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Fed signals openness to future rate hikes… “Consensus estimates from Bloomberg now project GDP at 2.28% and headline CPI inflation at 3% to end the year.”

"Consensus estimates from Bloomberg now project GDP at 2.28% and headline CPI inflation at 3% to end the year."@_JoshSchafer pic.twitter.com/iYvnlVhrO1 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) April 8, 2026 🔴 Fed Minutes: Many participants saw risk of inflation remaining elevated for longer than expected amid persistent oil price increase, which could call for rate hikes. — FinancialJuice …

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Europe dumps Russia, ends up hooked on US gas. Hormuz shock crushes Europe, prices rip higher. Gas spikes 70%, ECB flips to hikes

BREAKING: Europe spent four years escaping Russian gas. It cut dependence from 40 percent to under 10 percent. It built LNG terminals. It signed long-term contracts with Qatar. It celebrated energy independence. Then America bombed Iran. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar declared force majeure. And European gas prices nearly doubled in a month. …

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CME hikes margins on all precious metals, gold up 33%, silver 36%

CME MARGIN HIKE ALERT ON ALL PRECIOUS METALS A Second MARGIN increase in 3 days.Maintenance increasesA 33% increase for gold futuresA 36% increase for silver futuresA 25% increase for platinum futuresA 14% increase for palladium futures This is going into effect Monday Feb… pic.twitter.com/2TMNN88D9C — bob coleman (@profitsplusid) January 30, 2026 The CME officially confirmed …

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Democrats take Virginia and unleash sweeping tax hikes

Greg Price @greg_price11 Democrats now control the legislature and Governor’s office in Virginia. Here are just a few of the bills they’ve introduced – New 4.3% sales tax on Uber Eats, Amazon, etc deliveries. – New sales tax on admissions to a wide variety of businesses. – Create two new higher tax brackets of 8% …

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Do Tariffs Cause Price Hikes? Studies Say Yes and No

Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Let’s investigate two studies. Can they both be right? The No Side A San Francisco Fed study by Regis Barnichon and Aayush Singh discussed the No side in What Is a Tariff Shock? Insights from 150 years of Tariff Policy In this paper we exploit 150 years of tariff policy …

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Even Non-Importing Firms Expect Big Price Hikes in 2026

Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Tariffs have not yet bit consumers in a big way. But they will. Firm’s Expected Unit Costs and Price Growth for 2026, data from Atlanta Fed Please consider the Atlanta Fed report Firms’ Cost and Price Expectations in the Wake of Tariff Hikes A striking feature of this year’s tariffs …

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US hikes Japan tariffs weeks after announcing trade deal. Market rally built on soft numbers and broken promises

The U.S. just announced a 15% tariff hike on Japanese imports. This comes two weeks after Trump declared a “massive” trade agreement with Japan on July 22, calling it “maybe the largest deal in history.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/22/trump-trade-deal-japan-tariff-imports/85331747007/ The July 23 agreement was supposed to lock in a 15% baseline tariff and prevent a threatened 25% hike. …

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Republicans end federal mileage mandates blamed for $6,000 price hikes, weaker cars, and billions lost to foreign firms

Republicans just ended Federal car mileage mandates. The rules added $6,000 to the cost of a car. They siphoned billions from American car companies to foreigners. And they killed 100,000 Americans by forcing them to drive tin cans. pic.twitter.com/iaVt8bH4IM — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 6, 2025 Republicans just ended federal car mileage rules …

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Powell warns businesses hold the tariff burden now but eventual price hikes for consumers are imminent.

U.S. firms are carrying most of the tariff cost for now, holding prices steady and shrinking margins. “American businesses have been absorbing Trump’s tariffs so far, but eventually the burden will be shifted on to American consumers” — Fed Chair Powell It looks like Trump made a mistake https://t.co/P25q5bjEba — sandile swana (@sandileswana) July 31, …

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Trump sends tariff letters to 16 nations. Brazil hit with 50% import duty. No extensions, retaliation will trigger hikes.

President Trump has formally issued a new round of country-specific tariffs, notifying 16 nations that their exports to the United States will face steep duties beginning August 1. The announcement follows the expiration of a 90-day tariff pause that was originally set to end July 9 but was extended by executive order. According to the …

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WALMART: PRICE HIKES COMING

Walmart beat first-quarter earnings estimates but fell just short of sales expectations. Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said consumers could start to see higher prices as soon as later this month. The company said its e-commerce business was profitable for the first time during the quarter. Walmart on Thursday fell just short of quarterly …

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Japan wages crash -2.1% YoY. Worst real wage drop in two years. BOJ faces deflationary disaster, hikes off the table

Japan wage shock: Real wages plunge to -2.1% YoY, the worst in two years, and a deflationary disaster for the BOJ which puts a final nail in any hiking plans. If anything, BOJ should restart NIRP and boost QE (but it can't with Bessent watching its every move). pic.twitter.com/kAV3BNcQgR — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 9, 2025

