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Several issues weighed on Nippon Steel during the year, including an extended suspension of operations at its Muroran Works location in Hokkaido, Japan, following a December fire reported by Argus Media. No injuries were reported at the time. The plant …
President Trump is going to China amid a massive trade war with Beijing.. On this flight to China… Tim Cook of Apple, CEO of Visa, Blackrock, Blackstone, vanguard and more. All of this comes as the US dollar is collapsing, …
Gas prices spiking to $4.50+ across most states with inflation jumping to 3.8%. Mockler: He took office and spiked 2.9% inflation, up to 3.8%. Gas prices are up to $4.50 in most states, and he did this all while stripping …
The prospect of a return to Volcker-era economics is no longer a fringe theory. As the 10 year Treasury yield continues its march upward, a growing chorus of macro analysts is warning that the current inflationary spiral is not a …
via willbabu Currently only 3 companies make HBM4, the biggest bottleneck of the entire AI build. Samsung, SK, and MU. Samsungs union walked away from talks last night, strike window is set for5/21 to 6/7, 18 days of the worlds …
President Trump has touched down in Beijing today for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, but the real story is the manifest on Air Force One. In a move that signals a pivot from “decoupling” to “deal-making,” the President has …
by Michael On Monday morning, the front page of the Drudge Report featured a very alarming two word headline in all capital letters: “INFLATION ACCELERATES”. Of course that headline was 100% accurate. Prices are rising and our seemingly endless cost …
Bull Theory @BullTheoryio 🚨The cheapest money in the world just got more expensive. The entire global financial system borrowed it. Japan’s 10-year bond yield just hit 2.564%, for the first time this century. Japan is one of the largest holders …
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS BROKE… Searches for ‘can’t pay credit card’ smash records… 11% of accounts now seriously delinquent… Savings rate vanishes… 🚨 Americans have never been this broke before. Google searches for “can’t pay credit card” just hit …
Bitcoin is trading at $80,592 tonight, snapping a four-day rally after the hot CPI print… The 1.4% drop is the largest intraday decrease for the coin since mid-April… Traders are rotating out of risk assets as the Fed’s rate-cut timeline …
NFIB small business optimism index rose 0.1 points in April to 95.9, holding below the 52-year average of 98.0. Labor quality emerged as the top problem for owners with a record 34 percent reporting unfilled job openings. Nearly 46 percent …
By telling struggling voters that he doesn’t even think about their financial stress while he pursues a regime change in Tehran Donald Trump is effectively burying his own base alive. For years he promised that the forgotten man and woman …
Pizza Hut tricks families with fake 4 can feast for $9.99 ad. Classic corporate scam. I mean… at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99…. Until you are at the cash and they say ” that’ll be …
Retail call buying in tech is back near 2021 meme-stock extremes. Everyone chasing upside while put demand keeps getting cheaper. That’s fuel for melt-up conditions in the short term… but also the kind of positioning that can turn south fast …
The intensifying bond market crisis is the final warning that the Federal Reserve has learned absolutely nothing from the disaster of 2022. We are watching Treasury yields surge at the same time that oil is sitting above $100 a barrel …
Gas prices slamming $4.55+ nationally with Illinois diesel hitting a insane new record at $6.06 has feeds exploding. Democrats are hammering Trump over the war link and inflation jumping to 3.8%. We’re paying $4.55 for a gallon of gas because …
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group Maybe the most prominent economic discussion circulating today is the fear that the vast majority of people have been priced out of housing markets for the rest …
Inflation at 3.8 percent… Fed still signals rate cuts… The dollar is being sacrificed… pic.twitter.com/ANGARLR75b — Jay (@themarketvitals) May 12, 2026 Just an observation: The +.6% month on month(mom) inflation seen in April is over +6% annualized. We are starting …
CEO of Saudi Aramco warned today that the “war premium” is here to stay… Investors told to prepare for a supply-demand gap that could last until 2027… Even if the shooting stops today, damage to tanker routes will take years …
LIVE: CPI rips to 3-year high… Gas prices officially up 28 percent YoY… The middle class is being liquidated in real time… Source: fxstreet Gas prices are the main culprit, accounting for nearly half of the monthly spike… Core inflation …
President Trump touched down in China this morning for a critical three-day summit… The meeting was delayed for weeks as the U.S.-Iran conflict reached a deadly peak… Trump told reporters Xi is a “tremendous guy” but says Taiwan is “on …
xAI officially released Grok-Voice-Think-Fast-1.0 via API on April 25, 2026. Musk has already replaced the human sales and support lines for Starlink (+1 888 GO STARLINK) with this AI. It currently handles 28 different tools and hundreds of workflows that …
McDonald’s CEO is catching heat for openly worrying about higher gas prices hurting their business while regular people are already getting crushed at the pump and on grocery bills. Worried about fuel costs:$MCD CEO: "Obviously, higher gas prices…are not going …
This collapse is just getting started. Kids can’t get jobs and fast food giants scramble as broke Americans pull back hard. Labor Force participation is collapsing at a pace only seen during the 2020 crisis. Participation always drops before the …
TRUMP SAYS REPUBLICANS SHOULD ABANDON MIDTERM ELECTIONS. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) May 11, 2026 TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS OUT OF WEAPONS, LEADERSHIP, NAVY, ARMY TRUMP SAYS WE WIPED OUT IRAN NAVY — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) May 11, 2026 TRUMP SAYS …
The American restaurant industry is collapsing in real time and the people who see it first aren’t the analysts or the CEOs. They’re the servers standing in empty dining rooms, the line cooks watching shifts get cut, the GMs walking …
This is getting ugly fast. Oil inventories crash toward zero by July, prices ready to explode. Crazy. This countries going to meltdown soon. Prices on food and gas are going to push people over the edge 💀 pic.twitter.com/U5Pd9UQ58Q — QE …
The final countdown is on for this historic stock market rally as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 push into extreme territory that eerily echoes the 1999–2000 dot‑com bubble. In this Stock Market Report, I break down why big voices …
