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“Central Bank Digital Currency will be programmable… ultimately giving the issuer control over *how it is spent by the recipient*… your freedom to purchase fuel, meat, flights, fertilizers will be limited to a carbon credit score.” Central Bank Digital Currency will beprogrammable… ultimately giving the issuer control over *how it is spent by the recipient*… …
IMF worries inflation can't be stopped pic.twitter.com/TE6PwuvYFj — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) July 6, 2023 Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan gets right to the point in her speech: “I remain very concerned about whether inflation will return to target in a sustainable and timely way. And I think more-restrictive monetary policy will be needed …
I rarely mention the official debt (or the $200T real debt) because we owe it to ourselves, and have a printing press, or something, but I always want to know: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐦? What'd we get for this besides creating a record number of billionaires? pic.twitter.com/Wd6kaGJ2qF — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) March …
“Central China Real Estate Ltd. said it didn’t pay interest on a note before the end of a grace period on Friday and that it would suspend payments on all offshore debt. Smaller peer Leading Holdings Group Ltd. disclosed in its own exchange filing Friday night that it hadn’t paid the entire $119.4 million of …
by BoatSurfer600 WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – U.S. banks are pushing to soften a major regulatory proposal to hike bank capital requirements, worried it could prove too onerous, especially for lenders still reeling from the March banking crisis, according to six people briefed on the matter. Bank regulators led by the U.S. Federal Reserve are …
via WSJ: The Beltway press corps spent the week quoting “experts” assuring the public that Hunter Biden’s plea deal didn’t amount to special treatment. You can believe that, or you can read the sworn testimony of Internal Revenue Service investigators who say the opposite. House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith on Thursday released the testimony of Gary Shapley and …
by Fappinonabiscuit I follow futures. Particularly soybean oil. Someone made a shit post the 08 crash could have been predicted by soybean oil futures and Oreo making a new cookie. I don’t know why I latched onto it but I kept following it because why not it was way out in left field and I …
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Today is worse, today you need like four min wage hours to cover door dash fees to get the Bic Mac delivered to you pic.twitter.com/P1lcJmWfkX — Travis H ✞ (@hallectj) June 17, 2023
FAIL, BRITANNIA: UK motorists warned of wearing jeans this summer or risk £1,000 fine and licence points. Experts are warning drivers that they could be handed fines based on the clothes they wear when at the wheel. When driving, motorists should have full control of the car at all times and should be paying attention to …
by Martin Armstrong This will be a day remembered in the history of the entire world. It is the day that the United States indicted and arrested a former president to prevent him from running in the 2024 election. Even Richard Nixon was pardoned because they fear that the civil unrest that might unfold would …
Bannon: "Merrick Garland is hardwired into the White House. The FBI is hardwired into Merrick Garland. They are rolling against Trump because they can't beat Trump at the ballot box." https://t.co/cX5pdpq79w — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 8, 2023 ELECTION INTERFERENCE: A corrupt Biden Justice Department indictment of Trump could undo our Republic. pic.twitter.com/Ku6dvAt1vA — …
by Chris Black Peak clown world. Heckler disrupts this morning’s Portland city council meeting yelling “F—Ted Wheeler” prior to testimony regarding the city’s settlement with disabled Portlanders who are unable to access sidewalks because they have been taken over by garbage, open air drug scenes, etc. pic.twitter.com/z783HfYIV4 — Rational in Portland (@rationalinpdx) May 31, 2023 …
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock claimed that the doors of the US-led military bloc still remain open Ukraine cannot join NATO while it remains locked in a conflict with Russia, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. Last month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also expressed skepticism about Kiev’s admission into the US-led military bloc. Speaking ahead …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJo-iqhgNQ 90% of Americans say that owning a home is a key part of the American dream. But today, more than half of them believe they will never own their dream home, and about 70% of U.S. households can’t afford the average-priced home, especially when considering that mortgage rates have more than doubled since 2020. …