A LAWLESS FEDERAL RESERVE

The Fed’s experiment with junk bonds is about to begin. Critics argue the Fed is overstepping its mandate by purchasing corporate bonds — a step it never took during the 2008 financial crisis. Gundlach said the Fed is using a …

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UPDATE: MODEL SHOWS 134,000 DEATHS BY AUGUST

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington released new projections Monday forecasting 134,000 virus deaths by August, nearly double its previous prediction  Officials said projection is high due to changing social distance policies as states …

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CDC: “Available data indicate that shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in upper respiratory specimens declines after onset of symptoms. At 10 days after illness onset, recovery of replication-competent virus in viral culture (as a proxy of the presence of infectious virus) is decreased and approaches zero.”

In the context of community transmission where continued testing is impractical, available evidence at this time indicates that an interim strategy based on time-since-illness-onset and time-since-recovery can be implemented to establish the end of isolation. Practical application of a symptom-based …

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Chinese Unemployment reported at 20% before the report was wiped from the internet

Use a translator for the link https://info.51.ca/news/china/2020-04/881818.html?fbclid=IwAR1UWnOgESpgvprstXGi_DEOlhvHpMNbofFKBvWvZzX2FgsZ_UUkxgVxBaw Mainland brokerages recently released report shows that mainland unemployment population reached 7,000 million, and the unemployment rate should be 20%, the data is much higher than the CCP official published data. According to the port …

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What’s the tipping point for when bankruptcies become systemic, and failures create a cascading effect of tripping other companies into insolvency?

What’s the tipping point for when bankruptcies become systemic, and failures create a cascading effect of tripping other companies into insolvency? The roster of bankruptcies is quickly getting longer, but these are still the weaker, over-leveraged hands. — Lisa Abramowicz …

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