No Soft Landing, No Return to Normal for US Economy, Says Fed

Jerome Powell, the Chairman of The Federal Reserve, has conceded that a so-called “soft landing” for the U.S. economy is something he cannot guarantee. Powell went on to say that the COVID-19 pandemic...

CVS to remove purchase limit on Plan B pills, says sales have ‘returned to normal’

Plan B One-step birth control in CVS Pharmacy, Boston, MA. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images CVS is removing the purchase limit it had put on emergency contraceptive pills following last wee...

Binance’s CZ says crypto industry still growing – price fluctuations normal

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, is the voice of reason when he says that bitcoin may take a few months to a couple of years to get back to all-time-highs. However, he also thinks that the current pric...

Binance CEO Comments on Terra and Celsius Fallout, Says Bitcoin and Crypto Crash Is Part of Normal Market Cycle

The CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange platform says bear markets are a normal part of market cycles and offers his thoughts on the aftereffects of Terra (LUNA) and Celsius (CEL) collapsing. I...

Richest person in crypto says current correction is ‘normal market behavior’

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has dismissed any concerns regarding the crypto market correction, noting that it is a normal occurrence.  Speaking during an interview on Bloomberg Markets: European Open o...

Investors may be in for this rude surprise: History shows inflation can take years to return to normal even when Fed hikes above 10%

History can be a powerful tool, particularly in a high-inflation environment like this one in which no suitable economic model seems to apply. Inflation — running at 8.3% as of April, near a four-deca...

Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Not Normal’ But ‘Containable’ As Confirmed Cases Grow, WHO Says

Topline The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, confirming 131 cases in 19 countries where the virus does not usually spread as the Unite...

Temporary, Or ‘New Normal?’ Naturally, Dealers Prefer The Latter

A man browsing at a dealership in Alhambra, Calif. AFP via Getty Images It’s well documented the nation’s auto dealers have low supply and high demand working in their favor — but that’s not all deale...

Xi’s Shanghai lockdown and Putin’s Ukraine invasion are screwing up inflation’s return to normal

Inflation just keeps going up. The U.S. inflation rate rose 8.5% in March, with the prices of food, gas, and housing going up the most. Before last summer, those kinds of numbers hadn’t been seen in t...

‘It put everyone in a weird position’: Our waitress said a 20% service fee was added to cover benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip. Is this normal?

I went to brunch last weekend and, when the server handed us the bill, she said a 20% service fee was added to cover her benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip.  I am absolutely supp...

Supply Chain Crisis Is Retailers’ New Normal

Shopper staring at empty shelves getty For a moment, at the end of last year, it seemed like the sun was beginning to set on the pandemic. Container volume at key ports like Los Angeles had reached a ...

Argentines prefer “play-to-earn” crypto games over normal jobs amid record inflation

Argentina’s struggle with inflation is causing people to turn to “play-to-earn” crypto games as record inflation is driving down the value of fiat salaries. The country, which is South America’s secon...

Airline Industry Heads Back To Normal As Analyst Sees ‘Insatiable’ Demand

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Miami International Airport in December 2021. … [+] (Photo by Joe Raedle) Getty Images Air travel has resumed, oil prices may be falling and wi...

War And Markets: Madness But Normal

Reading of the horrors in Ukraine, I thought of Eckhart Tolle’s wise mantra about human folly: “It’s madness but it’s normal.” Indeed, war is madness but it’s all too normal. As a result, we have exte...

NCAA March Madness prepares return to normal

A general view of the March Madness logo before game between the Syracuse Orange and the Houston Cougars in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2021 NCAA Tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Aaron Doster | USA TODAY...

U.S. far from normal with Covid deaths much higher than flu: report

Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County, New York. Newsday | Getty Images The U.S. has a long way to go before the p...

Expect a return to more ‘normal’ investing where stock picking is rewarded, Goldman Sachs says

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 15, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) ...

Opinion: These 2 numbers sum up why the housing market won’t get back to normal for a long time

Last week I got a letter in the mail. Like you, I’m surprised this still exists as a practice but desperate times call for desperate measures: Courtesy Ben Carlson Now I would like to think our house ...

Extreme heat driven by climate change is new normal for oceans

A diver checks the coral reefs of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Alexis Rosenfeld | Getty Images More than half of the world’s ocean surface...

Instantly Turn Normal Games into Blockchain Games

The gaming business is changing in a variety of ways. The user experience is evolving. Gamers are becoming immersed in more realistic alternate and borderless digital worlds thanks to virtual and augm...

2022 will see a ‘full global recovery’ and an end to the pandemic — here are 3 easy ways to profit from the long-awaited return to normal

JPMorgan: 2022 will see a ‘full global recovery’ and an end to the pandemic — here are 3 easy ways to profit from the long-awaited return to normal With the omicron variant continuing to s...