Global Business Intelligence - July 2022

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Stuff I read (links) and personal commentary (views are my own): 

-Central banks move from loose to tight monetary policy to tackle inflation. Recession fear looming. Read HERE

-Independent of the factors that drove global inflation to historic levels (both demand and supply side) a stagflationary recession will hardly be avoided in USA, Europe rest of the world driven by private and public debt.
Read HERE

-I worked as a strategic business consultant with the founders of IDEEZA for 7 months when they were heavily developing their PaaS (platform as a service) to disrupt the IOT and hardware product development industry. I am very glad they were selected recently to join the Microsoft for Startups program.

-Iran applies to join China and Russia in BRICS club.
Read HERE

-With central banks set to raise interest rates, GDP in usa and europe will shrink late 2022, early 2023, stepping into recession, limited supply, while real purchasing power will further decrease due to historic inflation.

-Is Turkey more trouble to NATO than it is worth? Read HERE

-Από τι αποτελείται η τιμή της βενζίνης (ευρώ ανά λίτρο) στην Ελλάδα; Τιμή διυλιστηρίου, φόροι & τέλη, ΦΠΑ, ειδικός φόρος κατανάλωσης, ανταποδοτικό τέλος ΡΑΕ, εισφορά πετρελαιοειδών, ειδικό τέλος δικαιωμάτων τελωνειακών εργασιών (ΔΕΤΕ), περιθώριο εταιρειών εμπορίας.

-As everything moves to the "Cloud" hardware will become obsolete. Read HERE

-A short history of the industrial revolution. Read HERE

-80% of microchips still manufactured in Asia. Read HERE

-Srilanka or how an Asian economic miracle can fall into utter chaos. Read HERE


Yours truly 
Stathis Kassios




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