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by Michael Snyder In the aftermath of the most dramatic attack on Saudi oil facilities that we have ever seen, the price of oil has exploded higher. The Wall Street … Read more
via Zerohedge: Just hours after China, as a gesture of goodwill, waived tariffs on 16 types of US goods in a clear attempt to get on Trump’s good side and “sweeten” trade … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Prime Minister Borris Johnson had wanted an election on October 15, but Labour and other opposition MPs would not back the move while the option of a … Read more
President Donald Trump pledged on Thursday to maintain tariffs on China until a trade deal is reached. “Until a deal is reached, we’ll be taxing the Hell out of China,” … Read more
Jeffrey Epstein appeared in court on Wednesday where Judge Richard Berman set next June as the start date for his federal trial on charges of sex trafficking There were no red marks … Read more
via forbes: Last week the Federal Reserve drained another $7 billion from the banking system. The Federal Reserve should not be executing monetary policy with an eye on the … Read more
The US is the only stock market in the world to make new highs recently. Every other G-20 index already peaked a long time ago. Macro imbalances abound as fundamentals … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Kudos to the private equity firm. These things don’t happen overnight for companies. They happen overnight only for investors. Golden Gate Capital – the private equity … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: With the private vs public debt and interest rate discussion, nobody is mentioning things like government legislation to forcing people to buy government debt. For example 401’s, … Read more
Tonight, we got US CPI & expectations are of a bit of more of the same for core CPI & marginal slowdown to 1.9% YoY. Fed meets 20 June but … Read more
by Natura Naturans This poll demonstrates how unpopular abortion is to Americans. Although Religion is blamed by abortionists as the reason, Religion could not have produced the widespread opposition to abortion … Read more
Greg Hunter gives The Weekly News Wrap-Up for Friday, May 31st, 2019 Like a supernova flaming out, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller announced he’s closing his office and stepping down. Before he did, … Read more
via Zerohedge: As the trade war with China rages with no end in sight, President Trump has continued to spout optimistic rhetoric, even if it doesn’t have quite the same … Read more
The CDU’s abysmal showing in last week’s EU Parliamentary election marked the party’s worst result ever in a national election. And apparently, the the loss of the CDU/CSU’s position as … Read more
by ron paul Last week the New York Times published some of President Trump’s 1980s and 1990s tax returns information. The information detailed President Trump’s financial difficulties during that time. While … Read more
by Michael Snyder Unless someone backs down in a major way, this trade war is going to last for a very long time, and the Chinese have made it exceedingly … Read more