Beer inflation

Inflation, rose marginally to 4% in December, up from 3.9% in November 2023. Economists had forecast a slight fall but unexpected rises in alcohol and tobacco prices were behind the surprise rise. However, with energy bills predicted to come down in 2024, there are still expectations of interest rate cutsRead More →

Work

The latest U.S. jobs report for September 2023 was released on Friday, October 6, 2023. The U.S. economy added 336,000 jobs last month, much more than expected, despite the Federal Reserve’s struggle to cool the world’s largest economy.  The unemployment rate was 3.8%, in line with August 2023. The data lifted hopes thatRead More →