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Buffer used to cushion war driven prices is nearly exhausted. “BREAKING: The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve just hit its lowest level since 1983. Crude oil stocks fell to 319.5 million barrels, down 6.2 million barrels in a single week. And the timing could not be worse. Every time oil prices spiked since the Iran war …
🚨 BREAKING: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has just fallen to its lowest level since August 1983- 340.3mb. That's a 42 yr low. No matter where you stand politically, it's a remarkable statistic: America's emergency oil stockpile hasn't been this depleted since the Reagan era. — Patrick De Haan (@GasBuddyGuy) June 15, 2026 The US keeps …
Kevin Warsh was confirmed Wednesday as the next Federal Reserve chair, taking over the central bank at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing for lower interest rates even as fresh inflation data complicates the case for cuts. In the most divisive vote ever for a Fed chair, Warsh, 56, won confirmation to take …
They keep doing the same things hoping for a different result. Interesting how these big numbers keep showing up right when things look frothy. This pattern feels familiar, wonder how long it can go. The Federal Reserve is still buying T-Bills despite markets hitting new all-time-highs every week. Jerome Powell said he would only be …
The size of the Chinese strategic petroleum reserve is mind blowing: larger than US + Japan + the whole of Western Europe COMBINED byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs holds a nomination hearing for President Donald Trump’s Federal Reserve chair pick Kevin Warsh on Tuesday. Warsh said in written testimony submitted in advance that the central bank must be largely independent of political influence but also should stay focused on its primary goals. In remarks …
By weaponizing the USD and SWIFT and terrorizing banks all over the world he is just accelerating the demise of the US dollar as reserve currency. He made his money, with George Soros, destroying the Japanese Yen and then the British Pound. Is the US dollar his next victim? — Ignatius van Zyl (@naasvzyl) April …
BREAKING: France has officially removed all of its gold reserves from the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. pic.twitter.com/iOs2zDtnch — The General (@GeneralMCNews) April 6, 2026 French central bank nets €13bn by pulling gold out of US reserves France’s central bank has sold off the last of the gold it held in the United States …
Federal Reserve did this pic.twitter.com/WXwi8HMa8u — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) March 22, 2026
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought some bad news for the central banking fraternity and sorority. It comes from a land down under so let us take a look. At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.10 per cent. That is from the Reserve Bank of Australia …
🇯🇵 Japan's kicking off strategic oil reserve releases: Asia/Oceania first. They rely on the Middle East for 95% of imports. If you think the U.S. is suffering with the Strait of Hormuz chokehold, you've ain't seen anything yet. Source: AFP https://t.co/ikzB6OQXx1 pic.twitter.com/A01GDKsYYE — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 16, 2026
U.S. WILL RELEASE 172 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCED. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 11, 2026 Factcheck: Multiple reputable outlets reported on March 11–12, 2026 that the U.S. Department of Energy will release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). At the …
TraderHC @traderhc The dollar just broke below 99 during a genuine risk-off episode. Read that situation carefully. $DXY is supposed to rally when $VIX is at 25 and fear gauges are flashing. That’s the Dollar Smile theory. Crisis means dollar strength. Instead, the greenback is making new lows. The 2-year yield at 3.56% tells the …
The G7 is discussing a coordinated release of 300 to 400 million barrels from strategic reserves, potentially organized by the International Energy Agency. With about 1.2 billion barrels held across G7 reserves, the move aims to quickly cool oil prices. The market reacted immediately, with crude falling back to around $100 per barrel on the …
https://www.ft.com/content/d546fd5b-4a0c-4b90-8bee-9e85b75458ed Qatar expects all Gulf energy producers to shut down exports within weeks and drive oil to $150 a barrel, the country's Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi said, per FT — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 6, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. financial services industry is on heightened alert for potential cyberattacks amid the unfolding U.S. war in Iran, with firms stepping up monitoring for threats that often rise during periods of geopolitical conflict, said executives and analysts. The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last weekend in an …
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FedACH) is currently experiencing a partial outage, with confirmed issues affecting the FedACH service. StatusGator reports that other components of the Federal Reserve Financial Services are operational, but users relying on FedACH for electronic payments may face disruptions. Status: Partial outage — FedACH is down. Impact: Delays in processing ACH files, …
🚨#BREAKING: Israel’s government and military officials have ordered the immediate mobilization of 100,000 reserve soldiers, instructing them to report for duty without delay. pic.twitter.com/oumRbdymaj — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 1, 2026 BREAKING: Trump tells US media new Iranian leaders want to talk to him and he has …
Gold has overtaken the U.S. Dollar as the largest Global Reserve Asset 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/IM2ataEtgZ — Barchart (@Barchart) January 24, 2026 Gold is clocking ~200$/o per monthSilver is clocking ~10$/o per monthin the tariff-era capital flows re-direction since last summer. There is healthy episodic push back from pussybanksters but resistance remains futile because the East has …
Today, the Federal Reserve conducted its largest single-day repo operation in the past five months, amounting to $30 billion. We are so back! pic.twitter.com/52ajADxXIN — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) February 18, 2026
Infographic: Global gold demand;Global gold demand is being reshaped by shifting sovereign reserve strategies, changing investment behavior and an increasingly uncertain outlook. Infographic: Global gold demand https://t.co/KL9R4F1O48 — MINING.COM (@mining) February 5, 2026 https://www.mining.com/infographic-global-gold-demand/ Without metals and industrial elements — steel, copper, aluminum, iron ore, nickel, zinc, titanium, etc. — human civilization cannot exist. Nearly …
via WSB: Two voting FOMC members have said the payroll jobs data is overstated. And no, this isn’t some Econ 101 dropout yelling “the numbers are fake” from his parents’ basement. This is coming straight from the Federal Reserve. I’ve got the receipts. Oh, and one of those two voters? Jerome Powell. The Fed Chair himself. …
Kevin Warsh supports a strong Dollar. Much of Trump’s domestic and foreign policy requires a weak Dolllar. — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) January 30, 2026 So looks like it’s Warsh for Fed Chair. No wonder futures are selling off. He’s the most hawkish of the 4 that were left. He’s no pushover either. https://t.co/AmcpYrP5eu — QE …
Listen live to the oral arguments as the Supreme Court hears arguments on U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Federal Reserve governor, member Lisa Cook. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qEUcMI
JUST IN – UK veterans aged 65 told to prepare for war, as MoD set to increase the age for calling upon the strategic reserve from 55 to 65, with the UK Army shrinking to its smallest size in more than 200 years — Telegraph pic.twitter.com/k7GQWwyJC8 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 15, 2026 Military veterans aged …
JUST IN: Federal Reserve just pumped $16 Billion into the U.S. Banking System with overnight repos. It’s the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid. I’m sure everything is fine. pic.twitter.com/ibiILTxvti — Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com (@FluentInFinance) December 30, 2025 Banks promised to deliver silver they don’t actually own, like promising to give away 100 Tacos …
JUST IN 🚨: Federal Reserve to pump $6.8 billion into the market this week, making a total of $38 billion over the last 10 days 🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/2pJU1qocZP — Barchart (@Barchart) December 21, 2025
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought news which takes me back to my blog on the 26th of November.,when I pointed out this. It feels as though the mood music has shifted back to interest-rate cuts and let me return to the ECB. It has claimed that interest-rate cuts are no longer necessary. Once you …
by Martin Armstrong People love to blame the Federal Reserve for everything under the sun because it is easier than admitting the real problem: government. The tragic part of this entire monetary experiment is that the Fed, as originally designed in 1913, was brilliant. Each regional branch operated independently, responding to local capital flows instead …
