Business confidence is a key factor in the economy and there is a battle over whether the Fed’s interest rate hikes (another 75 basis points coming Wednesday) will push the economy into recession. As a top economic cheerleader, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen understandably downplays the prospects of a recession, but she also previously and erroneously called inflation transitory. Former Obama Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says that historically, there has never been a so-called soft-landing when the spread between inflation (high) and unemployment (low) has been this wide. Economist Noriel Roubini is even more dour, saying “it’s totally delusional” to think the recession could be short and shallow given the...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.