MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outdoors Japan dropped zero.6%. Japan’s Nikkei fell by more than 1% on Thursday morning, after touching a two-month high within the previous session. Politically weak Democrats are singing a different tune now that sky-high gas costs threaten their political futures. Airfare is expected to soar in the coming months as the price of jet fuel takes off and amid elevated demand from travelers. Interest fee hikes and dear properties current unprecedented challenges for first-time homebuyers.
The pandemic drove a surge in online grocery purchasing, doubling the variety of customers who bought meals on-line from 2019 to 2021, in accordance with Gallup. The crisis also fueled the rise of distant work, which led to folks investing more of their houses, simply as they sought out new ‘workation’ — work-meets-vacation — experiences amid the work-from-anywhere development. Against that backdrop, home-sharing startup Pacaso, native providers platform Thumbtack …