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Issue #114

Weathering the Withering Rise in Interest Rates

Necessary? Unprepared? Sure! But when is enough enough?

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Webinar – Weathering the Withering Impact of Rising Interest Rates

Many are feeling the pinch or the pain of being over exposed to the rise in interest rates and the Covid hangover of people not returning to the workplace! How bad is it and will it get worse? This week’s webinar explores the realities of a very complex economy and the impact on you, whether you are an investor or pensioner, a homeowner or justa shopper.

  Renown economist – Robert “Bob” Ascah, is the featured presenter for Thursday’s 4:00PM MST public webinar HERE discussing the economy including the impact of rising interest rates and the various forces contributing to uncertainty that may be affecting you.

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Watching Inflation and Interest Rates

Shadow Banking Exposed –  Stress testing banks overlooked testing the movement of money outside the banking system that is as essential to financing the economy.  It is even more sensitive to rising interest rates than banks and is constricting as interest rates rise and post the SVB collapse.  HERE

Will Banks Ever Pay Higher Interest Rates?  Share any signals you detect.  Editor

Spending Differs between Generations – A graphic of how the spending interests differ between generations.  HERE Has the rise in interest rates altered your spending behaviour?

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 The Energy Transition – Fusion Breakthroughs

Fusion Factsheet – New to fusion for energy?  Wanna know more?  HERE

Another Fusion Breakthrough – Regulator separates fusion from fission.  HERE

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Knowledge Management  – Monitoring Generative AI

ChatGPT – Eraser of the Implausible. It just keeps rollin along. HERE

Italy May Be Back – Italy banned ChatGPT HERE  OpenAI is address privacy concerns leading to speculation that GPT may be back by the end of April. HERE

Consider the Source – Jeff Uhlich shares how to go about separating fact from fiction, key to critical thinking in seeking the truth. HERE

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Economic Dynamism

10 Second Weekly Update – HERE  NFB’s weekly update prepared by the Angus Watt Advisory Group highlighting week by week changes in the economy.

What Is your view of the economy.  Please complete the SURVEY HERE assessing your view of the economy, it’s resilience and the effectiveness of the associated innovation ecosystem. Share the survey with others. We’ll be hosting a webinar in May to share and discuss the results.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VKJ3SWY

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