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Trump Warns of Epic Stock Market Crash If He's Not Re-Elected
Trump officially starts his 2020 campaign on Tuesday with a rally in Orlando, Florida, and appears to be road-testing some of the themes he’ll be touching on in the next 18 months, including stoking fear of a market meltdown. The president has claimed several times this year and as recently as Friday
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Fed’s Powell Can’t Avoid Making Waves This Week - Bloomberg
Whether he likes it or not, he’ll have to tip the scale of rate-cut expectations. Plus, Austrian century bonds, “Red Flags” and sell-side quirks.
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Dollar hits two-week high as traders eye Fed meeting
The U.S. dollar rose to a two-week high on Monday as strong economic data led investors to think again about how dovish the Federal Reserve is likely to sound at this week’s meeting.
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Two Million Protesters Hit Hong Kong Streets
The extradition legislation would allow residents and visitors to be sent for trial in China’s Communist-controlled courts, effectively squashing freedom of speech.
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Gold Traders’ Report - June 14, 2019
Gold rallied sharply last night to a fresh 26 month high of $1358.40, tripping buy stops over $1342 (double top - 2/19 and 2/21 highs)...
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The Growing Risk of a 2020 Recession and Crisis
Across the advanced economies, monetary and fiscal policymakers lack the tools needed to respond to another major downturn and financial crisis. Worse, while the world no longer needs to worry about a hawkish US Federal Reserve strangling growth, it now has an even bigger problem on its hands.
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How Central Banks Are Losing Credibility, In Three Charts
Inflation expectations are getting unanchored around the globe.
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"The US Is On Course To Test Just How Much It Can Borrow"
As the prospect of recession hovers and investors pile into the obligations of an ever-more spendthrift government, might an inflection point be approaching?
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Many Americans Say Their Financial Situation Is Worse Today
The Great Recession ended a decade ago. Many Americans have not seen their financial situation improve since.
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Misplaced Pride: Most of the "Middle Class" Is Actually Working Class
If we look at these charts, it looks like only the top 10%, or perhaps the top 20% at best, might qualify as "middle class" ...
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$11.7 Trillion: Global Negative-Yielding Debt Back To All Time High
The NIRP trap is back, and the amount of sovereign debt sporting a negative yield is just shy of all time highs, hitting $11.7 trillion today
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Fed Chair Powell's Plan to Pickle the Economy
Once a cucumber becomes a pickle it can never be a cucumber again. Indeed, financial markets have been pickled over to no end. What’s more, Fed Chair Powell’s efforts to unpickle QE were met with howls from the President, Wall Street, and Larry Kudlow.
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Fed Likely to Drop 'Patient' Word Next Week, Clearing Way for July Cut
When Federal Reserve officials meet next week, they are expected to clear the way for a July interest rate cut by downgrading their economic forecast...
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Trump Slams Fed’s Powell: ‘I Disagree With Him Entirely’ - Bloomberg
Trump sharply criticized Powell Friday, blaming the Fed chairman for raising interest rates & saying he is at odds with the U.S. central banker.
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Reverses in June
Recessions and real GDP are included to help us evaluate the correlation between the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and the broader economy.
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Canadian Debt Slaves, and How They Compare to the American Debt Slaves
These lower interest rates allowed households to spend more on home purchases, and home prices ballooned, creating some of the world’s biggest housing bubbles
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A $4 Trillion Risk Tied to Freeing Fannie and Freddie
Investors concerned mortgage bonds may lack federal guarantee.
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Retail Sales YoY Growth Slows In May, Revisions Prompt GDP Upgrades
The upward historical revisions likely means Q2 GDP will be revised up by around 0.3%. Is this too strong a number for The Fed's "Goldilocks" scenario?
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Italian Bankers Look to Insurance for Balance-Sheet Risk - Bloomberg
An ailing Italian lender, is in advanced negotiations with an international credit fund over insuring its loans against default
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Bank of Russia Resumes Easing With First Cut in a Year - Bloomberg
Signaled more monetary easing at one of its upcoming meetings as growth slowed and inflation retreated closer to the central bank’s target.
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