The arrival of a USS Georgia submarine in the port of Gibraltar has sparked a diplomatic row between Spain and the US. The Spanish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it has lodged an official protest with the US. The reasons and the duration for the stopover of the submarine remain unknown https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1596057/spain-news-Gibraltar-uss-Georgia-submarine-nuclear-uk-latest Tess
Faced with critically low forex reserves, Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that the crisis-stricken country will default on its external debt pending a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund. A statement from the finance ministry said, “it shall be the policy of the Sri Lankan government to suspend normal debt servicing…..shall apply to amounts … Read more
Sina Estavi is a “crypto entrepreneur,” who last year bought a digital token representing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet. He paid $2.9 million for it, and this month sought to make good on his “investment,” putting it up for auction with an expectation it could net him $48 million. It did not. As CoinDesk reports, Estavi put … Read more
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Former Reagan economic adviser sizes up the state of record inflation on ‘Kudlow.’ h/t CharlieFoxtrot
Part of the rise in retail sales is simply due to higher prices as inflation-adjusted sales peaked last April. But real retail sales are still 15% higher than pre-covid levels. So demand remains strong irrespective of inflation. pic.twitter.com/Eh7HoDMrl4 — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 14, 2022 This week's AAII Bullish Sentiment reading came in at just … Read more
$2,121,987,000,000: Federal Tax Collections Set Record Through March (CNSNews.com) – The federal government collected a record $2,121,987,000,000 in total taxes through the first six months of fiscal 2022 (October through March), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. This also marked the first time that federal tax collections have exceeded $2 trillion in the first half of … Read more
by ZiRoRi Sources: I made an offer https://t.co/VvreuPMeLu — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022 Link to Tweet Link to Bloomberg Link to full SEC 13D ELON MUSK SAYS ON APRIL 13, 2022, DELIVERED A LETTER TO TWITTER THAT CONTAINED A NON-BINDING PROPOSAL – SEC FILING. ELON MUSK – PROPOSED TO ACQUIRE ALL OF TWITTER STOCK NOT OWNED BY THE REPORTING … Read more
by Chris Black We were circling for a while. During that time, you think there might be a way to escape the whirlpool heading down. However, going down the drain was always inevitable. We are witnessing the death of commerce in real time. I predicted the death within 20 years of 1999, back when I … Read more
by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News Last week, a former high-ranking Fed official disclosed that the Fed is determined to “break” the stock market. If they succeed in this, the impacts will be felt across all markets, so maybe we should take him seriously? Let’s begin with the former head of the New York Fed, Bill Dudley. … Read more
California legislators proposed a new bill that would allow employees of bigger companies to work fewer hours in a week without losing any income, which critics said would become a “job killer.” Assembly Bill 2932, introduced by Assembly Members Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Evan Low (D-San Jose) in February, would require companies with more … Read more
Via International Man International Man: Interest rates are simply the price of money. They have an enormous impact on banks, the real estate market, and the auto industry. It’s hard to think of a business that interest rates don’t affect in some meaningful way, either directly or indirectly. That’s why interest rate expert James Grant correctly … Read more
by shangumdee Although I own a fair amount crypto currency, I don’t see how digital currencies with arbitrary values are going to give us a an alternative to Fiat. As we are seeing, governments are creating their own digital currencies. They will be able to limit usage of these digital assets against anybody who does … Read more
A non-fungible token (NFT) of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet could sell for just under $280. The current owner of the NFT listed it for $48 million last week. Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi purchased the NFT for $2.9 million in March 2021. Last Thursday, he announced on Twitter that he wished to sell … Read more
by rb109544 PPI flows down to CPI over about 3-6 months…supply chain worsens every day. Inflation hasn’t peaked and won’t until CPI catches PPI more or less. Look at far right on plots! For the past 15 months, producer prices have soared relentlessly. Five months in a row of double-digit producer price inflation is quite something. … Read more
by WheeeeeThePeople Lots to unpack here with plenty of fodder for both sides of the ideological spectrum. My interest is what is the justification for taxing the public when there is a major schism in the trust for NPR/PBS? (Public media is 32% tax funded)
by Charles Hugh-Smith Most people would be horrified by a 40% decline in their “investments.” When bubbles pop, speculative assets don’t drop 40%, they drop 90% or even 98%. The irony of the sudden panic about real-world inflation generated by rising wages is two-fold: 1. The status quo never mentions the rampant inflation in assets, … Read more
Patrisse Cullors, the Black Lives Matter co-founder who cashed out and got millions of dollars in media contracts, says that the recent scrutiny of BLM’s “charitable” finances upsets her. Black Lives Matter is embroiled in several scandals involving the $90 million they raised in 2020 to end police brutality and racism. The most recent eyebrow-raiser was … Read more
This chart is booming.. anyway this is in USD.. think about the emerging markets.. the situation is out of control and Biden is sending more weapons escalating the situation This chart is booming.. anyway this is in USD.. think about the emerging markets.. the situation is out of control and Biden is sending more weapons … Read more
“We are illiquid in rates. We are illiquid in equities. The size of the bid-ask is down near the levels of 3/2020.”—Mike Green @EmilKalinowski @JeffSnider_AIP @profplum99 Another GREAT show. — JacksonMonero (Farmer Jack) (@JackMonero) April 13, 2022 Chart of the United States MBA 30-Yr Mortgage Rate shows extraodinary tightening of credit availability in progress. FROM … Read more
by Michael In the old days, we used to enjoy movies in which Robin Hood would “take from the rich and give to the poor”. But in the real world things are not supposed to work that way. In a civilized society, property rights are supposed to be respected. Unfortunately, the truth is that the … Read more
by Chris Black These values are also embraced and promoted by the military, the media, Hollywood, higher education, public schools, Wall Street, K Street, both parties, and international finance. So when you see an establishment “journalist” say he is speaking truth to power it’s a lie. He speaks for power, in defense of power. He … Read more
by Chris Black Horrifying footage shows Israeli forces killing a 45 year-old unarmed Palestinian woman, mother of 6 children, in broad daylight. Facing no sanctions, no words of condemnation, and no war crimes allegations from the West, Israel keeps killing the Palestinian people with total impunity.] Facing no sanctions, no words of condemnation, and no … Read more
