Economic Indicators15 hours ago (Jun 01, 2020 03:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil posted a trade surplus of $4.5 billion in May, official data showed on Monday, as exports fell more steeply than imports, dragging the accumulated surplus over the first five months of the […]
Colombia current account deficit shrunk to 3.7% of GDP in first quarter
Economic Indicators15 hours ago (Jun 01, 2020 02:50PM ET) (C) Reuters. BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s current account deficit shrunk to 3.7% of gross domestic product in the first quarter, due to a lower rate of foreign investment outflow and higher remittances from workers outside the country, the central bank said […]
U.S. manufacturing activity crawls off 11-year low
2/2 (C) Reuters. The frame of a 2015 Ford Mustang vehicle moves down the production line at the Ford Motor Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing activity eased off an 11-year low in May, the strongest sign yet that […]
Construction spending falls less than expected
Economic Indicators18 hours ago (Jun 01, 2020 12:15PM ET) (C) Reuters. Miami-Dade County eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease outbreak WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. construction spending fell less than expected in April even as other sectors of the economy buckle under the COVID-19 […]
Mexico’s factory output continues plummet, data suggests bottom is near
Economic Indicators19 hours ago (Jun 01, 2020 10:50AM ET) (C) Reuters. Worker holds stainless steel wire produced at TIM stainless steel wire factory in Huamantla MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s manufacturing sector deteriorated sharply in May, following a record contraction in April, as restrictions put in place to prevent the […]
U.S. Manufacturing Stabilizing at Depressed Level, ISM Data Show
Forex20 hours ago (Jun 01, 2020 10:18AM ET) (C) Bloomberg. A worker wearing a protective mask, gloves, and glasses sands an edge of a face shield at Mask & Shield, a division of Monster City Studios, in Fresno, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Monster City Studios, a company […]
Meet ACE2, the Enzyme at the Center of the Covid-19 Mystery
During the first chaotic months of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was already clear that the novel coronavirus spreading around the world didn’t affect everyone equally. The earliest clinical data out of China showed that some people consistently fared worse than others, notably men, the elderly, and smokers. It made some […]
One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – June 2020
In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly “10 Most Urgent” list of journalists whose press freedoms are being […]
Cities in Poorer Countries Are at Risk as Covid-19 Spreads
From the 2017 plague in Madagascar to cholera in Haiti, recent infectious disease outbreaks have been centered in cities. The SARS virus was especially virulent in urban centers, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto. Ebola first appeared in rural areas in 2013, but it spiked after reaching urban centers in […]
An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox
If you’re one of the lucky modern humans, you don’t lack food or water, you’ve got access to primo health care, and you don’t have to worry about a predator eating you. That’s a historical oddity: For the vast majority of our species’ timeline, people’s lives were filled with constant […]