Monthly Archives: January, 2024

Europe Could Have a New Top Dog in Coal Burning

  Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that Turkey recorded its second straight annual increase in coal-fired electricity output. Turkish power producers favor cheap coal over...

Consumer Confidence Climbs to Two-Year High

Jeffry Bartash of MarketWatch is reporting that the U.S. consumer confidence index climbed to a two-year high. Bartash writes: Consumer confidence jumped in January to...

Three of My Favorite Charts

Your Survival Guy studies these charts daily: Action Line: Keep your eye on what’s happening, and let’s talk. Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

Billions of Tax Dollars Flow into Microchips

Yuka Hayashi of The Wall Street Journal is telling her readers that the Biden administration, eager for an economic win, is injecting billions into...

Electric Vehicle Industry Rocked by Setbacks

Ryan Felton and Christina Rogers of The Wall Street Journal are reporting a bumpy start for what was supposed to be a big year...

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The Next Fed Chairman?

In a discussion with reporters on Air Force One,...

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

DOE Launches $134 Million Push to Build US Rare Earth Supply Chain

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals...

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

Does Your Stock Portfolio Look Like Rudolph Taking Flight?

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Extreme Weather Hammers U.S. Grid Reliability

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

The Genesis Mission Unites Supercomputers and AI to Drive Next-Gen Science

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching...

Poland Cuts Rates Again

Poland’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by...