I’ve been transferring my files to a new computer which is why I didn’t make any posts last week. That’s something I don’t want to have to do again. I am thoroughly enjoying the upgraded speed of the new machine.

As of this week, the Chinese are back from their 2 week long holiday. One factory we work with took the entire month of January off. Yeesh.

China saw it’s consumer price inflate by 4.5% last month, but this is attributed to the Chinese New Year when consumers had time off to spend. Inflation is expected to drop this year.

U.S. Manufacturing companies reportedly added 50,000 jobs in January. This should be great for the U.S. economy.

After spending weeks looking for the right website developer, we’re now working on an overhaul to the Global Trade website that should be done in the next two months.