Birkenstock (BIRK) earnings Q1 2024

Employee Mo Soto arranges a shelf at a Birkenstock store on October 10, 2023 in Venice, California.  Ethan Swope | Getty Images Birkenstock on Thursday beat holiday quarter revenue expectations, reporting a 26% year-on-year jump, as the German sandal company benefited from higher pricing and rising U.S. demand. Here’s how the shoemaker did in its … Read more

Top economists unanimous on ‘higher for longer’ rates as inflation threats linger

Pedestrians walk past a billboard announcing the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund annual meetings, on the side of the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington DC on October 5, 2023.  Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Top economists and central bankers appear to be in agreement on one thing: interest rates will … Read more