000
Number of visas for Indians that the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be able to process by December
Thatâs way down from an expected 38,000, thanks to a tit-for-tat feud between the two countries that led both to severely curtail visa services for Indians and Canadians. The diplomatic storm was kicked up after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau leveled allegations that India carried out the extrajudicial assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh on Canadian soil.
While tensions are soothing, one country is caught in the crosshairs. Quartzâs Ananya Bhattacharya looks at how the US is walking the tightrope between its neighbor to the north and its business partner across the Pacific.
Stellantis canât seem to figure out China
While its workers strike in the US, Netherlands-based Jeep and Chrysler maker Stellantis has another problem an ocean away: declining sales and fierce competition in China.
So it got to dealmaking, shelling out âŹ1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) yesterday for a 21% stake in the Chinese electric vehicle maker Leapmotor. Sure, the tie-up could be a lifeline for Stellantisâs struggling China business, but maybe the real winner is Leapmotor.
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