WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – China is increasing its military capability at “a very serious and sustained rate,” the top U.S. general said in testimony to the Senate on Thursday,
U.S. general: China hiking military capability at “very serious and sustained rate” Pentagon to Speed Up Efforts to Counter China Defense Secretary Austin issued directive based on recommendation of a
by Lance Roberts The Biden Administration is discussing hiking corporate taxes to pay for the proposed infrastructure spending package. While the goal is to ensure the “rich pay their fair share,” a
BY PATRICK WATSON Around this time last year, I wrote: “Stronger-than-expected wage growth will make the Fed see inflation, tighten policy more than presently expected, and probably send stock prices lower.” Sure
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors January 7, 2019 King Dollar was on top in 2018, one of the few major assets to close the year in the black
via mishtalk: The Fed is expected to hike on Dec 18 and perhaps in Mar 2019. The rise in the 3-month yield reflects that expectation. The inverted yield curve persists for
by Troy Well that was quick. Less than 2 months ago Fed chairman Powell said that interest rates were “far below neutral” (implying that rates needed to be hiked much
by Nomi Prins via Daily Reckoning It’s a good thing October is coming to an end. It’s been a particularly lousy month for the markets. October has seen about $5 trillion in value
from Zero Hedge Over the weekend, we reported that as a result of rising tariffs and escalating trade war, various US companies had passed on rising input costs to consumers, resulting in higher
“Eurodollar curve inverted e.g. in 2020 (Dec20 vs Dec!9). Since the start of the Greenspan era in 1987 this has either preceded a US recession, a pause in the Fed’s
by Michael Snyder Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has engaged in 18 distinct interest rate hiking campaigns, and in every single one of those instances the end result was a large
via UPFINA: The economy is seeing a modest pickup in inflation even as GDP growth slowed to 2.3% in Q1 of 2018. That puts the Fed in a difficult position
hmm. 2018 not off to a good start… pic.twitter.com/JJtEA4b8Qd — Eric Pomboy (@epomboy) April 5, 2018 World stock markets on BRINK: ‘Epic’ bubble about to BURST, experts warn WORLD stock