Podcasts about inventories

Our guest on this week's episode is Keith Peterson, director of operations at The National Motor Freight Traffic Association. For many years, less-than-truckload motor freight has been classified by a complex and rather outdated system. That is about to change – starting in July the industry will begin listing freight commodities in a system that is more condensed and modernized. But, what will this new freight classification system mean for both carriers and shippers? Our guest explains.Many companies have been stockpiling extra inventory ahead of the implementation of new tariffs, but a new report this week shows that there can be possible downsides to that strategy. We share what they are and who is affected.Despite the economic uncertainty, a new report from DHL Express shows that small and mid-sized companies seem to be beating the odds. DHL Express surveyed more than 400 customers—all small or mid-sized businesses in the United States—and found that despite the prevailing economic turmoil, most are confident in their business outlook.Supply Chain Xchange  also offers a podcast series called Supply Chain in the Fast Lane.  It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. All episodes are available to stream now. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe and to listen to past and future episodes. The podcast is also available at www.thescxchange.com.Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:National Motor Freight Traffic Association U.S. firms stockpile goods ahead of tariffsReport: small businesses buck the oddsVisit Supply Chain XchangeListen to CSCMP and Supply Chain Xchange's Supply Chain in the Fast Lane podcastSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@agilebme.comPodcast is sponsored by: KardexOther linksAbout DC VELOCITYSubscribe to DC VELOCITYSign up for our FREE newslettersAdvertise with DC VELOCITY

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In this vAuto podcast, vAuto and Cox Automotive associate vice president Patrick Janes shares perspective on how dealers can address the impact of tariffs as they manage new and used vehicle inventories. Janes offers pointers to help you acquire inventory from customers in a supply-constrained market; ensure your new/used vehicle pricing keeps pace as the market moves; adjust your inventory/sales momentum as market demand shifts.

In this episode, we review the latest earnings results from the spirits industry (Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Brown-Forman, Campari, Rémy Cointreau, Becle, and MGP Ingredients). Alongside individual company results, we discuss the impacts of declining sales in the US, the surprising health of the European market, the challenges created by aging inventory and wholesaler inventory, an evolution in pack and pricing strategy, the severe impact of a retaliatory Chinese anti-dumping investigation into cognac, and, of course, the fallout from the Trump-initiated trade wars with the US, Mexico, Canada and the European Union.  Contact us via email: bourcard.nesin@rabobank.com Sign up for our research via this link: Knowledge.Rabobank.com Note: The content and opinions presented within this podcast are not intended as investment advice, and the opinions rendered are that of the individuals and not Rabobank or its affiliates and should not be considered a solicitation or offer to sell or provide services This episode was recorded on March 6, 2025. Things may have changed by the time you are listening to this podcast.

Ian Everard believes that the massive gold outflows from London and 10-year lows on silver inventories at the LBMA are converging to cause a squeeze on the bullion banks shorting the precious metals market that will leave them scrambling to cover. Ian also provides his thoughts on revaluing US gold reserves, auditing Fort Knox, current retail participation in gold and silver, and much more.Visit our sponsor, ARK Silver Gold Osmium: https://arksgo.comContact them at (307) 264-9441Ian@ArkSGO.comFollow Jesse Day on X: https://x.com/jessebdayCommodity Culture on Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/CommodityCulture

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at the latest used combine pricing and inventory report from Sandhills Global.

In this episode of the BIC Magazine Weekly Industry Report, we cover Chevron's interest in Phillips 66's chemical venture stake, the EIA's forecast of U.S. fuel inventories hitting their lowest levels since 2000, the Senate's vote to overturn the Biden administration's methane fee, Golden Pass LNG's export permit extension, and Covestro's strides toward climate neutrality at its Baytown site.

Kia ora,Welcome to Monday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.And today we lead with news the global economy seems to be settling back into a low growth phase on the back of the sharp rise in policy uncertainty in the US.But first, in the week ahead we will get our December trade balance update and data on building permits for January. And the first of the quarterly data sets building for our March 19 GDP result for Q4-2024 will come in, this one recording the construction work completed in the quarter. All relatively minor. There will also be another full dairy auction on Wednesday.Internationally the week will end with the US non-farm payrolls report for the US, for February (where a modest gain of +133,000 is now expected), more US PMI data plus factory order data. Tariff action may well overshadow these however. In Europe it will be all about their ECB decisions (expect a -25 bps rate cut), and inflation updates. Australia will release Q4-2024 GDP results, and trade balance data, as will Canada and China.Over the weekend China released its February PMI data and it was not negative. Their official factory PMI shifted back to a very minor expansion (although that is probably being generous). Their services sector is also officially expanding, also minor.And minor as well was the rise in South Korean exports, much less than expected in February. This came off the back of the unexpected January slump, one that was deeper than first reported. Although South Korean export growth been generally trending lower for about a year now, so have their imports, and that allowed them to report their second highest current account surplus ever.India reported Q4-2024 GDP results and those came in at a +6.2% rate, better than the +5.6% in Q3, but just missing analyst estimates of +6.3%.In the US, the widely watched PCE inflation level came in at 2.5% for January, down from 2.6% in December, and back to November's level. (The US CPI rate for January was 3.0%.) From a year ago, personal disposable incomes were up +1.8% and personal expenditures up +3.0%, so this isn't tracking in a favourable direction now. People will notice that and take household budget actions, such as increasing debt or cutting spending. When uncertainty levels are high, spending cutbacks are the more likely.The sharp jerk in trade policy direction has brought sharp changes in American commercial behaviour. First there was a large spike in imports, up 12%, driving their merchandise trade deficit to a mammoth -$US$153 bln in January. That is an all-time record and by a country mile.Secondly, American wholesale inventories jumped in January, especially for consumer goods which were up +2.1% from a year ago. Retail inventories rose even faster, up +5.1%.The Chicago PMI, which was in deep contraction over the December/January period recovered in February, but it is still contracting, just less so.The Trump administration designated importing timber a "national security issue" justifying new tariffs. They also said XRP (Ripple), SOL (Solana), and ADA (Cardano) would be in their new US crypto strategic reserve, jumping the prices of almost all cryptos including bitcoin (and their own personal wealth).North of the border, the good Canadian data continues. This time it is their Q4-2024 GDP growth rate, up +2.6% from a year ago, better than the Q3-2024 growth of +2.2%, and much better than the expected Q4 rate of +1.9%. Driving the rise was rising household spending, rising exports, and rising business investment. Of course, things for Q1-2025 are much more uncertain, although it will be interesting to see the echo of the 'Buy Canadian, Bye Americans' movement on their GDP. Perhaps it may give a Q1 fillip?Global air travel is rising fast. International passenger travel rose +12.4% in January from the same month in 2024. That makes it an all-time high, eclipsing pre-pandemic levels. Asia/Pacific travel rose more than +20%.Meanwhile air cargo traffic rose +3.2% on the same basis, although up +7.5% in the Asia/Pacific region.We should probably note that the coal price has fallen to a four year low, and back to prices it first achieved in 2016. And not only are oil prices lower, there are falls too for zinc, lead and nickel too, all core indicators of global factory demand. Lithium is also having trouble getting back up off the canvas.The UST 10yr yield is at 4.20%, down -3 bps from Saturday at this time, down -22 bps for the week as risk aversion takes hold.The price of gold will start today at just under US$2857/oz and up +US$12 from Saturday. A week ago it was at US$2938/oz so a -US$81 drop since then.Oil prices are little-changed, still just under US$70/bbl in the US but the international Brent price is still just under US$73/bbl. Both prices are -US$1 lower than a week ago.The Kiwi dollar is now at 55.9 USc and down -10 bps from Saturday. That is a -160 bps drop in a week. Against the Aussie however we are still little-changed at 90.2 AUc. Against the euro we are also little-changed at 53.9 euro cents. That all means our TWI-5 starts today just on 66.2, unchanged from Saturday, down -100 bps for the week.The bitcoin price started today at US$91,401 and up a net +9.2% from this time Saturday on the US crypto reserve news. Volatility over the past 24 hours has been high at +/- 3.6%.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.You can get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston. And we will do this again tomorrow.

