Manufacturing and General Business Activity reaches recessionary territory with steep double digit drops in Texas and the surrounding region according to the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank.
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The global supply chain for the mining, processing, production, use, and recycling of lithium batteries is up to 90% short of the capacity necessary to support tens of millions of zero emission vehicles of all types according the CEO of Rivian.
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As 2030 looms as the date in which all new vehicles in California must be zero emissions and almost assuredly in need of some form of electric charging or support, a new national grant from the Department of Energy offers an interesting glimpse towards a path to expand fast charging infrastructure.
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As employers nationally relocated in record numbers leaving traditional powerhouse states for the West and the South, the Western States of Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Idaho all placed in the top 20 states in which to build an organization according to annual survey of CEO’s.
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Over 61% of recent high school graduates are enrolled in college with a majority of all demographic groups being well represented in four and two year schools and among those that are working and going to school. Good report detailed here.
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Home foreclosures in March 2022 reached highest level in two years as market continues to account for foreclosure ban during lockdowns along with quickly tightening mortgage loan market which saw rates hit 6.875% in April.
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American labor costs jump the most on record at nearly double the pace as before the lockdowns. Another challenging sign to hopes of a quick recovery.
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For the first time since 1981’s painful double digit inflation and recession, America experiences a stagflationary quarter with inflation above 8.5% and GDP at -1.4%. largely before the March 2022 Fed tightening of interest rates by a quarter point.
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