Even though the European Central Bank (ECB) announced 2 bond buying programs in 2020, including a second one in December 2020, it appears that ECB bankers are panicking that they did not commit to buying enough EU government bonds. Even though the ECB has already committed to buying over 75% of all EU government bonds … Read more
https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1370479215066353664 https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1370477979948744707 Italy has consistently been 2-3 weeks ahead of the US. We're still in a race against the variants. "Italy saw infections rise by 10% this week compared with the week before … situation is deteriorating as new, highly contagious variants gain ground."https://t.co/b23OxskMxy — Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) March 12, 2021 The biggest threats to … Read more
A whopping 40 percent of small business owners were unable to fill job openings last month—a seven-point increase from January. This finding comes from a new report by the NFIB (a small business advocacy group). The inability to fill jobs comes in spite of the fact that 25 percent of small businesses increased compensation during the same … Read more
U.S. companies now face the highest levels of debt on record — more than $10.5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA. The coronavirus pandemic is only part of the story. The corporate debt market is where companies go to borrow cash. And for over a decade, … Read more
A LEADING US journalist has accused Democrats of promoting an “unfit candidate” to the US’s top political post and of “betraying their responsibilities” to the American people. Dominic Green, deputy editor of The Spectator’s US edition, pointed to the behaviour of the new US President Joe Biden in his limited public appearances. He claimed Mr … Read more
Twitter is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a child sex trafficking victim and relying on Section 230 to do so. The controversial section of the Communications Decency Act, which has recently come under fire from conservatives, is a critical part of Twitter’s argument for the dismissal of the case. “Given that Twitter’s alleged liability here … Read more
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: FVFE01 at 11:59 UTC, 13/03/21 from RJTD VA ADVISORY DTG: 20210313/1159Z VAAC: TOKYO VOLCANO: SAKURAJIMA [AIRA CALDERA] 282080 PSN: N3136 E13039 AREA: JAPAN SUMMIT ELEV: 1117M ADVISORY NR: 2021/159 INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL ERUPTION DETAILS: EXPLODED AT 20210313/1151Z FL090 EXTD S … Read more
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio threw his weight of support behind the Amazon workers attempting to unionize at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. Rubio endorsed the Bessemer warehouse workers’ effort to unionize in a USA Today editorial Friday morning, in which he sharply criticized Amazon. Rubio said the retail giant, which has fought hard against the unionization campaign, has waged … Read more
Theresa Dolata’s voice broke when she urged Minneapolis city leaders to support amendments that would give council members the authority to regulate rent prices in the city. “I don’t want to end up homeless again, I don’t want to be pushed out,” said Dolata, a resident of the Windom neighborhood, speaking at a February 23 city council … Read more
‘Migrant president’: Mexico says Biden asylum policies boost illegals, cartels The Mexican government is concerned that President Biden’s asylum policies are encouraging illegal immigration and providing revenue to drug cartels through human trafficking across the US border. Mexico has asked the Biden administration for help to provide developmental aid to Central America since many of … Read more
NEW YORK — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came forward with allegations Friday that he subjected her to verbal and mental abuse after hiring her because of her physical appearance, becoming the seventh woman to accuse the embattled governor of sexually charged misconduct. The ex-aide, only identified as Kaitlin, told New … Read more
#Bitcoin hits another record >$60k. pic.twitter.com/A1Vtu5I7K4 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) March 13, 2021 #Bitcoin NEW ALL-TIME HIGH! pic.twitter.com/hHst90HZWy — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) March 13, 2021 COMMODITIES ARE CHEAP AND ARE BREAKING OUT 👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/R98FxoHBl5 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 13, 2021 OOPS! Global bonds have lost $1.5tn in value in the past 4 weeks … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 Another month, another loss of consumer purchasing power. In February, consumers lost another 1.8% YoY in purchasing power. Why? The Federal Reserve has increased their stock on M2 Money by 26.33% YoY while M2 Velocity tanked 20.5% in the latest reading (Q4 2020). This is the monetary version of the Hitchcock film “Strangers on … Read more
WaPo Admits: Biden’s Border Crisis, Asylum Industry “Is Out Of Control.” Writing in the Washington Post, CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria admits Joe Biden’s border crisis and the wider issues with asylum in America are “out of control.” The tone of the article is nothing less than scathing, as American liberals come to grips with the massive … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 With global central banks like The Federal Reserve, pumping trillions into global markets, it is not surprising that we are seeing almost violent changes in asset prices like gold, silver, Bitcoin and … GameStop? Now THAT’S volatility!!! Welcome to the financial circus!
Scientists want to send more than 6 million genetic samples — including a bevy of sperm and ova — to the moon in a bid to create a “global insurance policy” in case of worldwide disaster. What are the details? According to a Friday report from Insider, scientists would like to build a “lunar ark” on … Read more
A group of Republican senators unveiled legislation this week to permanently repeal the federal estate tax, a move that’s almost guaranteed to fail in the Democratic-controlled Congress. The legislation, introduced by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and John Kennedy, R-La., and endorsed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would eliminate the federal tax levied on estates worth more than $11.7 million after … Read more
from John Wilder at Wilder Wealthy Wise. “The Mandela Effect has been an Internet meme for almost a decade. It’s always been called that.” – The X-Files Where does the Federal Reserve keep inflation? In debasement. What is a meme? In general, a meme is like a bit of cultural information. It’s an idea that spreads virally. What are … Read more
China’s totalitarian “social credit system,” which rates the quality of an individual’s citizenship based on everything from their financial credit rating to how fervently they embrace Communist Party dogma, will now determine who gets to board subway trains first. “Bad” citizens are required to wait in line and endure extra security hassles while “good” citizens … Read more
Chicago officials began talks about providing reparations to black residents who are descendants of slaves in the first meeting of a subcommittee created within the city council. The subcommittee, within the council’s health committee, was approved to be formed in September 2020 so city officials could look at the “state of equity” within Chicago. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-begins-talks-about-reparations
“It puts pressure on the Afghan government while whitewashing the Taliban, for starters.” While Foggy Bottom hasn’t yet officially acknowledged the authenticity of either document, American press outlets have cited anonymous officials confirming that both documents are genuine. Per the February 29, 2020, agreement between the Trump administration and the Taliban, the U.S. has until … Read more
Electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding healing, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip, found that steady electrical stimulation generates increased permeability across blood vessels, providing new insight into the ways new blood vessels might grow. The electrical stimulation … Read more
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