The U.S. CPI rose 1.2% month-on-month as expected in March, the highest since October 2005; this made the indicator up 8.5% year-on-year, higher than the expected 8.4%, and the highest since December 1981 (nearly 40 years).…
Since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the prices of international agricultural products and fertilizers and other agricultural materials have continued to rise. As of February 2022, the FAO Global Food Price Index has surpassed its 2011 high. D…
In March, U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high. According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.9% year-on-year and 0.8% month-on-month. The data also showed that U.S.…
In the face of rising oil prices, the 31 member countries of the International Energy Agency decided in early March to release 60 million barrels of crude oil reserves. However, the market's reaction to this statement was not strong, and oil prices c…
After falling last week, international gold futures edged up on Monday, posting their second gain in seven sessions. Gold futures for April delivery rose 20 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,929.50 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange…
At 23:36 local time on the 16th (22:36 Beijing time on the 16th), a strong earthquake occurred in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Early this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency revised the magnitude from 7.3 to 7.4. So far, the eart…
French scientists have confirmed for the first time through genome sequencing that the "deltacron" variant of the new coronavirus that has previously attracted a lot of attention does exist, which combines the mutations in the new coronavirus delta v…
It is understood that since the beginning of the year, commodities have continued to rise, and the chemical industry has continued the rising trend since the second half of last year, but this situation has quietly changed recently. After the Ching M…
British car service company RAC said , t he average price of petrol in the UK has risen to 1.51 pounds (about 12.76 yuan) per liter, and diesel has risen to 1.55 pounds (about 13.09 yuan) per liter . The company official said that since last Thursday…
Inflation data in many countries continues to rise, bringing new impacts and changes to the global economy and financial markets. Under this circumstance, the size of the global negative interest rate bond market, which was previously infinite, has a…
Although hydrogen fuel is a promising alternative to fossil fuels, the catalyst it relies on for power generation is mainly composed of rare and expensive metal platinum, which limits the wide commercialization of hydrogen fuel.…
What metal is more resistant to heat than tungsten? The melting point for tungsten, which is 3,422, is the highest of all metal elements on the periodic table (the boiling point being 5,930). No metal element is higher in melting point than the tun…
Concrete additive is a substance added in the process of mixing concrete to improve the performance of concrete, the amount of which is not more than 5% of the quality of cement (except in special cases).…