David Morgan: "Not The First Time Silver Inventories Have Gotten Depleted" With all of the recent chaos in the silver market, David Morgan takes a look back at some of the historical comps to give a clearer picture of what some of the latest data is actually telling us. To find out more, click to watch the video now! - Get access to Arcadia's Daily Gold and Silver updates here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/ - To get your very own 'Silver Chopper Ben' statue go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/chopper-ben-landing-page/ - Join our free email list to be notified when a new video comes out: click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - Follow Arcadia Economics on twitter at: https://x.com/ArcadiaEconomic - To get your copy of 'The Big Silver Short' (paperback or audio) go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ - Listen to Arcadia Economics on your favorite Podcast platforms: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/75OH2PpgUpriBA5mYf5kyY Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arcadia-economics/id1505398976 - #silver #silverprice #gold And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD)Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

Kia ora,Welcome to Wednesday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.And today we lead with news it remains unclear what happens next after the chaotic round of US tariffs on their closest trade partners, and then their unexpected suspension.But first up this morning, we can report a strong dairy auction result, with prices up +3.7% in USD terms and up +4.0% in NZD terms. The key WMP price was up +4.1% in USD terms and is now sitting much higher than the anticipated US$4000 level. There were a couple of key factors at play today. First, despite rising NZ production, the volume of product on offer was down, and along with lower US and Australian milk production, there is a supply squeeze. And secondly, there was strong pre-Ramadan buying although not so much from China as anticipated. Where each component has landed can be checked in our dual-currency charts that also interleave the Pulse results for SMP and WMP as well. There are some new high benchmarks achieved today, especially the WMP price in NZD.And, yes, the strength of this auction will have analysts reassessing their payout forecasts. But they will probably hold back because of where we are in the season. However, the base is now quite strong.US job openings fell by -556,000 to 7.6 million in December, to a lot less than anticipated and indicating a definite cooling of the American labour market. Clearly employers were uncertain about how the post-election landscape would play out. And this came well before the aggressive purging of Federal government jobs now underway.Perhaps worse, new orders for manufactured goods sank -0.9% in December from November, extending the revised -0.8% drop in the previous month, and firmly below market expectations of a lesser decline. It was the sharpest monthly drop since June.But retail sales were up +5.7% last week from the same week a year ago on a same-store basis and that was an improvement. However you have to wonder whether this rise was motivated by buying ahead of expected price rises flowing from the signaled tariff increases.Surging inventory levels has seen the US Logistics Manager's Index jump in January from December to its fastest expansion of the logistics since June 2022. Underlying growth and the uncertainty surrounding trade regulations, particularly the tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, drove the defensive inventory moves.On the trade war front, the US delayed its tariff imposition in both Mexico and Canada by a month, but China set in motion is retaliation, a mixture of its own countervailing tariffs especially on coal, oil and natural gas, plus major 'investigations' of Google, Nvidia and Intel. It also banned exports of some key minerals. But analysts thing there is more symbolism here than hard penalties. They are being saved for later in the game.In Canada, consumer boycotts may have a bigger effect than official retaliation. Other major economies are also readying their retaliation, including Japan and the EU. If all of them act in unison, the impact of just these five big trading blocs will be substantial for the US (and themselves of course).China thinks it can win the trade war with the US just by letting the yuan sink. In fact, all currencies vs the USD are falling. That way imports become cheaper for US buyers, and US exports become more expensive (and less attractive) to overseas customers. It is lose-lose for the US. Trump is fighting natural market forces with unnatural tariffs.Join us at 10:45am this morning when we will report the Q4-2025 unemployment rate. Markets expect it to have risen to 5.1% from the Q3 4.8%. Any variance from that will have implications for the February OCR review due on the 18th of this month.The UST 10yr yield is at 4.52%, unchanged from yesterday at this time.The price of gold will start today at US$2840/oz and up +US$23 from yesterday and another new record high.Oil prices are virtually unchanged again at just on US$72.50/bbl in the US and the international Brent price is now US$76/bbl and a tad firmer.The Kiwi dollar is now at 56.2 USc and up +20 bps from this time yesterday. Against the Aussie we are down -20 bps at 90.3 AUc. Against the euro we are up +10 bps at just on 54.4 euro cents. That all means our TWI-5 starts today just on 66.9, and up +20 bps from yesterday.The bitcoin price starts today at US$99,502 and up another minor +0.6% from this time yesterday. Volatility over the past 24 hours has been moderate at +/- 2.2%.We should finally note that tomorrow (Thursday, February 6, 2025) is a public holiday in New Zealand and there won't be a Breakfast Briefing edition. It will return on Friday.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.You can get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston. And we will do this again on Friday.

