Microsoft founder Bill Gates believes the coronavirus epidemic will end "at its best" in 2022. According to him, if the use of the vaccine is approved at the beginning of 2021, then the situation "will begin to return to normal" by the summer in the United States, and by the beginning of 2022 "activities will return to normal." He believes that for this, the United States should help other...

Prices for precious metals fell 1-4.5% on September 17, returning to the levels of a week ago. The bearish play was promoted by the results of the meeting of the Federal Reserve System (Fed): it did not expand the monetary stimulus, which was expected by the market participants. Gold lost the least in price, although if the correction continues, the quotes may drop by another 2%. After the rise,...

In the United States, there has been an increase in the number of so-called zombie companies that do not earn enough to pay off debts. Only once during the observation period were there more of them - after the dot-com bubble burst. In the United States, the number of so-called zombie companies unable to service debt obligations from their profits has approached the maximum since September 2000,...

International investors are actively buying platinum: the total assets of all exchange-traded funds have risen to a new all-time high of 115.5 tons. In four months, the assets have grown by a quarter. Interest in the metal is going up amid its undervaluation compared to other precious metals, as well as the recovery of the auto industry in China. Analysts expect the trend to continue and metal...

Brent crude will rise to $ 50 a barrel in the second half of 2021 on the back of a weaker dollar and higher inflation. This forecast was presented by analysts of the American bank Morgan Stanley on September 9. The price of WTI crude oil will also rise in the third quarter of 2021 to $ 47.5 per barrel. "The unprecedented expansion of the money supply weakens the dollar and puts upward pressure...

The pre-holiday sales season in the United States this year may start several weeks earlier - even before Halloween (October 31), writes the Financial Times. The pandemic has forced retailers including Macy's Inc., Kohl's Corp., Calvin Klein, Guess Inc. and Target Corp., to rethink their sales promotion tactics. Target CEO Brian Cornell said the company is gearing up to launch sales earlier "than...

Saudi Arabia has decided to cut oil prices. According to Bloomberg, this means that the world's largest exporter is preparing for fluctuations in fuel demand in the face of new outbreaks of the coronavirus. Saudi Arabia has slashed oil prices, indicating that the world's largest exporter expects fuel demand to fluctuate amid new coronavirus outbreaks around the world, Bloomberg writes. In...

The damage to the global economy from coronavirus can reach $ 35 trillion by 2025. The global economic recovery is slowing down, and states around the world may face new problems by the end of the year, experts warn. The global economic recovery after the crisis caused by the coronavirus is slowing down, and by the end of 2020, countries may face new problems, experts interviewed by Bloomberg...

The average price for real estate in the UK rose 2% in August, to £ 224 thousand ($ 299 thousand), the largest British construction company Nationwide reported on Wednesday. This is the strongest monthly growth since 2004. In comparison with the level of August last year, the average property prices increased by 3.7%. The rise in prices, despite the beginning of the recession in the UK,...