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by confoundedinterest17 Joe, are you kidding about the sizzling economy? Karine Jean Pierre is also guilty of comedy or gross propaganda. So right up front – and the Fed has been talking about this, though no one listens: The “core services” PCE price index has gotten stuck at 3.5% over the past six months annualized, and accelerated …
SEX WORKERS "FULLY BOOKED" AT DAVOS This year's WEF meeting at Davos appears to be heading in the usual direction of drug-fuelled bung-bunga sex parties. Local escort service web site officially announced: "All local service providers are completely booked during the WEF… pic.twitter.com/l99v2KL9Pw — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 16, 2024 The 54th annual gathering of …
by Chris Black The idea of paying for cable was that there wouldn’t be ads. Then the ads came, but there was around five minutes of ads for an hour of content. Then it went to ten minutes for a half hour. In 2023, there are now ten minutes of ads for every ten minutes …
https://twitter.com/HSBC_UK/status/1727971038628020557 Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have reported that they are unable to access mobile banking. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed more than 3,900 people had reported the banking app on their device was not functioning. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/hsbc-mobile-banking-down-for-thousands-across-uk/ar-AA1ksiM7
NY plans significant budget cuts, including reducing police force and cutting education spending by $1 billion, to fund services for undocumented immigrants. https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1725288747640467932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
by confoundedinterest17 Gimme (inexpensive) shelter! The good news is that The Federal Reserve finally cooled inflation. Well, at least core inflation cooled to 4%, twice The Fed’s target rate. At least The Fed is making progress. But on the housing front, shelter CPI is still up 6.7% YoY while transportation services are up 9.2% YoY. …
Charles Schwab is announcing that in addition to layoffs they are now shutting down their largest office in San Francisco at 100 Post Street. When I moved to San Francisco in the 1990s Schwab was a powerhouse. They occupied the entire building at the corner of Montgomery and… pic.twitter.com/rfcoVgJqly — Thomas Hawk (@thomashawk) November 5, …
via Mike Shedlock: If the Fed is taking economic clues from the Services ISM or from energy, it’s not done hiking. Manufacturing is a different story. ISM chart and excerpts below by permission from the Institute for Supply Management® ISM® Please consider the August 2023 Services ISM® Report On Business® emphasis mine. Economic activity in the services sector …
JUST IN – Europe's "Digital Services Act" is now in force. Large online platforms risk "heavy fines" if they fail to police "hate speech" and "disinformation" more aggressively. pic.twitter.com/uFS5IoXP5A — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 24, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1694724575018553694 EU COMMISSION IS NOW A THREAT TO FREEDOM. HERE'S WHY: We've seen several regressive, anti-freedom initatives from the EU …
Bill Gates is now pushing the digital ID slavery system for humanity, and the billionaire globalist recommended which platform he prefers. “850 million people lack ID that proves their identity. As a result, they’re shut out of a lot of services that could change their lives,” Gates said Monday. “That’s why I’m so excited about …
Robinhood has spent $1.3M lobbying on “issues related to market infrastructure” over the last year. Their lobbyists worked for the House Financial Services Committee as recently as 2019. The revolving door between the Financial Services Committee and lobbying firms is crazy: pic.twitter.com/9YDbLhQfRs — Quiver Quantitative (@QuiverQuant) July 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/Travis_in_Flint/status/1678090553777348617 🎯 Utah Gov. Spencer Cox Calls Out the American Academy of Pediatrics & American Medical Association as ‘Politicized’ Groups “On this issue [gender-affirming care] it’s impossible to get unbiased information out of the United States”@GovCox pic.twitter.com/Y7WURiORA0 — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 9, 2023
by BoatSurfer600 https://wolfstreet.com/2023/06/21/inflation-shocker-in-the-uk-core-cpi-spikes-to-30-year-high-driven-by-spike-in-services-even-as-motor-fuel-prices-plunge/ I like how it excludes food and energy. keks
Bank of America is tracking emissions to reduce them to net zero, but this is troubling for those who want to unleash America’s energy capability. It means that financing will be easier to obtain if emissions are lower. via breitbart: “This is the worst woke story I’ve seen,” Fox Business host Larry Kudlow said about …
Report: NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Cut Services for New Yorkers So Migrants Can Stay in Hotels Free of Charge New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is set to funnel billions in local taxpayer money to the powerful hotel industry, providing more than 140 hotels with multi-million contracts to house newly arrived border crossers …