Advisors on This Week's Show Kyle Tetting Tom Pappenfus Dave Sandstrom (with Max Hoelzl, Joel Dresang, engineered by Jason Scuglik) Week in Review (Jan. 27-31) Significant Economic Indicators & Reports Monday The Commerce Department reported a 4% gain in the annual rate of new home sales in December. Sales were up almost 7% from the year before and just below where they were heading into the COVID-19 pandemic. For perspective, the pace of sales - 698,000 a year – was half the peak rate in mid-2005 and represented about one-seventh of all home sales. The median sales price rose 2% from the year before to $427,000. Tuesday The Commerce Department said durable goods orders declined again in December, the fourth setback in five months, led by commercial aircraft. Compared to the year before, long-lasting factory orders were down 1.5% after shrinking 2.2% for the month. Excluding transportation equipment, orders rose 0.3% and were up 1.4% from the end of 2023. A proxy for business investment gained 0.5% from November and was up 0.6% from December 2023. Housing prices increased again in November, rising 3.8% from the year before, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national index. The gain compared to a 3.6% year-to-year advance in October, marking the first acceleration in nine months.  Since 1988, the average 12-month increase had been 2.7%, although it averaged 5.2% since 2000. Housing costs continued to outpace overall inflation, which reached 2.9% in December, based on the Consumer Price Index. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index declined in December for the second month in a row, keeping toward the lower end of a sideways range that began in 2022. The business research group said its gauge sank broadly from November, led by a drop in attitudes toward labor conditions. Consumer responses avoided a measure historically tied to impending recession. Economists follow consumer confidence because consumer spending drives 70% of U.S. economic activity. Wednesday No major releases Thursday The U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 2.3% in the fourth quarter, down from 3.1% in the previous three months. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the deceleration in gross domestic product was led largely by a drop in business investments. Consumer spending rose at a 4.2% annual rate, the fastest since the first quarter of 2023. Government spending and a decrease in imports also boosted fourth-quarter growth.  Also slowing: Inventories, federal spending and residential spending. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2023 and adjusting for inflation, GDP rose 2.5% in 2024, down from 3.8% the year before. The four-week moving average for initial unemployment claims fell for the fourth time in five weeks. The average was 41% below the all-time average dating back to 1967. The Labor Department said 2.2 million Americans claimed jobless benefits in the latest week, down more than 1% from the week before but 9% higher than the same time in 2023. An early indicator of home sales declined in December after four months of gains. The National Association of Realtors' index of pending home sales dropped 5.5% from November and was down 5% from December 2023. The trade group said more home buyers are using cash, partly offsetting the deterrent of relatively high mortgage rates. At 74.2, the index of pending sales was more than 25% below what the association considers normal sales volume at the current population level. Friday The Bureau of Economic Analysis said consumer spending jumped 0.7% in December, the most since March and outpacing a 0.4% increase in personal income. Consumer spending is the driving force in gross domestic product, so the gain was another sign of economic resilience. The personal consumption expenditures index, which the Federal Reserve Board follows for inflation, rose 2.6% from December 2023,

Tune into this episode to hear from Lyle Kruse, retired vice president  of U.S. market development for Select Sires, Inc., about the importance of managing your replacement heifers. Learn about the challenges facing heifer management and how this impacts the future of the dairy industry. 

So many changes have happened from 2024 to 2025. We have a new President and a new administration. We have interest rates stabilizing. The stock market appears to be soaring. We also are experiencing changes in the real estate markets. Inventories are increasing. Companies are placing more demands on their employees to RTO (Return to the Office) versus WFH (Work from Home). All of these things had a direct impact on the market. Is there any way we can predict how these factor and more may affect the real estate market in 2025? The answer is…maybe. That's not a cop out, it's just that if we have learned anything, nothing[...]

In Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging (Wolsak and Wynn, 2023), author Mariam Pirbhai looks carefully at the pocket of land she has called home in Southern Ontario for the past seventeen years, which she notes is a milestone for her, and asks how long it takes to be rooted to a place? And what does that truly mean? Seeing the landscape around her with the layered experience of a childhood spent wandering the world, Pirbhai shares her efforts to create a garden and understand her new home while encouraging others to do reconsider the land on which they live, and how they treat it. The result is a delightful collection of essays that invites the reader to see the beautiful complexity of the land around us all in a new way. About Mariam Pirbhai: Mariam Pirbhai is an academic and creative writer. Her most recent work titled Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging (Wolsak & Wynn 2023), was a 2024 Foreword Indies finalist for nature/nonfiction, and received Honourable Mention for the 2024 Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize. Her novel titled Isolated Incident (Mawenzi 2022), won the 2024 IPPY Gold Medal for multicultural fiction and IPPY Silver Medal for Canadian regional fiction, and a debut short story collection titled Outside People and Other Stories (Inanna 2017), won the 2018 IPPY Gold Medal for multicultural fiction, and 2019 American Bookfest award for short fiction. Pirbhai is Full Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and specializes in postcolonial studies and creative writing, and is the author of several academic studies on the literatures of the global South Asian diaspora. Pirbhai has served as President of CAPS (Canadian Association for Postcolonial Studies), Canada's longest-running scholarly association devoted to postcolonial and global anglophone literatures. Pirbhai lived in England, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines, before her family settled in Canada. She lives and works in Waterloo, Ontario. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging (Wolsak and Wynn, 2023), author Mariam Pirbhai looks carefully at the pocket of land she has called home in Southern Ontario for the past seventeen years, which she notes is a milestone for her, and asks how long it takes to be rooted to a place? And what does that truly mean? Seeing the landscape around her with the layered experience of a childhood spent wandering the world, Pirbhai shares her efforts to create a garden and understand her new home while encouraging others to do reconsider the land on which they live, and how they treat it. The result is a delightful collection of essays that invites the reader to see the beautiful complexity of the land around us all in a new way. About Mariam Pirbhai: Mariam Pirbhai is an academic and creative writer. Her most recent work titled Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging (Wolsak & Wynn 2023), was a 2024 Foreword Indies finalist for nature/nonfiction, and received Honourable Mention for the 2024 Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize. Her novel titled Isolated Incident (Mawenzi 2022), won the 2024 IPPY Gold Medal for multicultural fiction and IPPY Silver Medal for Canadian regional fiction, and a debut short story collection titled Outside People and Other Stories (Inanna 2017), won the 2018 IPPY Gold Medal for multicultural fiction, and 2019 American Bookfest award for short fiction. Pirbhai is Full Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and specializes in postcolonial studies and creative writing, and is the author of several academic studies on the literatures of the global South Asian diaspora. Pirbhai has served as President of CAPS (Canadian Association for Postcolonial Studies), Canada's longest-running scholarly association devoted to postcolonial and global anglophone literatures. Pirbhai lived in England, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines, before her family settled in Canada. She lives and works in Waterloo, Ontario. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

