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 …

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Iran signals no retreat as US pressure and strikes intensify. Both sides are locked in escalation without a credible path to short term resolution. US officials are talking about a potential $150 per barrel for oil. Iran starts Mag 7 facility bombardment at 12:30PM ET

Iran Military News ☫ @IranMilitaryEN Strategic Assessment: The intensification of blind US attacks, which in some cases target civilian infrastructure such as airplanes or wheat silos in remote cities and have also damaged Iran’s industrial infrastructure, along with successive covert …

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Private payrolls near zero after revisions, bond market flashes pre 2008 style signals. ‘Nonexistent growth in labor force, which we’ve never had in our history’

Job creation in the US has slowed to essentially zero, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday as the Fed released its latest economic projections, which included slightly higher economic growth than previously projected and little change to the unemployment …

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War drama masks overheated markets warning signals. We can’t even get -5% down from the all time high, even though oil goes up, world is on fire, GDP is being revised down every week.

We have now entered the rampant buffoonery phase of this war. However, it appears that both sides are looking for an offramp without admitting as much. Trump has punted the Strait of Hormuz crisis to the rest of the world …

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S&P 500 Leadership continues to be a red flag. Financials and Tech down >1% today…Staples and Energy are up. 60% of S&P 500 stocks are beating the index. The cluster of signals is growing.

treasury notes performed very well in both instances pic.twitter.com/maLk8R0oMv — Matthew (@GoodTexture) February 23, 2026 Seasoned traders know what this means. The generals are starting to crumble. These aren’t high beta stocks. I’ve seen this movie a few times. It …

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White House prepares Section 232 move after levy struck down. Mike Johnson signals Congress unlikely to back Trump’s 15% tariffs. Senate Democrats push $175B Trump tariff refunds

Trump's administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries after a Supreme Court decision last week that invalidated many of his second-term levies, per WSJ. The new tariffs, to be issued under Section 232 of the Trade …

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