As Thailand hit by its worst COVID outbreak, economic risks rise | Business and Economy News

Thailand risks fueling its decade-high unemployment rate and household debt with the imposition of lockdown-like measures to contain the deadliest Covid outbreak to hit the nation. The greater Bangkok area,…

California faces worst drought in decades: ‘Economic disaster’

After two consecutive dry years, the California drought is back. How bad is it? “This is the worst drought since 1977,” said Ernest Conant, the federal Bureau of Reclamation’s California…

El Salvador’s bitcoin move puts best, worst crypto impulses on display: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, September 8, 2021…

‘Here comes the worst month of the year’: strategist

“Here comes the worst month of year,” warns one market strategist. “Although this bull market has laughed at nearly all the worry signs in 2021, let’s not forget that September…