The holidays are the busiest time of the year for many of us. Our calendars are so weighed down you can almost see the activities dripping off the paper. But in spite of all the busyness, we still need some quiet time to regroup and refresh. That's where Audits and Inventories can help. But these aren't your typical audits and inventories of what you still need to do or the contents of your cabinets. Listen in and discover different types, and how they can help you learn to slow down and enjoy your simple life!Send us a textSupport the showThe Farm Wife (website)Let's Visit! (email)Amazon Shop PageGreat Products by The Farm Wife:The Simple Life WorkbookSimple Life Home Finance BundleThe Art of HomemakingFind other helpful Simple Life Products in The Farm Wife ShopDo you want to learn more about living a simple life? Then a great place to start is with the books in my Simple Life Series! Living a Simple Life on the Farm (my story) The Search for a Simple Life How to Cook a Possum: Yesterday's Skills & Frugal Tips for a Simple Life (don't worry – this isn't a cookbook!)Faith & a Simple Life

For more than 30 years, Circana has conducted extensive audits of the food items found in America's kitchens, from spice cabinets and pantries to refrigerators and freezers. Results from the 2024 audit reveal our kitchens have fewer items, pointing to our growing desire for convenience. Darren Seifer, industry advisor, consumer goods & foodservice insights at Circana, shares observations on changing behaviors and opportunities to meet consumer needs.  Highlights:  Consumers are keeping around 140 items in their kitchen, down from 160 in 2020.  There's been an uptick in heat-and-eat solutions. Kitchen appliances such as air fryers and pod coffee makers are responding to the need for speed.  Conversely, there's been a decline in food appliances like deep fryers or coffee grinders.  Manufacturers of CPG items and appliance makers have an opportunity to support the success of meals, with proper temperature cooking, simplified recipes, and products that deliver flavor and convenience. 

In this week's episode of FTR's Trucking Market Update podcast, we consider a range of impacts on trucking from the election of President Trump. We also examine data on international trade in goods, wholesale inventories and sales, and nonresidential construction. Plus, we recap the week in diesel prices and the spot market for truck freight.The Trucking Market Update is hosted by FTR's Vice President of Trucking, Avery Vise. As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the presentation.Download the PDF: https://ftrintel.com/trucking-podcast Support the show

Feeling overwhelmed by financial disclosures during divorce cases? Learn how to streamline the process and make your case rock-solid with insights from the pros!In this episode, Holly Draper and Carrie Tapia, partners at The Draper Law Firm, delve into the intricacies of effectively managing financial documents for mediation and court. They explore common pitfalls and offer practical strategies for attorneys and clients alike, all while uncovering the nuances of financial preparation in family law cases.In this episode, you'll discover:How to identify and manage sudden separate property claims made during mediation.The crucial role of accurate document labeling and proper format submission.Why valuing non-statement assets like houses and cars requires a cautious approach.The complexities of business valuations and when to seek expert opinions.Proven strategies to keep financial inventories up-to-date and reliable.

Stellantis Executive Director & CEO Carlos Tavares discusses EV makers demand from the European Governments, affordable price, inventories in the US and the company's pillars of strategies to "bring a lot of competitiveness to the market." Tavares spoke to Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz and Jonathan Ferro from the sidelines of the Paris auto show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this podcast, FTR's Eric Starks and Justin Paris recap what they learned on Truck Equipment Day of the FTR Transportation Conference 2024. Some of their takeaways:It's not a great market, but people seem to believe we are at the bottom and are cautious but looking forward.Inventories are very high all around.People are trying to figure out what they need in low-emission and zero-emission vehicles in the future.  There are a lot of unknowns.Support the show

James and Will discuss weak U.S. ISM manufacturing. New orders fell to 44.6 points from 47.4 in July, experiencing contraction for the 3rd straight month. The prices paid index jumped to 54.0 points from 52.9 in July, expanding for the 8th month in a row. Inventories unexpectedly surged the most in the past decade.There's weak employment data out of the U.S. with just 142k jobs created in August. Full-time work is rapidly decreasing (-438k), while part-time work is up (+527k). An All-Time High (464,000) Americans are now working 2 full-time jobs.German IP is now 9.5% below February 202, Nvidia has dropped 28% since its peak and New Zealand house prices fall for the sixth consecutive month. Key data releases this week are:Tuesday - U.K. employment, IP, monthly GDPWednesday - U.S. CPIThursday - U.S. PPI, ECB rate decision (25bp cut fully expected)Friday - U.S. consumer confidence, Chinese money supply

The Biden administration has finalized guidance for federal agencies' 2024 artificial intelligence use case inventories. While much of the document remains the same as the draft, the final version includes several changes, such as narrowing the scope of excluded use cases and adding a section on deadline extension requests for compliance with risk management practices. The guidance also establishes a clear deadline for inventories to be submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget: Dec. 16, 2024. Meanwhile, five leading software and tech advocacy organizations are urging Senate and House leadership to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at improving federal agency oversight and management of software purchases before this congressional term comes to a close. In a letter shared exclusively with FedScoop, the tech groups urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., to take action on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act by the end of this session, referring to the bill to bolster transparency and communication in IT spending across federal agencies as “must-pass legislation.” The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.

Aug. 8, 2024 | Sonic calls out ‘ridiculous' inventories; Nissan's David Johnson by Automotive News

Furniture Industry News - Show NotesDate: August 2, 2024Episode HighlightsMarket Overview:New Residential Furniture Orders:Decline: 3% drop in May, second decline in 12 months.Previous Increase: 22% rise in April.Year-to-Date: 6% increase overall.Shipments & Backlogs: Shipments down 4%, backlogs decreased by 6%.Inventories & Employment: Slightly lower than 2023, stable operational levels.Economic Sentiment: Cautious optimism among consumers amid mixed economic indicators.Company Performances:Mattress Firm:Sales Stability: Maintained stable sales in Q3.Profit Surge: 71.2% increase in net income ($32.2 million).Revenue: $981.7 million.Conn's Inc.:NASDAQ Delisting: Following Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Stock Suspension: Effective August 6.Financial Struggles: Aims to reduce expenses and maximize estate value.Leggett & Platt:Net Loss: $602.1 million in Q2.Market Demand: Sluggish in bedding and furniture.Restructuring Plan: Closing 15-20 factories, focusing on core businesses.Ethan Allen:Sales & Income Decline: 10% drop in Q4 sales ($168.6 million).Gross Margin: 60.8%.Financial Health: Cash and investments at $195.8 million.Dividends: Special cash dividend of 40 cents per share.Havertys:Revenue & Income Decline: 13.4% drop in Q2 sales.Challenges: Continued economic difficulties.Sleep Number:Financial Improvement: Despite 11% drop in net sales, increased gross margin and reduced expenses.Free Cash Flow: Significant increase.Wayfair:Revenue Decline: 1.7% drop to $3.1 billion in Q2.Customer Gains: Active customers up to 22 million, repeat orders at 81.7%.Amazon:Sales Increase: 10% rise in net sales to $148 billion in Q2.Online Sales: 5% increase to $55.4 billion.AWS Growth: 19% year-over-year increase in Amazon Web Services.Beyond Inc.:Debt Reduction Focus: Improving cash flow, global loyalty program, and liquidation business ramp-up.XPO:Revenue Rise: 8.5% increase in Q2, driven by North American market yield.Operating Income: Jump to $197 million from $107 million last year.North American LTL Revenue: 12% rise to $1.27 billion.Industry News:Amish Furniture Manufacturer:Operations Cease: Indiana-based small manufacturer closing this fall.Conclusion:Stay tuned and subscribe for more updates on the furniture industry.

