Barclays announces it is closing ANOTHER 27 branches: Total number of banks shutting their doors for good this year hits 103 – so is your local branch facing the axe?

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Barclays bank has revealed it is closing an additional 27 branches later this year It says this is to reflects the way that customers are choosing to do their banking This may impact a ‘significant minority’ of people who still use cash, Which? says Barclays has announced it is closing another 27 branches, bringing the … Read more

Fed’s Waller supports 50 bps rate hikes for ‘several’ meetings

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https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-waller-supports-50-bps-rate-hikes-several-meetings-2022-05-30/ May 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve should raise interest rates by a half percentage point each time at more than its next two meetings, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday, underscoring tensions at the central bank about how aggressively to tighten policy as it battles to bring down high inflation. “I … Read more

Eurozone inflation has moved up to 8.1%, its HIGHEST level ever.

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Eurozone inflation has moved up to 8.1%, its highest level ever. Meanwhile, the ECB is still holding interest rates at negative levels. This is perhaps the greatest disconnect between easy monetary policy and unabating rising prices that the world has ever seen. pic.twitter.com/V2fhXuR6I5 — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) May 31, 2022 https://twitter.com/Ben__Rickert/status/1531460994035503104 https://twitter.com/JordanFife1/status/1531618754588823552

Canadian Politician Urges Optimism Amid Energy Crisis

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by Martin Armstrong Since politicians are incapable of easing the energy crisis, they gaslight the public to believe that high prices are a good thing. Ontario Liberal candidate Granville Anderson is urging Canadians to see the “silver lining” in higher gas prices. “Maybe that’s a silver lining and that may allow people to think outside … Read more

Inflation and record gas prices are the TOP concerns for voters in swing districts in another sign Democrats are facing an uphill battle in the midterms, new poll shows

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Inflation rose 8.3 percent in April over the same time a year prior, ending a months-long steady increase of 40-year record high rising costs Gas prices meanwhile have continued to set new benchmarks this month As of Monday the average price of a gallon at the pump is now nearly $4.62 In the new poll, … Read more

Australia, China and Japan’s economy slowing down

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Wow – Japan’s economy is slowing quickly https://t.co/X0a9TAn4XD — Loren Boston THE FIAT WORLD IS WORRIED (@LorenBoston) May 31, 2022 NZ ANZ Business Confidence May: -55.6 (prev -42) — LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) May 31, 2022 #recession … #GFC2 Australia #Inventory edition The recession starts when #inventories get liquidated… 👇 https://t.co/zyiXwcjh7C — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) May 31, … Read more

Cartoonishly Evil Elites

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by Chris Black Klaus Schwab really is a ridiculous figure. I’ve never met a German with that accent. He has a very weird face. He goes around in these space robes and gives these intentionally menacing speeches about how his group controls the world. He’s like a comic book villain. Why the WEF gang act … Read more

Should the U.S. arm school teachers?

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by Chris Black The premise itself is a huge red flag. If they attempt this, expecting liberal 80 year old granny schoolteachers rushing to the  designated gun locker rooms during a massacre, it is simply bad news for those kids.  Realistically, these schools will hire more private security or include a permanent police presence.  Most … Read more