Possible Internet Outage Incoming?

Senators issued satellite phones, offered demonstrations on upgraded security devices Amid growing concerns of security risks to members of Congress, more than 50 senators have been issued satellite phones for emergency communication, people familiar with the measures told CBS News. …

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Inflation Alert! St. Louis Fed’s James Bullard backs two more hikes. Bullard would have central bank push interest rates up to 5.5%-5.75% range

by Dismal-Jellyfish Sources: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-bullard-backs-two-more-hikes-359fb941: St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Monday said he would like to see two more quarter-percentage-point interest-rate hikes this year. “I think we’re going to have to grind higher with the policy rate in order …

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Police have confirmed that wildfires in Alberta are being caused by arsonists.

Police officers in Grand Prairie, Alberta have arrested one suspect, and are looking for several others in connection to an arson investigation, as reported by local media. https://www.toronto99.com/2023/05/21/video-alberta-wildfires-caused-by-arsonists-one-suspect-in-custody-rcmp/ Here is the map https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/3ffcc2d0ef3e4e0999b0cf8b636defa3 Have a good look at an Alberta …

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Fed’s Economic Well-being US Household 2022: “fewer adults reported having money left over after paying their expenses. 54% of adults said that their budgets had been affected “a lot” by price increases.” “51% of adults reported that they reduced their savings in response to higher prices.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish ​ https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2022-report-economic-well-being-us-households-202305.pdf The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022 report, which examines the financial lives of U.S. adults and their families. The report draws from the Board’s tenth annual Survey of Household …

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