A few weeks ago we spoke about the surge in residential real estate in parts of Florida. Inventories are up in several markets. But we are also seeing a surge in condos appearing on the market in South Florida. In fact, the condo sale inventory is up 90% in South Florida and the volume of transactions has fallen through the floor. The number of sale transactions was the lowest it has been since 2012 which was at the bottom of the GFC.  We now have 8 months of inventory for condos as compared with last year and the sales statistics for 2024 to date are even lower than 2023.  Naples Florida has 12.5 months of supply in the condo market compared with 3.8 months at the same time last year. Active inventory is up 204%.  Sarasota has 3,600 condos for sale, an increase of 87% compared with the same time last year. Tampa has a 6100 condos for sale. These numbers were not seen since 2011.  The redneck Riviera is also seeing a surge in inventory. Pensacola's inventory is up 148%. Destin has 11.7 months of inventory.  We're talking strictly the condo market.  But Florida has a unique situation. If you remember the Surfside condo building that collapsed three years ago killing 98 people, the state of Florida implemented two new sets of regulations aimed at improving the safety of condo buildings. The first regulation instituted mandatory engineering inspections of condo buildings on a prescribed schedule.  The second regulation implements a strict set of guidelines for the condo corporation's reserve fund.  These two factors are causing condo fees to increase, on top of the rising expenses associated with insurance. This is resulting in special assessments of in many cases tens of thousands. ----------------- **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)   iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)   Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)   LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)   YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)   Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)  **Y Street Capital:** Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)   Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)  

Today, we're diving into the importance of taking regular inventories of our sobriety journey. Regular self-reflection is a powerful tool for maintaining balance and fostering growth.Why are regular inventories crucial? How do we conduct them effectively? And what benefits can we expect from making them a routine part of our lives?Join us as we unpack these questions and more, helping you stay proactive and balanced in your recovery. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to strengthen their sobriety and overall well-being.

For the video of this podcast: Bringing Agility to the Modern Security Operations Center  Follow FedInsider on LinkedIn  Today, we look at protecting critical infrastructure called Operational Technology (OT). One might think, what does a sensor in a water filtration plant have to do with my servers? OT can be considered as hardware on premises. Some are old and it is quite expensive to update. For years, IT leaders did not have to worry about security because IT and OT were separated by air gaps. However, today we see a convergence where the IT department is being placed in charge of protecting both IT and OT. The first challenge to overcome is discovering what is on your network. We are looking at physical devices, virtual devices, and virtual devices in the cloud. Inventories need to be tracked, and some will argue the cloud will permit IT/OT systems to be easier to be configured in an automated fashion. During this interview, compliance is a topic that is discussed in depth. We all know about IT compliance like NIST 800-53; few realize that OT has federal compliance regulations as well. The real issue, should an OT systems administrator have to do repetitive work to comply with IT mandates? Marty Edwards from Tenable remarked that he has seen up to 80% similarity in compliance standards. As a result, today, committees are meeting to make sure they can eliminate redundance in compliance for OT vs. IT. Malicious actors are always looking for the “Easy Button” when it comes to system penetration.  If federal leaders aren't careful, remote sensors can provide a launch pad for the next cyber event.    

June 15, 2024 | Weekend Drive: Retail intelligence report; ballooning inventories by Automotive News

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Markets start the month with support sustained at the 20-DMA, although consumer spending is weakening, with retrenchment in Restaurants. Inventories are high while spending is slackening. The cure for inflation is high prices. Markets break thru 20-DMA on Friday, but rally before the close. Sell signal is restricting upside. The market momentum chase is on...which is fine until the music stops. Noting investing cycles vs market cycles and the problem with dividend investing strategy. Public Debt: Productive vs non productive: Can the AI boom bail us out? Why James Grant is wrong about debt and interest rates (a preview). How AI could save us from "bad" debt with electric grid infrastructure improvements. A note about forecasting GDP & Interest Rates. SEG-1: Setting the Table for June SEG-2: Surviving the Momentum Chase SEG-3: Investing Cycle, Market Cycles. & Dividend Strategies SEG-4: Why James Grant is Wrong about Debt and Interest Rates Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Watch today's show video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8nCiHEJSjg&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=6s ------- Articles mentioned in this report: "Momentum Chase Is On. What Happens Next?" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ ------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Is Weaker Pricing Ahead?" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-48uLmZfA&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 ------- Our previous show is here: "Should You Borrow Against Your 401k?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaFHcrYr414&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #MomentumInvesting #ValueInvesting #InvestmentStrategy #Timing #MarketTrends #FinancialAdvice #StockMarket #TradingStyles #InvestingApproaches #MarketTiming #InvestmenTiming #FinancialMarkets #InvestmentTypes #InvestingPrinciples #InvestmentOpportunities #StrategicInvesting #TimingMatters #MarketAnalysis #Markets #Money #Investing

Markets start the month with support sustained at the 20-DMA, although consumer spending is weakening, with retrenchment in Restaurants. Inventories are high while spending is slackening. The cure for inflation is high prices. Markets break thru 20-DMA on Friday, but rally before the close. Sell signal is restricting upside. The market momentum chase is on...which is fine until the music stops. Noting investing cycles vs market cycles and the problem with dividend investing strategy. Public Debt: Productive vs non productive: Can the AI boom bail us out? Why James Grant is wrong about debt and interest rates (a preview). How AI could save us from "bad" debt with electric grid infrastructure improvements. A note about forecasting GDP & Interest Rates. SEG-1: Setting the Table for June SEG-2: Surviving the Momentum Chase SEG-3: Investing Cycle, Market Cycles. & Dividend Strategies SEG-4: Why James Grant is Wrong about Debt and Interest Rates Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Watch today's show video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8nCiHEJSjg&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=6s ------- Articles mentioned in this report: "Momentum Chase Is On. What Happens Next?" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ ------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Is Weaker Pricing Ahead?" is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-48uLmZfA&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 ------- Our previous show is here: "Should You Borrow Against Your 401k?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaFHcrYr414&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Get more info & commentary:  https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #MomentumInvesting #ValueInvesting #InvestmentStrategy #Timing #MarketTrends #FinancialAdvice #StockMarket #TradingStyles #InvestingApproaches #MarketTiming #InvestmenTiming #FinancialMarkets #InvestmentTypes #InvestingPrinciples #InvestmentOpportunities  #StrategicInvesting #TimingMatters #MarketAnalysis #Markets #Money #Investing

