Confidence among U.S. single-family homebuilders rose by the most in nearly a year in October as customer traffic improved for a second straight month, although builders remain concerned that the shortages that are driving up materials prices will hurt home affordability. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose 4 points—the most…
US Homebuilder Confidence Unexpectedly Rises in October, Survey Shows
US Consumers’ Inflation Expectations Remain Elevated, NY Fed Survey Finds
October 16, 2021
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U.S. consumers increased their short-term and medium-term inflation expectations again in September, but they lowered their views on how much home prices, fuel costs, and other expenses will rise over the next year, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the New York Federal Reserve. Median expectations for what inflation will be over the…
UK Starting Pay Jumps by Most on Record as Staff Shortages Bite: Survey
LONDON—British employers increased pay for new staff by the most since at least the 1990s, according to a survey that will be studied by the Bank of England as it tries to assess how persistent the recent jump in inflation might be. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said firms were still seeking to hire…
US Service Sector Activity Inches Up in September; Shortages Persist: ISM Survey
WASHINGTON—U.S. services industry activity nudged up in September, but growth is being restrained by a persistent shortage of inputs and the resulting high prices as the pandemic drags on. The Institute for Supply Management said on Tuesday its non-manufacturing activity index edged up to a reading of 61.9 last month from 61.7 in August. A…
Canadians Increasingly Divided Over Vaccination Status, Poll Finds
The Canadian population is increasingly split into people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who are not, according to a new poll, with other polling data suggesting Canada is generally more divided since the recent federal election. Conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, the survey found that more than three in…
UK Public Inflation Expectations Tick Higher in August: BoE Survey
LONDON—The British public’s expectations for inflation rose last month but remained within levels seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a recent jump in headline inflation, a Bank of England survey showed on Friday. Inflation expectations for the year ahead rose to 2.7 percent in August from 2.4 percent in May, according to…
Banks Expect London to Remain a Top Financial Centre, Says Survey
LONDON—London will remain a leading global financial centre despite uncertainty over regulation due to Brexit, Lloyds Bank’s annual sentiment survey of financial firms showed on Monday. Britain fully left the European Union, its biggest single export customer, in December last year, with thousands of jobs and billions of euros in daily trading moving from London…
Stocks Correction of 5 Percent–10 Percent Likely by Year End: Deutsche Survey
LONDON—An equity market correction of 5 percent-10 percent by the end of the year was the majority prediction in a September market sentiment survey published by Deutsche Bank on Monday, in the latest sign of market caution that the equity bull run will end. According to the report, conducted from Sept. 7–9 and covering over…
Ninety Percent of Australia Opposes the Chinese Communist Party
August 20, 2021
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Ninety percent of Australians are opposed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of Australia’s leading thinktank’s has revealed. A Lowy Institute’s 2021 survey— of 2,222 Australian adults—found that while two-thirds of Australians had positive views about Chinese people, Chinese culture and history, an overwhelming 90 percent of Australians were strongly opposed China’s communist system of…
Israeli Survey Finds 3rd Pfizer Vaccine Dose Has Similar Side Effects to 2nd
JERUSALEM—Most people who received a third dose of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine felt similar or fewer side effects than they did after receiving the second shot, according to an initial survey in Israel. Israel began offering the booster shots about 10 days ago to people over age 60 as part of efforts to slow the…
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