Quotes with Your Coffee #14 – Stay at Home Dads Up, Global Growth Down, the U.S. Imported More Goods from Europe than China, Amazon Beats Walmart to Be the On-line Low Price Leader

According to a broader analysis by the Pew Research Center the number of stay-at-home dads had swelled to about 2.1 million by 2021, equal to 18% of all stay-at-home parents in 2021, up from 10% in 1989.

More Men Are Staying Out of the Workforce to Care for Kids, Jason Yadoo, Bloomberg, November 29, 2022

Deutchebank’s economists predict output declining 2% in the US and 1% in the euro area in the coming year, resulting in a slowdown in global growth to about 2%, “a rate that has historically been labeled recessionary.”

Bloomberg, December

This year, the U.S. has imported more goods from Europe than China – a big shift from the 2010

Manufacturing orders from China down 40% in unrelenting demand collapse, Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, December 4, 2022

Among the 3 biggest online retailers (Amazon, Walmart and Target), Amazon continued to lead the pack with prices that were an average of 6% less expensive than Walmart and 16% less expensive than Target.  

Amazon wins the online price wars, according to study, Marieanne Wilson, CSA, November 29, 2022

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