Pierre Andurand made his name trading oil and other energy-related assets, but wild swings in the price of cocoa have recently lured the founder of Andurand Capital Management into a new market. He bet on cocoa earlier this year and saw the trade pay off as the price of the beans surged to a record $12,000 a ton. Prices have since fallen back to around $7,800, but Andurand sees scope for further upside as extreme deficits in the building blocks of chocolate loom. In this episode, we talk about how he entered the cocoa market, how he formed his investment thesis, and potential interest in other soft commodities, like coffee and orange juice. We also talk about copper, where a similar story of structural shortages is now playing out in prices.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stocks close mixed; inventories higher than this time last year; rent growth outpaced wage growth since 2019; Uber, Lyft bookings rise.

This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes author Mariam Pirbhai to the podcast to discuss her creative nonfiction book, Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging. About Mariam Pirbhai Mariam was born in Pakistan and lived in England, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines before her family immigrated to Canada in the late 1980s. She completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of Montreal and received the Governor General's Gold Medal. Mariam lives and works in Waterloo, where she enjoys photographing and painting the natural landscapes of southwestern Ontario. An English professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Mariam also wrote the award-winning short story collection Outside People and Other Stories, and the novel titled Isolated Incident. Here are some of the topics we covered in this episode: Her journey through the landscapes of her life on her way to her current home How her travels in the past shaped the gardener she is now Her innate understanding of gardening meant that trees in the garden should produce fruit How her search for a fruiting mulberry tree proved challenging How the increased time spent in nature during the pandemic made her more aware of the plants in nature versus what we historically have been cultivating in our gardens Her deep dive into invasive plants What belongs and doesn't belong in the garden The removal of a large amount of Buckthorn trees from the property How it opened up a new area for her garden to expand Where you can find Mariam Pirbhai: Website: www.mariampirbhai.ca Instagram: @mariampirbhai Facebook: Mariam Pirbhai  Find Down the Garden Path on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @downthegardenpathpodcast. You can also email your questions and comments to downthegardenpathpodcast@hotmail.com, or connect with Joanne via her website: down2earth.ca Down the Garden Path Podcast On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.  In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube.

On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of discuss a fundamental part of a successful privacy / data protection program - data inventories or mapping - records of processing activities. We also switched it up on you a little... Paul asks his very first unexpected question. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! Proudly sponsored by TrustArc. Learn more about NymityAI at https://trustarc.com/nymityai-beta/ #heartofprivacy #europaulb #seriousprivacy #privacy #dataprotection #cybersecuritylaw #CPO #DPO #CISO

Landaas & Company newsletter  April edition now available. Advisors on This Week's Show Kyle Tetting Dave Sandstrom Tom Pappenfus (with Jason Scuglilk, Joel Dresang) Week in Review (March 25-29) Significant Economic Indicators & Reports Monday The annual rate of new home sales declined slightly in February but stayed ahead of the year-ago pace, the Commerce Department reported. The sales rate of 662,000 new houses was below the pre-COVID pace for the seventh month in a row. Inventories rose marginally, and the median sales price - $400,500 – dropped almost 8% from February 2023. Tuesday Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods rose in February for the first time in three months, according to the Commerce Department. Orders for durable goods were up 1.4% from January and 1.8% ahead of orders in February 2023. Excluding volatile transportation orders, demand increased 0.5% from January and was up 3.2% from the year before. Orders for core capital goods, a proxy for business investments, also advanced. The annual gain in housing prices accelerated to 6% in January, the seventh consecutive increase. According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, broad-based price gains continued despite the head winds of higher borrowing costs. The year-to-year increase in January was the highest since November 2022. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index was essentially unchanged in March, with survey respondents improving their views of current conditions while taking a dimmer view of the future. The business research group offered some mixed signals, reporting that people continued to fret over higher prices while their expectations for inflation remained near four-year lows. Consumers' expectations for recession continued to weaken at the same time an index reading associated with recession worsened. Wednesday No significant releases Thursday The U.S. economy rose at an annual pace of 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a final estimate of the gross domestic product. The growth rate was up from 3.2% in the previous estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, mostly because the annual rate of consumer spending grew by 3.3%, instead of the earlier estimate of 3%. Economic growth also rose faster from more commercial investments than initially estimated. The four-week moving average for initial unemployment claims fell for the first time in three weeks to reach 42% below the 57-year average. The indicator from the Labor Department suggested employers remained reluctant to let workers go. The same report showed 2 million Americans were claiming unemployment compensation in the latest week, down nearly 3% from the week before and up 7% from its level the year before. The National Association of Realtors said its pending home sales index rose nearly 2% in February, though it was down 7% from the year earlier. The trade group said sales contracts in the Northeast and West fell for the month because housing prices were rising faster than incomes. Nationwide, the group predicted increasing inventory because of more newly built structures on the market and because of pent-up desires by many homeowners to move. The University of Michigan's longstanding measure of consumer sentiment rose marginally in March, staying about midway between its pre-pandemic level and its record low in 2022. The survey-based index suggested consumers were feeling better about their personal finances because of increased confidence that inflation was easing. The university said it expected sentiment to be on hold until later in the election season. Friday By far the biggest driver of the U.S. economy, consumer spending, rose 0.8% in February, the biggest jump in 13 months. Spending outpaced the 0.3% gain in personal income for February, resulting in a drop in the personal saving rate to 3.6% of disposable income from 4.1% in January. The Bureau of Economic Analysis also reported that the Fede...

According to Reuters, U.S. wholesale inventories fell more than initially thought in January of 2024, which could negatively impact economic growth estimates for the first quarter. Inventories dropped 0.3% instead of dipping 0.1% as estimated last month.  At January's sales pace it would take wholesalers 1.36 months to clear shelves, up from 1.34 months in December.So what does this mean for wholesale manufacturers and distributors? How does it affect your bottom line when it takes longer to turn over your inventory, or longer to get inventory in your warehouse? And what can you do to mitigate the risk and the cost,On this week's episode, Tom and Kevin and joined by Mike Mortensen, CEO of ARG Industrial, to get deep insights to these issues and more. We also take a look at how risk is becoming the "new normal" for the global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of global trade, as well as how developments in generative AI could create more rapid change in the workplace and the economy than previous waves of tech advances.Join the conversation each week on LinkedIn Live.Want even more insight to the stories we discuss each week? Subscribe to the Around The Horn Newsletter.You can also hear the podcast and other excellent content on our YouTube Channel.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok.

