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Americans now pay their banks an average 17% interest on credit cards — the highest level recorded by the Fed. The rising monthly cost for U.S. consumers may be one reason they’re spending less, as April’s weak retail sales laid out. The combination doesn’t bode well for GDP growth. “This is key because of the … Read more

via axios: Investing in unbundled risk can be extremely dangerous. Alan Greenspan was never more wrong than when he defended the deregulation of derivatives in 1999: “These new financial instruments are an increasingly important vehicle for unbundling risks. These instruments enhance the ability to differentiate risk and allocate it to those investors most able and willing to take … Read more

by SP Once again we watch as the stage is set for war. Authored by Janine Jackson via Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Even while feigning reluctance, the foundational attitudes on which the war will be based are set in the public mind. The inevitability of the war is planted in the public mind the … Read more

so let's talk about the 2h19 recovery pic.twitter.com/Ke1zGqjDne — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 20, 2019 Korean exports to: China fell -15.9% YoY (this is Korea's largest country-level MARKET) 🤢EU -19.4%, ouch 🤢Japan -1.4%US -4.4% Chips -33%Oil product -5.1%Car +12.6%Wireless telecom devices +5.2 As a very China-exposed economy, Korean exports & investment are badly hit😬 — Trinh … Read more

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by Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is “booming” and very bright days are ahead, then why are many large U.S. corporations laying off thousands of workers?  Layoffs are starting to come fast and furious now, and this is happening even though the coming recession has not even officially started yet.  Of course many are … Read more

by Michael Snyder There is not going to be a trade deal between the United States and China any time soon, and that is going to mean a tremendous amount of pain for the U.S. economy.  For months, hope that the U.S. and China would soon reach a trade deal helped to elevate global financial … Read more

via zerohedge: As the anti-American sloganeering reaches an unprecedented level of froth (there’s now an unofficial trade war ‘fight song’) across China, the Commerce Department has softened its anti-Huawei stance, calling for a 90-day reprieve  to allow American broadband companies more time to work out a ‘Plan B’. The delay will cover continued operation of existing networks … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Just bumping along the bottom, from hopeless to hope and back to hopeless. The amazing thing with Deutsche Bank shares is this: Since 2007, so for 12 years, bottom fishers have been routinely taken out the back and shot, every time, with relentless regularity – as have big institutional investors, from … Read more

by Chris Kimble The rally off the December stock market lows has been strong, to say the least. The S&P 500 rallied 25 percent before hitting and testing the 2018 high. The old highs proved to be formidable resistance and ushered in some volatility in May… and a 5 percent pullback. In today’s 2-pack, we look … Read more

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