(Natural News) Home prices has skyrocketed during the pandemic, hitting an all-time high by late 2021 and plateaued at a 20 percent year-on-year rate. Now, Redfin analyst Tim Ellis shared early indicators of homebuyer activity faltering as mortgage rates shot up above five percent, pushing demand lower and leaving sellers to follow with more price cuts. Early-stage […]

(Natural News) Demand for soy bean oil – a popular input for a wide variety of products – is increasing. It presents new routes to American soybean farmers, who for years have been accustomed to seeing soybean meal firmly on top of the demand chart. Based on the February database of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production, Supply and […]

(Natural News) The price to ship a container from Asia to California is now $17,000, far from its $3,800 price from a year ago. Rates are even steeper on the East Coast, where shipping rates reach up to $20,000 per container. This increase in shipping rates is primarily due to supply chain disruptions, which have created […]

(Natural News) Finding items from Canada and Mexico and other parts of the globe is set to become more problematic and more expensive. No matter what people know or understand about trade and the supply chain, the key takeaway is that products will cost more. There is already a massive shortage of truck drivers, who are getting […]

(Natural News) Across America, the food on people’s plates is getting more expensive as food companies pass along higher costs to consumers. A number of food makers, including General Mills, Campbell Soup, Unilever and J.M. Smucker are raising prices at supermarkets. Meanwhile, restaurants like Chipotle and Burger King are raising menu prices. According to company executives, prices are only going […]

(Natural News) Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger said that it could take a couple of years for the ongoing global semiconductor shortage to be resolved. On Monday, May 31, during a virtual session of the Computex trade show in Taipei, Gelsinger stated that the work-and-study-from-home trend during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to […]

(Natural News) It was supposed to be 14 days, to flatten the curve. But now, nearly a year has passed since state governments first imposed economic controls and travel restrictions on small businesses and “non-essential” people. The repercussions of lock downs, medical tyranny and perpetual spending packages continue to have a ripple effect on the […]

(Natural News) The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to upend lives throughout America: Now, farmers are being forced to dispose of their crops, even as grocery stores run out of foods to sell to worried shoppers. The global pandemic has also caused Americans to seek aid from food banks in shocking numbers, many of whom have lost their jobs amid the onslaught. […]

(Natural News) Nine years ago, the founder of the WeWork Company promised to “elevate the world’s consciousness.”The delusional hype artist, Adam Neumann, has been abruptly terminated, as the company’s initial public offering continues to implode. The failure of this company is a microcosm of the disaster waiting to happen with Wall Street. With a successful […]

(Natural News) A serious oversupply has caused prices of marijuana in Oregon to collapse just three years after lawmakers enacted a recreational cannabis law in the state. Now, many of the state’s licensed growers and retailers alike could be facing bankruptcy. Cannabis farmers reportedly harvested over 2.5 million pounds of marijuana in October alone, 1.3 […]