  Landaas & Company newsletter  March edition now available. Advisors on This Week's Show Kyle Tetting Steve Giles Mike Hoelzl (with Max Hoelzl, Joel Dresang, engineered by Jason Scuglik) Week in Review (Feb. 26-March 1, 2024) Significant Economic Indicators & Reports Monday While a relatively small part of the total housing market, new home sales showed signs of improvement in January. The C0mmerce Department said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales reached 661,000 units in January, up 1.5% from December and 1.8% ahead of the year-ago pace. As opposed to new houses, the annual sales rate of existing houses was 4 million. Inventories reached 8.3 months' worth of new houses for sale, remaining above the pace just before the pandemic and well ahead of the average of 6.6 months' since 1963. Tuesday The Commerce Department said durable goods orders fell 6.1% in January, the biggest decline in the volatile indicator since a 19.3% drop in April 2020. An expected plunge in commercial aircraft orders accounted for the bulk of the January setback. Excluding the transportation industry, demand for long-lasting manufactured items was down just 0.3% from December and was up 1.8% from the year before. Core capital goods orders, a proxy for business investments, rose 0.1% from December but were 0.2% below January 2023. Housing prices continued to accelerate in December, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index. Compared to the year before, the index rose 5.5%, as opposed to a 5% increase in November. It was the seventh consecutive gain. An analyst for S&P described broad-based pricing gains, with all composite city indexes advancing for the first time in 2023. Despite increased mortgage rates over the past year, S&P reported solid and steady growth in housing prices. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index declined in February for the first time in four months. Consumers said they worried less about inflations, although it remained their chief concern. They registered greater unease about the labor market and political environment. The business research group characterized the slip in confidence as broadly based, with drops both in current assessments and expectations. Since consumer spending drives about two-thirds of U.S. gross domestic product, confidence suggests how willing consumers are to fuel the economy. Wednesday The U.S. economy grew at a 3.2% annual pace in the fourth quarter, slightly slower than initially estimated, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expansion of the gross domestic product was down from the previous report of 3.3% growth, which was down from 4.9% in the third quarter. The government said the updated figures showed less inventory buildup than previously estimated, partly offset by a faster pace of consumer spending. Consumer expenditures rose at an annual rate of 3% in the fourth quarter, compared to the initial report of 2.8%. Thursday The Federal Reserve Board's preferred measure of inflation dipped to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to a report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Personal Consumption Expenditure index rose 2.4% from January 2023 to January 2024, down from a 2.6% increase in December and a four-decade high of 7.1% in June 2022. The rate remained above the Fed's long-range target of 2%. The report also showed consumer spending slowing in January even as personal income accelerated, led by a 3.2% increase in Social Security benefits. The four-week moving average for initial unemployment claims declined for the second  week in a row, falling to the lowest level in four weeks and 42%  below the 57-year average, signifying the historically strong job market. The Labor Department reported that total jobless claims declined 2% in the latest week to 2.1 million, up more than 8% from the year before. Commitments to home ownership slipped in January,

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on February 1, 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Managing calves can be a challenge, especially when you're dealing with the up and down temperatures we've had this winter. But getting calves off to a good start can make all the difference in the future productivity of your herd. In this episode of Cow-Side Conversations, Caroline Zimmerman of Dry Creek Farm in Blair County, Pennsylvania describes some innovative approaches her team takes to prioritize calf care and manage their youngstock. She shares her experience working closely with her veterinarian to ultrasound calf lungs and stay on top of pneumonia and other illnesses.  She also talks about how they are using sexed semen to manage their heifer inventories, the transition they made to group housing and auto feeders, and the recent steps they've taken to breed beef on dairy. 

Our guest on this week's episode is Peter Latta, chairman and CEO of A. Duie Pyle, a  Northeast regional trucking and logistics company. This year marks the 100th anniversary of A. Duie Pyle. Latta discusses some of the challenges his company has overcome to hit the century mark as well as issues currently facing the trucking industry.Finding workers for our nation's warehouses has not been easy the past couple of years. But there is automation available that can help to close the warehouse labor gap. Looking for ways to maximize your workforce and improve throughput? Automated forklifts may be the answer.The Covid pandemic caused all sorts of headaches for anyone trying to run a logistics business. One of the biggest challenges was the wild fluctuations of inventory levels in warehouses. We experienced huge demand for certain goods, then shortages, then over-compensation, then port congestion… basically it was a mess. But things may be finally improving. We discuss a report this week that said that U.S. retailers may have finally gotten their inventory levels to settle down again,  or right-sized.CSCMP's Supply Chain Xchange  also offers a podcast series called Supply Chain in the Fast Lane.  It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.  Eight new episodes drop Tuesday on Supply Chain Jobs of Tomorrow. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe to Supply Chain in the Fast Lane and listen to past and future episodes.Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:A. Duie Pyle Retailers have finally right-sized inventory levelsGet episode transcriptsVisit Supply Chain XchangeListen to CSCMP and Supply Chain Xchange's Supply Chain in the Fast Lane podcastSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@agilebme.comPodcast is sponsored by: ApteanOther linksAbout DC VELOCITYSubscribe to DC VELOCITYSign up for our FREE newslettersAdvertise with DC VELOCITYTop 10 Supply Chain Management Podcasts

Today's big question: With heifer inventories at historic lows and global milk production trending lower in 2024, we seem to be poised for better milk prices compared to 2023, so what's your action plan to capitalize on this opportunity? If this question has you thinking, you've come to the right place, because Curtis Bosma is joining us for the HighGround Dairy Monthly Market Update. In this episode, hear more about: The supply update for heifer inventory & global milk production The demand update for milk spot basis, credit card debt & milk fat New crop balance sheets for corn and soybeans This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain. Curtis Bosma is vice president of producer services for HighGround Dairy. You can download your own producer market update here: ⁠https://www.highgrounddairy.com/comprehensive-gdt-auction-analysis-20-february-2024/

