Trump launches new tariffs on 16 countries section 301 probe targets manufacturing and excess capacity

🚨 BREAKING 🇺🇸 TRUMP TO URGENTLY IMPOSE "NEW" TARIFFS ON 16 COUNTRIES. THE U.S. JUST OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A SECTION 301 TRADE INVESTIGATION TO RESTORE 25% TARIFFS. THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR MARKETS… pic.twitter.com/KGCwk5ZAfP — 0xNobler (@CryptoNobler) March 12, 2026 On March 11, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) officially initiated Section 301 investigations into …

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CAPEX investements “competition” will now be replaced with who of MAG7 borrowed more. BofA: only Microsoft generating cash flow in excess of capex in FY26. Someone is buying $17M+ worth of $QQQ puts for 3/6

CAPEX investements "competition" will now be replaced with who of MAG7 borrowed more. — Alex_Swiss_Investor (@Alex70848763197) February 9, 2026 Per Grok: These SEC filings allow companies to prepare for issuing securities like stocks or bonds. Google’s 424B5 prospectus supplements a registration for specific offerings. Amazon’s S-3ASR is an automatic shelf registration for flexible future issuances. …

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Consumer sentiment is lower today than during the height of the pandemic lockdown in March/April of 2020. $2.1 trillion of US excess savings were spent in 3 years

Consumer sentiment is lower today than during the height of the pandemic lockdown in March/April of 2020. It is currently at levels traditionally seen during recessions. — Wealthion (@wealthion) July 14, 2024 THIS IS WILD: $2.1 trillion of US excess savings were spent in 3 years As a result, cumulative excess savings are now NEGATIVE …

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Consumer loan default rate hits highest level since 2012 as excess savings deplete.

IMO- Retail sales NUMBERS have held up due to total dollars, but that means buying less physical goods. NOW, cumulative inflation has pushed people into getting even less and adding more on their cards just to survive? — Scott Sheller (@ScottSheller) July 5, 2024 CAUTION: Housing defaults have just skyrocketed This is unlike anything we’ve …

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Philippines – Hundreds of thousands of excess deaths and a birth rate going off a cliff – a MILLION fewer babies born

Absolutely shocking data out of the Philippines presented in a committee meeting. Hundreds of thousands of excess deaths and a birth rate going off a cliff – a MILLION fewer babies born than would be expected Absolutely shocking data out of the Philippines presented in a committee meeting. Hundreds of thousands of excess deaths and …

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Reality Check: U.S. Savings Rate Drops to 3.4%, Challenging Notion of ‘Excess Savings; Record High Retail Credit Card Rates at 28.93% – Up Nearly 20% Since 2021

The notion of “excess savings” appears to be unraveling as the U.S. Savings Rate took a notable hit in September. We can cancel the "excess savings" idiocy In Sept, the US Savings Rate collapsed from 4.0% to 3.4%, the lowest this year, and the 4th month in a row of declines. And this is after …

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True costs of fueling an electric vehicle, including excess charging costs and subsidies, is equal to $17.33 per gallon of gasoline

NEW – True costs of fueling an electric vehicle, including excess charging costs and subsidies, is equal to $17.33 per gallon of gasoline, a new analysis found. https://t.co/SSSkctoMeO pic.twitter.com/B8fBGypSid — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 26, 2023 EVs are a financial car wreck: Taxpayers subsidize EV charging at a rate equivalent to $17.33 per gallon of gasoline. …

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US Excess Savings Depleted For Bottom 80% Of Households To Cope With Bidenomics (Home Affordability Hits All-time Low!)

by confoundedinterest17 Wasting away again with Bidenomics, code for massive Federal subsidies to green energy donors. And incentives to buy impractical EVs. Imagine in an emergency and your car only goes 200 miles (and then you have to wait for an available charger to come open). Well, the top 1% are doing fine. But the bottom …

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Australia – Almost 20,000 More People Died Last Year ‘Than Anticipated’ – The Highest Excess Death Rate Since WWII

Almost 20,000 more people died in Australia last year than anticipated, with just more than half dying because of COVID-19 as the country recorded the highest number of excess deaths since World War II. New data from the Actuaries Institute, published on Monday, estimates there was a 12 per cent spike in excess deaths in …

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Instinet had $50B of $67B waived in Excess Capital Premiums Waived over a 2 Year Period. Instinet also received a massive waiver on January 28, 2021. FINRA: “Instinet experienced late reporting issues in connection with at least 26 billion events from November 2020 through December 2022”

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/fda_documents/2020067139101%20Instinet%2C%20LLC%2C%20CRD%207897%20AWC%20gg.pdf STILL NOT COMPLETE!!! Wut Mean?: Instinet was mandated to start reporting order data to the CAT Central Repository from June 22, 2020. Instinet hired a third-party vendor for CAT reporting, but their internal data specifications were inadequate for proper CAT-format reporting. In June 2020, Instinet informed FINRA that they foresaw CAT reporting …

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Life Insurance Confirms excess young Deaths

From the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (set the price for life policies) 2021 excess non Covid deaths 15-34 year old 21% higher 2022 last quarter excess non Covid deaths 35-44 year old 34% higher They are baffled,  

Eurostat Reveals the Most Vaccinated Countries Are STILL Seeing High Rates of Excess Mortality

More vaccinated countries: • Finland – 12.4% more deaths than expected. • Ireland – 12.16% more deaths than expected. • Austria – 13.175% more deaths than expected. Less vaccinated countries: • Romania – 12% fewer deaths than expected. • Bulgaria – 8.74% fewer deaths than expected. • Hungary – 2% fewer deaths than expected. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-average-baseline?country=~USA …

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Consumers down to $533bn excess savings and still spending like rates are zero… ‘Don’t see a Recession? It’s Last Call at the bar’

“The smart people have already paid the tab and gone home The remainder will wake up tomorrow with regrets” Don’t see a Recession? It’s Last Call at the bar The smart people have already paid the tab and gone home The remainder will wake up tomorrow with regrets https://t.co/jn65YPXxhk — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) July 2, …

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Bank of Canada minutes on immediate rate hike: “the economy remained clearly in excess demand and that the rebalancing of supply and demand was likely to take longer than previously expected.” “members felt that enough data had accumulated to convince them that more restrictive policy was needed.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2023/06/summary-governing-council-deliberations-fixed-announcement-date-june-7-2023/ Highlights: “the economy remained clearly in excess demand and that the rebalancing of supply and demand was likely to take longer than previously expected.” “members felt that enough data had accumulated to convince them that more restrictive policy was needed.” Growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter was …

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