This Is Happening: EU, US, UK and Canada announce that “selected” Russian banks will be disconnected from the SWIFT banking system.

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UPDATE: The German government says that the ban only affects the Russian banks that were **already sanctioned** a few days ago! (which are big important banks, but obviously already under sanctions) https://t.co/10S2JD7Wsc — Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) February 26, 2022 Breaking: The U.S. and European powers committed to remove some Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging … Read more

Fed Warns “Bidenflation” Could Turn Into Something Much Worse

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Photo CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 courtesy of the IMF From Birch Gold Group Year-over-year inflation hit 7.5%, and the cost of food, gasoline, and virtually all everyday purchases are noticeably more expensive than a year or two ago. The last time we saw inflation at this level was 40 years ago, at the tail-end of the stagflation crisis. It’s starting to … Read more

Next on the Establishment’s Agenda: Inflation Blame Game: How They Will Trick You Into Believing Putin is the One Responsible for All Inflation

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The U.S. economy has been hit with increased gas prices, inflation, and supply-chain issues due to the Ukraine crisis. https://t.co/d9dwXWpcvf — CBS News (@CBSNews) February 23, 2022 Russia is a dictatorship because they have state-run media that parrots the Putin regime propaganda. Not like America, where we have a totally free press 😒 — Christina … Read more

SEC just proposed a new rule requiring short position disclosure and a modification to CAT reporting of buy-to-close orders.

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The rule would require institutional asset managers to disclose gross short positions to the SEC, and would result in public disclosure of aggregate short positions by the SEC on a per-security basis. It's a great step forward, but we'll have some thoughts on commenting for it. — Dave Lauer (@dlauer) February 25, 2022

SWIFT on the table.

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SWIFT on the table. https://t.co/FVJ0u5pl9B — annmarie hordern (@annmarie) February 26, 2022 Adding some flava pic.twitter.com/akhlNRMB07 — Chris Weston (@ChrisWeston_PS) February 26, 2022

US Chipmaker NVIDIA Hit By Cyber Attack

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US microchip maker Nvidia hit by cyberattack. "Nvidia’s email systems and developer tools are understood to have been suffering from outages" for 2 days. Described by insider as having “completely compromised” company systems, though some email worked Frihttps://t.co/bWSXOOG627 — Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) February 25, 2022 NVIDIA investigating potential cyber attack on its internal systems https://t.co/7RAc51aJxE … Read more

Poland Has Opened Borders to Ukrainians Fleeing

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by Martin Armstrong The following message has been shared countless times on social media over the last 24 hours: Dear Ukrainians! I heard on social media that there is fake news being spread (most likely by Russia-backed trolls) that the Polish border is closed. It’s a lie. If you seek asylum – go towards the … Read more