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  Landaas & Company newsletter  February edition now available. Advisors on This Week's Show Kyle Tetting Steve Giles Kendall Bauer (with Max Hoelzl, Joel Dresang, engineered by Jason Scuglik) Week in Review (Jan. 22-26) Significant Economic Indicators & Reports Monday The Conference Board said its index of leading economic indicators declined slightly in December, continuing to suggest a pending recession. The business research group said its gauge fell 0.1% from November, following a 0.5% drop from October. Over the last half of 2023, the index fell 2.9%, improving from a 4.3% decline in the first six months of the year. Of 10 leading indicators, six were positive, the organization said, but they were offset by weaker manufacturing, high interest rates and low consumer confidence. The Conference Board forecast a recession for the second and third quarters of 2024, with a revival toward the end of the year. Tuesday No major releases Wednesday No major releases Thursday The Commerce Department said durable goods orders were unchanged in December, following a 5.5% gain in November. Compared to the year before, long-lasting factory orders were up 4.4%, with aircraft accounting for the bulk of the increase. Excluding transportation equipment, orders rose just 0.8% from the end of 2022. A proxy for business investment gained 0.3% from November and was up 1.7% from December 2022. The U.S. economy rose at an annual pace of 3.3% in the fourth quarter, down from 4.9% in the previous three months. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the deceleration in gross domestic product was led by consumer spending, which slowed to a 2.8% annual rate from 3.1% in the third quarter. Also slowing: Inventories, federal spending and residential spending. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, GDP rose 3.1%, the strongest showing in seven quarters. The four-week moving average for initial unemployment claims fell to its lowest level since January. The average was 45% below the all-time average dating back to 1967. The Labor Department said 1.8 million Americans claimed jobless benefits in the latest week, up 0.8% from the week before and 11% higher than the same time in 2022. The Commerce Department reported an 8% gain in the annual rate of new home sales in December. Sales were up 4% from the year before and just below where they were heading into the COVID-19 pandemic. The median sales price dropped 14% from the year before to $413,200. In 2023, 53% of new homes were sold at $400,000 or more, compared to 63% in 2022. Friday The Bureau of Economic Analysis said consumer spending jumped 0.7% in December, more than double the 0.3% increase in personal income. Adjusted for inflation, spending rose 0.5% from November. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of gross domestic product, so the gain was another sign of resilience amid the highest interest rates in a couple of decades. The personal consumption expenditures index, which the Federal Reserve Board follows for inflation, rose 2.6% from December 2022, the slightest incline since February 2021, which was the last time the rate was below the Fed's 2% long-term target. The rate reached a 40-year high exceeding 7% in June 2022. An early indicator of home sales increased in December. The National Association of Realtors' index of pending home sales rose 8.3% from November and was up 1.3% from December 2022. The trade group said more home buyers have begun turning to the relatively larger stock of new homes for sale amid chronic shortages of existing houses. The group said an easing in mortgage rates since peaking in November also has encouraged potential home buyers. The Realtors forecast a 13% gain in annual home sales in 2024. MARKET CLOSINGS FOR THE WEEK Nasdaq – 15455, up 144 points or 0.9% Standard & Poor's 500 – 4891, up 51 points or 1.1% Dow Jones Industrial – 38109, up 246 points or 0.6% 10-year U.S. Treasury Note – 4.16%,

On today's show we are talking about the difference between two types of inflation. Economists have terminology for inflation that is used to describe the nature of the inflation. The first is cyclical inflation. This type of inflation is caused by a short term economic disruption, for example a supply shock. Once that supply shortage is resolved, prices tend to normalize and the inflation essentially disappears. Some economists use the term transitory to describe a cyclical inflation.  The second type of inflation is called secular. This is a deeper and more systemic type of inflation that tends to persist because it is being driven by multiple factors including the so-called wage price spiral.  Once you have secular inflation, it is much more difficult to eliminate from the economy.  It appears as though we have a cyclical inflation happening right now. The supply shock that occurred during the pandemic has subsided. Inventories are bloated and prices are falling as suppliers compete more aggressively for customer's business.  Secular inflation is when inflation expectations become anchored. The factors influencing inflation become systemic and entrenched.  On today's show I'm going to make a case that even though we are in a disinflationary period, and parts of the world are experiencing deflation, the disinflation we are experiencing is a result of a cyclical downturn against the backdrop of a longer secular cycle.  ------------- Host: Victor Menasce email: podcast@victorjm.com

OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODES Child trafficking, abortion full term, adrenochrome, baby body parts sold — what's real, why are they focusing on some things and not others? What's the agenda? What are they building up to with all the attention? (2:07)Why is child trafficking going so viral now? Is it just the movie "Sound of Freedom" or is there something else? (23:25)Maine Legalizes the Child Trafficking That's Ignored Maine gives the green light to one of the most most heinous forms child trafficking? (28:54)Disney embellishes the story of the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis. They change her brother, a person in real life, into a homosexual because… (32:20)After taking a lot of heat from both Republicans and Democrats who said he's worse than Trump for releasing an ad showing Trump injecting LGBT into culture, DeSantis campaign doubles down with an ad about the attacks on children, parents, family and the lockdown (42:03)Media Gasps — Chinese Kids are Playing with Toy Guns. Remember When Americans Did That?They put pictures of kids playing with toy guns on social media. Not allowed in USA — but Drag-to-Hell trannies playing with kids are fine. The training is not strictly child's play and they're training to kill Americans, we're told (50:10)Beach Boys concert — will they have to change "Surfer Girl" to "TERF-er Girl"? (1:04:27)Christian photographer, Amber Faith Photography, getting review-bombed for not catering to LGBT demands (1:09:29)Robert Downey, Jr (who effusively praises Biden) says his movie "Oppenheimer" proves that men start wars and the world should be run by a matriarchy and an Arch-Grifter, who goes by the title Archbishop of CoE, says "Our Father" in Lord's Prayer is problematic example of patriarchy (1:17:00)New levels of Climate MacGuffin hysteria about "cases", "excess deaths", "vulnerable elderly". And a close look at how NASA rigged their phony computer models for climate just as Imperial College of London did for their "pandemic" (1:29:36)People are STILL getting multiple boosters and multiple "re-infections" and at least one American university is DEMANDING students get vaxed & boosted (1:49:11)Should there be a death penalty for the FDA? RFKj said corporations who are criminally fraudulent should get a corporate death penalty", e.g. dissolution. Shouldn't we do the same for bureaucracies? (1:59:20)INTERVIEW Exposing the "Hospital Death Protocol" Desc: It wasn't just the jabs that killed (and are killing) and one group is fighting back with billboards, databases and lawsuit.Carolyn Blakeman, Media Director and Legal Liaison for the FormerFedsGroup Freedom Foundation FormerFedsGroup.org, and the "Covid-19 Humanity Betrayal Memory Project" CHBMP.org where you can find archives for those killed by the death protocol (2:01:42) EV's are selling slowly. Luxury EV's are not selling at all. Inventories of traditional internal combustion engine cars are low. Toyota says Biden's dictates are "unrealistic", French car maker Renault says we will be increasingly held captive to China and says France will be "paralyzed". Yup, the plan. (2:41:27)Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT