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🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 MASSIVE BREAKING NEWS: TEL AVIV PLUNGED INTO TOTAL BLACKOUT CHAOS! The Iranian Army unleashes HELL on Israel's core power plants OBLITERATED, energy hubs DEMOLISHED, oil refineries in FLAMES! pic.twitter.com/lUQutumHNP — Gerhardt vd Merwe (@realgerhardtvdm) March 8, 2026 Iran’s Revolutionary …
A rapidly escalating war in the Middle East is now colliding with one of the most fragile global economic environments in decades, and the early warning signs of a major financial shock are already beginning to appear. Most people still …
Wow. Consumer confidence for those ages 35-54 years old fell in January to the lowest since November 2013 pic.twitter.com/WjTRLPDdnI — Kevin Gordon (@KevRGordon) January 27, 2026 January Consumer Confidence Index from @Conferenceboard fell sharply to 84.5 vs 91.0 est. & …
Japan's government says it may "intervene" before the Japanese Yen to US Dollar ratio reaches 160. Over the last 2 months, the Yen has gone from 145 to 157 as a $110B+ stimulus package is coming byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts I agree, …
Where’s the money going?! Personal Income: -0.4% vs 0.3% exp. Weakest in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/vajFt4oLJE — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 27, 2025 Not good https://t.co/KVlatfqiI9 — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) June 27, 2025 Breaking Core PCE +.2% vs +.1% exp …
by confoundedinterest17 New home sales are going down. New home sales plunged in May, the biggest MoM drop since June 2022. The median sales price increased 3% from a year ago to $426,600 last month, marking the first year-over-year price gain …
Traffic to popular real estate websites was down significantly March to April: Zillow – down 16%Realtor – down 13%Redfin – down 15% This probably wouldn't seem odd if it were November or December, but we are talking peak buying season …
$DXY has now plunged more than 8% year-to-date, its worst start to the year since 1995. Got silver? Got gold? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver
Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar deportation plan was plunged into doubt over the weekend as 38 Republican rebels defied his demands on the government funding bill. The president-elect faced the first major test of his influence over Republicans in the House …
The Bloomberg US Pure Momentum Portfolio is a financial index designed to track the performance of stocks that exhibit strong momentum characteristics. Momentum investing involves selecting securities that have performed well in the recent past, under the assumption that they …
Power outages have affected several European countries amid a heatwave. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro have all experienced widespread blackouts due to an “international disturbance” that affected their power grids. As the situation unfolds, authorities are investigating the …
by confoundedinterest17 Confidence! It’s what consumers DON’T have under Bidenomics. For the fourth straight month, The Conference Board revised its consumer confidence data significantly lower. In fact January’s was the biggest downward revision since Feb 2022. And Conference Board Consumer Confidence …
by confoundedinterest17 Well, kiss that anticipated March rate cut goodbye. According to the BLS, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in December. But to quote Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation, “Now hold on to your wad.” While the headline screamed …
Stock Buybacks around the world have plunged to a 7-year low pic.twitter.com/QZzDD97Jwt — Barchart (@Barchart) November 1, 2023 With the rapid rise in yields since the federal reserve's last meeting, they are unlikely to change their policy stance given the …
Gaza’s power authority says its sole power plant will run out of fuel within hours, leaving the territory without electricity after Israel cut off supplies. Palestinians in Gaza have long relied on generators, but have no way of importing fuel. …
A total bloodbath in Treasury notes, bonds, and mortgage-back securities again: Here is a reminder that these instruments account for over 80% of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. If they were to be reevaluated using a mark-to-market methodology, the Fed's …
by confoundedinterest17 This isn’t Barbara Tuchman’s class novel about the horrors of World War I, but the ongoing horrors of Bidenomics with its guns pointed at the American middle class. Privately‐owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted …
BEIJING — China’s Commerce Ministry on Wednesday said non-economic factors were growing and interfering with the country’s foreign trade which was facing an “extremely severe” situation in the second half of this year. “Some countries’ forceful push for ‘decoupling,’ ‘severing …
https://wolfstreet.com/2023/06/01/feds-balance-sheet-plunged-by-348-billion-in-the-10-weeks-since-peak-bank-crisis-and-by-580-billion-since-qt-started/ “Total assets held by the Fed dropped by $50 billion in the week, to $8.38 trillion, down by $118 billion for the month and by $348 billion in the 10 weeks since peak-bank-crisis. Quantitative Tightening (QT) continued on track, …