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Inflation increasing throughout 2022 in both advanced economies and emerging markets. Structural trends suggest that the problem will be secular, rather than transitory. Specifically, mMany countries are now engaged in various “wars”, some real, some metaphorical.which will lead to even larger fiscal deficits, more debt monetization, and higher inflation in the future. The world going through a form of “geopolitical depression” crowned by the growing rivalry between the West and the aligned (if not allied) revisionist powers such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Pakistan. Hot and cold wars are on the rise. Russia's brutal invasion of the Ukraine…

The fresh flowers that a lover from Fort Lauderdale, in South Florida, in the United States, will give to his beloved tomorrow to celebrate the Valentine's Day They have traveled almost 2,500 kilometers since they were cultivated on the El Eclipse farm in Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, owned by the Ayurá company.(Also read: Jorge Iván González: 'Development Plan without dictatorial powers') In one day of work, Luz Dary Cortés removes at least 1,000 stems of carnations red like pomodoro, pink like joddie or white like moonlight. These go directly to the post-harvest, where they are classified and 'bonchan', that is, the bouquets…

As of early February 2022, the breakeven rate of five-year consumer price index (CPI) inflation five years from now in the US bond market was around 2% per year, a figure which corresponds to a chain-weighted personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation forecast of 1.6% per year within 5 to 10 years. With inflation of 1.6% falling well below the US Federal Reserve's 2% target, I entered that month feeling pretty good about being on the "Transitional Team," or at least the "Team the Fed understood things” or in the “Team inflation expectations remain solidly anchored”. But then, later that month,…

In 2022 in Colombia, according to the Superintendence of Notaries and Registry, 20,284 couples divorced. This process not only implies emotional consequences, but also economic ones. When a civil marriage is contracted and both parties want to end it, it can be done from a Notary with a deed called divorce. But, when it was celebrated by the Catholic Church or by another religion recognized by the State, divorce is called cessation of the civil effects of religious marriage, and it is also done in a Notary.According to 'Notary 19', this process does not have an exact value and depends…