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August 28, 2024 | Criterion Capital Group


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U.S. interest rates are heading lower, everything you ever wanted to know about Crayola crayons, four key things to know about U.S. elections, and what some of the leading thinkers of 1974 thought 2024 would look like.

After 2.5 years and a 5% increase in the Federal Funds rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve will now embark on a path of interest rate cuts starting next month. "The time has come for policy to adjust" were the key words from Chair Jerome Powell in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week.

Back to school is Crayola's Super Bowl. Almost half of the company's revenue comes from July to Labour Day each year. Now, where did my Razzmatzz crayon go?!

From earlier this year, Four for 2024.  As we get closer to the election in November, key things to know about U.S. elections

Fifty years ago Saturday Review asked some of the world’s leading thinkers (Isaac Asimov and Jacques Cousteau among others) what the world of 2024 would look like. They got a few things right (internet) and of course lots wrong (factories on the Moon and flying cities).