Economy

A few months after two years since the merger of the two entertainment giants, Warner Media and Discovery, was announced, giving rise to the company warner Bros Discovery, that promises to revolutionize the streaming business, Fernando Medín, president and general director of the company for Latin America and the Hispanic market in the United States, told EL TIEMPO about the plans they have for the region, including Colombia.(Also read: Viva Air's controlling shareholder is interested in negotiating with JetSmart) He said that the country is one of the company's focuses and is among the first markets where the multinational, present…

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,…