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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-cuts-all-ties-adl-calling-it-political-front-disguised-watchdog In a striking move for an administration that caters to the State of Israel and its American supporters, the FBI has severed its ties with the staunchly pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League (ADL), with Director Kash Patel saying the bureau refuses …
The government of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Thursday imposed a nighttime curfew following protests, which saw police use rubber bullets and tear gas to quash demonstrations over ongoing water and power cuts.
PCE 0.3% MoM, Exp. 0.3% PCE 2.7% YoY, Exp. 2.7% PCE Core 0.2% MoM, Exp. 0.2% PCE Core 2.9% YoY, Exp. 2.9% But the trend is one – inflation goes UP pic.twitter.com/TmrXCFoc3C — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) September 26, 2025 …
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/microsoft-ends-israel-military-units-access-cloud-service-rcna233723 Microsoft has cut off some services to a unit in Israel’s Defense Ministry after investigating allegations that it was using Microsoft cloud products for the mass surveillance of Palestinians. In a blog post published Thursday, Microsoft President Brad Smith …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Is the market right or the Fed? I created the above chart from CME Fedwatch projections on September 20. The Fed and the market project roughly the same path through December of 2025. However, the Fed …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought something which I thought was pretty much inevitable in these times so let us get straight to it. From the Riksbank of Sweden. To provide further support to economic activity and to stabilise inflation …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The battle is over inflation vs jobs, two vastly different opinions. Fed governor Stephen Miran was a senior White House adviser until his confirmation to the central bank board on September 15. Miran replaced …
via TopFinanceTakes Chart’s showing QQQ sitting around 45-50 net options sentiment lately -neither hugely bullish nor bearish. Feels like the market’s a little unsure where to lean right now. Price is making all-time highs, but option flow hasn’t fully caught …
What the hell is happening in Germany right now? In just six weeks, the country announced 125,000 industrial job cuts. Think about that for a second. If the U.S. were hit at the same rate, that would be like 300,000 …
Yields up means bonds down. Treasury yields are going to skyrocket when the FED cuts rates tomorrow — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) September 16, 2025 U.S. Dollar now testing 14-Year Support 🚨 It's now or never pic.twitter.com/Q8RIcoZGnZ — Barchart …
by confoundedinterest17 Participants in the mortgage market are hoping for relief in the mortgage market when The Fed lowers rates tomorrow. But the reality is the the bond market is expecting declining short-term rates, but not much change at the …
Sadly, most people don’t understand money, specifically fiat currency. Things become more expensive because the currency purchasing them becomes less valuable. It will be a colossal mistake if the Fed cuts rates.Bonds will erode to oblivion. pic.twitter.com/Hdwdm4TUTj — The Great …
People are fully long into the FOMC and rate cuts. Sentiment is at extremes. Careful out there. pic.twitter.com/wyrI3OccUq — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) September 13, 2025 SERIOUS CREDIT CARD DELINQUENCIES CLIMB TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 14 YEARS https://t.co/VjVIFGTOZk — The …
“Wknd thought: Very Long Thread on System Liquidity Some see a raging bull market. I see a system exhausting every last bit of available liquidity for one final dance. Those who argue bullishness on solvency (pointing to high aggregate household …
Employers only lay off as a last resort after trying everything else. Rehiring happens slowly, if at all, when jobs are gone, it's hard to come back.with 25 or 50bps cuts, employers will not hire back these people they just …
via notayesmanseconomics Over the last week or so we have seen quite a change in the economic data coming out of the US in an area the Federal Reserve looks at closely. Yesterday saw this from the Bureau of Labor …
Gold is piercing a level that has held for 45 years. Moves of this size never happen in calm markets. Confidence in the current monetary system is fraying. The rally is powered by record central bank buying, ballooning U.S. debt, …
Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed returning guest, former Lehman Brothers trader and senior executive, author and Founder of the Bear Traps Report https://www.thebeartrapsreport.com/ paid newsletter, Larry McDonald
👀 👀 This is what usually happens once the rate cuts start. pic.twitter.com/ocumfep07B — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 9, 2025 Wall Street has a new religion: the rate cut. But to receive its blessings — beefier market valuations, more robust …
It was not hackers, not satellites falling silent, and not a solar storm. It was older and simpler than that: a set of undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, the most volatile shipping lane in the world. For decades, …
They can keep the whole thing afloat as long as they’d like The release valve is just the currency. Inflation is running at 3%-5% …and there's a 100% probability that the Fed cuts at least 25bps in ten days As …
Something ruptured under the surface and the quiet around it feels louder than the break itself. At 05:45 UTC on Saturday, multiple subsea cables were severed in the Red Sea, triggering internet outages across Pakistan, India, and the United Arab …
Over 300,000 jobs vanished from the books in four months, the labor market was never strong. The Fed is late: Based on recent data, President Trump's calls for rate cuts beginning ~5 months ago were correct. And, it's even more …
The mortgage market has been tanking for the last two years, suggesting that the U.S. housing market will continue to struggle in the final months of 2025. Mortgage applications to buy a house, as reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association, …
Liquidity can’t stop a business cycle that’s already turning. Weak growth is the warning shot before the crash. When the cycle breaks, stocks don’t get “saved.” They get crushed. "Liquidity cannot stand the turn of the Business Cycle" (no matter …
ARKANSAS, USA — Upcoming cuts to Medicaid could shut down more than 50% of rural Arkansas hospitals, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Monika Fischer-Massie, the executive director of WelcomeHealth in Fayetteville, said …
The system’s crumbling, gold’s at $3500, a dead canary in a coal mine. Central banks cut rates as inflation hits 3%, pure sabotage dressed up as policy. Yields at 30-year peaks shout panic, not control. They’re pumping a bubble to …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning the focus is back on the Bank of England and we cam start with something which will match the new autumnal mood for the weather at least for the research student presenting the morning meeting. “August …
Truflation has been arguing that inflation is a non-problem and calling for the Fed to cut rates (below). But their latest readings are flashing a yellow to red flag on inflation. August 4th is labeled. It was 1.65%. Today it …
https://twitter.com/rev_cap/status/1962197481111834696 Housing *does* need help, but totally agree if they cut FFR it’ll just make things worse Since cutting cycle of 100bps last sept, 30Y UP 100bps Eventually I also think they try another George W Bush type program (when …