Market Your Presence At 2024 Boat Shows With New Discover Boating Promo Toolkit

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FEATURED INDUSTRY NEWS Market Your Presence At 2024 Boat Shows With New Discover Boating Promo Toolkit As Discover Boating prepares to welcome thousands of consumers across the country to its 10 Discover Boating boat and sport shows in 2024, show marketing is in full swing. To help the industry maximize its investment at boat shows, the enhanced Discover Boating Boat & Sport Show Promotional Toolkit is now available. The industry’s Discover Boating show promo kit includes easy-to-access show marketing assets, from show logos and banners, to social media cards and more. Read More LEADING ECONOMIC AND POLICY NEWS Mortgage Rates Fall To Lowest Level Since May Bloomberg reports mortgage rates “continued their decline, ending the year at the lowest level since May. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.61%, down from 6.67% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday.” CNN says that the new numbers extend “the good news for home buyers who have been facing the least affordable housing market since the 1980s.” Jobless Claims Up 12,000 Last Week Bloomberg reports first-time claims for jobless benefits rose 12,000 last week to 218,000 last week, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The four-week moving average, which irons out week-to-week volatility, “was little changed at 212,000 last week, the lowest since late October.” Reuters says the numbers show “the labor market continues to cool in the year’s fourth quarter.” SEC Continues Drawn-Out Push To Seek Authority Over Cryptocurrency Regulation The Wall Street Journal heralds the upcoming seventh year of the SEC’s “forever war” to regulate cryptocurrency trading, with “no end in sight” for the multiple ongoing legal battles SEC officials are waging over the classification and regulation of digital currencies. Private Auditors Fail To Stem Tide Of Rising Child Labor Violations A New York Times investigation found that “private audits” used to assess labor conditions at production facilities “have consistently missed child labor,” as “children were overlooked by auditors who were moving quickly, leaving early or simply not sent to the part of the supply chain where minors were working.” According to the Times, auditors “said they are encouraged to deliver findings in the mildest way possible as they navigate pressure from three different sources: the independent auditing firms that pay their salaries; corporations...that require inspections at their suppliers; and the suppliers themselves, which usually must arrange and pay for the audits.” Meanwhile, Labor Department staffing shortfalls mean that “for many factories, a private inspection is the only one they will ever get.” Previous Top Stories  • The Top 10 Discover Boating Articles In 2023  • Regional Fed Surveys Show Employers Expect To Hire Less In 2024

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