Fed Caves on Tightenings

by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC At mid-December’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Fed officials began discussing quantitative tightening.  Effectively selling previously-monetized bonds to unwind quantitative-easing money printing, this revelation from the minutes rattled markets in early January.  But hawkish-jawboning talk is cheap, …

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UAE to Introduce Corporate Taxes

by Martin Armstrong Tax havens are in short supply. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently announced that it will implement a new federal corporate tax on business profits. Part of what attracted business to the UAE was its tax-free status …

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Consumer Pessimism Grows as Inflation Accelerates…Job-seeking and recruiting at Google ⁩ search activity suggesting weaker jobs report for January

Consumer perception of current economic conditions in December was almost even with April 2020 levels, when sentiment bottomed out following the first major restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic. While Americans’ feelings about their personal finances slid through much of …

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One Mile Fertilizer Plant Evacuation in Winston-Salem Due to Possibility of Explosion, Between 300 and 600 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Stored in that Building.

Smoke still rolling into the sky from the fire at the fertilizer plant. Officials say there are between 300 and 600 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in that building. @WFMY pic.twitter.com/CRz7ibQEIQ — Amber Lake WFMY (@amberlakeTV) February 1, 2022 WINSTON-SALEM, …

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‘Red-Handed’: 23 Former U.S. Senators and Congressmen Who Lobby for Chinese Military or Chinese Intelligence-Linked Companies

  Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer’s latest investigative exposé, Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win, reveals how 23 former U.S. senators and congressman have lobbied for Chinese military or intelligence-linked …

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