The highly anticipated jump in inflation has arrived. While the sustainability of the rise remains open to debate, recent readings have surged and some measures of inflation expectations are showing sizable increases. For many, the speed at which inflation has accelerated has been the most eye-catching development.  In the US, the blow-out consumer price index numbers for April and May boasted the largest gains in core prices in decades. Some of the upward moves, such as the rise in airline fares and hotel prices, point to rebounding demand and a return to pre-pandemic price patterns. But other increases reveal deepening bottlenecks. Most notably, used car prices are up sharply as microchip shortages have constrained new vehicle production and pushed up demand for second hand ones.

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - When Singapore Airlines said seats on its superjumbo-turned-restaurant sold out in 30 minutes, one common question was: "Who on earth would want to do that?"

Plenty of people, it turns out.
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For every person who does not relish flying, let alone schlepping to the airport and onto a parked plane for some reheated airline food, there is another who cannot get enough of the aviation experience and is willing to shell out (big bucks) for it.

Starting a business in a recessed economy is challenging, but when you've worked tirelessly to get to the point where you're ready to launch, who can blame you for wanting to forge ahead? If it's your first time starting a business, you could probably use all the help you can get. That's where the Smart Business Blueprint Starter Bundle comes in.
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Since COVID-19 struck, more than 50 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. Even professionals with “secure” jobs have been forced to question their future: What if my job is threatened by a prolonged downturn? And what can I do to prepare myself now, in the midst of so much tumult?
​For more than 20 years, I’ve studied this question—at first, in a very personal sense when I was laid off the day before 9/11, and later, as I studied best practices and researched my book Reinventing You.

​Ms Melinda Eng, 50, left her general manager job in mid-2016, when the business environment turned sour and her company, which produces advertising accessories, could no longer afford to pay her monthly salary of $5,000.
Over the next four years, she applied for well over 100 jobs but met with little success. The few prospective employers who met her would not believe she would accept markedly lower remuneration packages.

The COVID-19 pandemic, involving a novel strain of coronavirus, has claimed over 3,000 lives in China and worldwide. China, vulnerable and ever more attentive to its international prestige, has identified friends and adversaries in this time of crisis, as revealed by its official rhetoric and media narratives.

​China has shown an affinity for using diplomatic protocols to signal to other states where their official relations stand with China. In regards to the coronavirus, 

As procurement teams struggle to cope with the Covid-19 global pandemic, most have been trying to keep up with the news about global response measures and have been working diligently to secure raw materials and components and protect supply lines. However, vital information is often not available or accessible across their global teams. As a result, their response to the disruption has been reactive and uncoordinated, and the impact of the crisis is hitting many of their companies full force.

During a crisis, the path between corporate denial and layoffs is often a short one. For weeks, our corporate clients and contacts waved off concerns about a potential economic impact from the Covid-19 outbreak. Then something changed around March 9. First, our contacts told us they were restricting visitors to their offices and encouraging remote work. Now, only a few days later, we are hearing that many them are considering layoffs to ensure they make it through the