J.P. Morgan expects bond yields to fall some in 2023 as demand/supply balance improves

Torsten Asmus J.P. Morgan strategists, headed by Nikalaos Panigirtzoglou, expect a small amount of downward pressure on global aggregate bond yields in 2023, as they calculate an improvement in the demand/supply balance for 2023 is close to $1T, as bond supply declines more than demand. An improvement of $1T in supply/demand implies downward pressure on … Read more

German Business Outlook Improves on Hope of Milder Recession

Article content (Bloomberg) — Germany’s business outlook rose from historically low levels as the risk of energy shortages this winter receded and the government in Berlin prepares wide-ranging measures to shield households and businesses from surging costs.  Article content A gauge of expectations released Thursday by the Ifo institute improved for a second month, rising … Read more

Cybercrooks to ditch BTC as regulation and tracking improves: Kaspersky

Bitcoin (BTC) is forecasted to be a less enticing payment choice by cybercriminals as regulations and tracking technologies improve, thwarting their ability to safely move funds. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky in a Nov. 22 report noted that ransomware negotiations and payments would rely less on Bitcoin as a transfer of value as an increase in digital … Read more

Flow Rolls Out Blockchain Tools As Its Social Dominance Improves

Anyone who want their protocol to be widely used in the realms of DeFi and dApps will need robust development tools. And that’s exactly what L1 blockchain Flow accomplished not long ago, as reported on their company’s official Twitter page. In a blog post from October 18, developer community DZone provided a comprehensive explanation of … Read more

September Airline On-Time Performance Again Improves

Average North American airline on-time performance improved by more than 5 percentage points for the second straight month, reaching 77.4 percent in September versus 72.1 percent in August, according to Cirium’s monthly report. Every airline that made the report showed month-over-month on-time improvement, with Air Canada clocking the highest change at 60 percent, a 10.9 … Read more

China’s spot copper premium to stay elevated as demand improves

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Mai Nguyen and Siyi Liu Article content HANOI/BEIJING — The copper spot premium in top consumer China could stay elevated in the next few months, analysts and traders said on Friday, as demand for the metal has improved on the back of government stimulus. The … Read more

Copper prices set to post quarterly drop; China demand outlook improves

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton Article content BEIJING — Prices of copper on Friday were set to register a quarterly drop as macro bearishness outweighed supply tightness, while higher-than-expected China factory data raised hopes of better demand from world’s biggest metal consumer. Benchmark copper price … Read more

Top surgery drastically improves quality of life for young transgender people, study finds

The quality of life of young transmasculine people dramatically improves after receiving top surgery — a mastectomy procedure that removes breast tissue — according to a study by Northwestern Medicine. The study, published in peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, is the first to show that top surgery is “associated with significant improvement in chest dysphoria, gender … Read more