Chicago hikes teacher pay student outcomes collapse into deeper failure…

DEI: Chicago’s teachers insisted that higher pay would unlock student success. The city obliged, hiking per-student spending by 70 percent and boosting average teacher salaries to $100,000. The result? Failure on a grander scale. Today, just 11 percent of black students in Chicago are proficient in reading — a tragic monument to the bankrupt promises …

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US’s top phone carrier,Verizon, stung by instant backlash over price hikes

US's top phone carrier stung by instant backlash over price hikes https://t.co/2tKrOpB3TD — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 23, 2025 The nation’s largest wireless provider is bleeding subscribers after jacking up prices and scaling back on deals. Verizon lost 289,000 monthly subscribers in the first three months of the year, the company admitted on Tuesday. It’s …

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Burry bets big on MOH, capitalizing on Medicare rate hikes

Burry has quietly loaded up on Molina Healthcare (MOH) now a top 3 holding. While markets spiral on tariff fears, MOH is up +18.5% YTD. Taking advantage of the increase in Medicare rates. pic.twitter.com/pyB7XUArkM — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) April 11, 2025

State Farm exec fired over jaw-dropping comments about LA wildfire rate hikes, victims in secret recording.

State Farm executive has been fired after he was secretly recorded alleging that the insurance company hiked rates for California homeowners reeling from the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Haden Kirkpatrick, State Farm’s vice president for innovation and venture capital, thought he was on a Tinder date when he started talking about his company’s California subsidiary …

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Central banks pulled liquidity, and Apollo sees a 40% chance of rate hikes next year. Commodity prices are surging, with the CRB Index hitting its highest level in 14 years

Central banks have just engineered the worst crisis we've ever seen and now it's ready to go. By pulling the liquidity rug away they've set the stage for another crisis, all that's needed is the trigger/narrative. https://t.co/2RhyVZhH5c pic.twitter.com/tas2TgrN22 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 6, 2025 There goes the 10 year yield, climbing its way into the …

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Just in time for the inauguration: The Fed is deliberately tightening liquidity in the system

Reverse repo surges $72BN to $268.7BN for year-end window dressing. Funding market spreads already had blown out to 3 month highs amid spike in repo tightness pic.twitter.com/wyBoMBEPN8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve's emergency Bank Term Funding Program dropped to $5 billion this week. It'll be $0 in January. pic.twitter.com/md8wCxDkVv — Financelot …

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Should We Take Trump Seriously or Literally on Huge Tariff Hikes?

by Mike Shedlock Companies are mounting a campaign to soften the Trump’s trade threats, but Trump’s team says he is serious. Trump Not Budging on Tariffs The Wall Street Journal reports CEOs Want Trump to Change Course on Tariffs. He Isn’t Budging. Donald Trump’s tariff threats have triggered a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to soften or alter …

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Yen needed BoJ rate hikes two years ago, interventions now prove ineffective.

Told you… so many times… 😓 But no worries, #BOJ cannot afford to turn off the $JPY printer as you can see from the next line… https://t.co/onTdK9C5S9 pic.twitter.com/C96vRVxxsI — JustDario 🏊‍♂️ (@DarioCpx) November 18, 2024 Someone should really tell the #BOJ that continuing to bluff about hiking rates so trading algorithms bid the $JPY is …

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The global rally hinges on false BOJ pause belief; economists still anticipate rate hikes. The 2024 recession is going to be painful. Buckle up!

Are rate cuts bullish? No. Is the worst over? No. Can Wall Street be trusted? No. The chart of the week: "Not this again!" pic.twitter.com/ArMnkGs4vS — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 9, 2024 It took all week but the S&P 500 has rallied back to Friday's closing level. It was a week to nowhere and no net …

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80% of U.S. housing investors are concerned about future home insurance premium hikes

80% of landlords in a recent ResiClub-Groundfloor Housing Investor Survey expressed concern about future increases in home insurance premiums. Among them, 37% are very concerned. These rising premiums are not limited to coastal states; even homeowners in Indiana and Iowa saw their average home insurance rates rise by 12.2% and 13.5%, respectively, in 2023. The surge is attributed to factors like climate risk and housing and construction inflation, which have driven up replacement and …

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Federal Reserve Officials Warn of Rate Hikes If Inflation Persists: Minutes

Federal Reserve officials warned at the June policy meeting that if inflation remained elevated or continued to rise, policymakers might need to raise interest rates, according to minutes from the meeting released on Wednesday. Officials noted that they are not ready to cut interest rates until they have obtained “greater confidence” that the inflation rate …

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State Farm seeks major rate hikes for California homeowners, renters

State Farm General is seeking to dramatically increase residential insurance rates for millions of Californians, a move that would deepen the state’s ongoing crisis over housing coverage. In two filings with the state’s Department of Insurance on Thursday signaling financial trouble for the insurance giant, State Farm disclosed it is seeking a 30% rate increase …

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Cyberattacks cripple car dealerships, causing delays and price hikes due to software outage.

CDK Global, a major player in the auto sales industry, provides software technology to thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada. Unfortunately, they recently faced a multiday outage due to back-to-back cyberattacks. Here’s what you need to know: Impact: The outage affected many operations at dealerships, potentially causing delays for prospective car buyers. …

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