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Investors Have Misconstrued China’s Crackdown As Anti-Capitalist, Billionaire Ray Dalio Says
Chinese tech and education stocks sold off last week after the country continued its crackdown on tech, and stepped up restrictions on its education industry.
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Economists Fear Europe’s Recovery Could Be Derailed by One Key Issue
Consumers are proving more reluctant to spend money and experts are worried about what this means for the economic recovery.
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Treasury Yields Climb, 10-Year Rate Rises to 1.19%
U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Tuesday morning, with the 10-year rate rising to top 1.19%, despite concerns about a slowdown in growth.
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Say Goodbye to Persuasion: Vaccine Mandates May Be Coming — But Will They Be Legal?
The administration could face legal challenges in coming weeks, as citizens and some states push back on mandates.
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Gold Ends Higher As Dollar Retreats, Benchmark Treasury Yields Deepen Slump to February Nadir: MW
Gold futures settled higher Monday, starting August on an upbeat note for the precious metal as a retrenchment in the U.S. dollar DXY, -0.09% and a further pullback in 10-year Treasury yields TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.176% helped to pave the way for buying in bullion.
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Nouriel Roubini Says a Stagflationary Debt Crisis Is on the Way
Jul.28 -- Nouriel Roubini, CEO at Roubini Macroassociates, discusses his stagflation concerns as he sees the potential for 1970’s-style inflation. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
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The Housing Boom Is Officially Over – Home Sales Drop To New Low
The housing boom that fueled an unprecedented surge in home prices during the pandemic seems to have finally tapered off. Sales of newly built homes in June fell 6.6% below the revised May rate. This...
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The EU Is Doomed: Last Gasp Of A Failed Experiment
This is the end of the euro experiment. All trust has been eroded in the ECB, the European Union is a fracturing political union papered over by a currency, which since it has effectively repealed member states monetary sovereignty, has hamstrung member states and subsequently impoverished EU citizens.
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Over 85% of U.S. Manufacturers Report Rising Prices
85.7% of respondents reported price increases. In June an amazing 92.1% reported price increases.
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World's Largest Pension Fund Slashes US Treasury Exposure By Record Amount
The world's largest pension fund, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, made a record cut to the weighting of Treasuries in its portfolio last fiscal year, sparking a global debt selloff.
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Yellen To Brief House Democrats on Tuesday on Rental Aid
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will brief House Democrats on Tuesday about the efforts to distribute $46.5 billion in rental assistance to millions of Americans who are facing eviction.
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How the Fed Is Hedging Its Inflation Bet: WSJ
Though few have noticed, the central bank is already slowing the growth of the money supply.
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When Will Stocks Drop? Watch Profit Margins (and Get Nervous)
The evidence is mounting that companies are having a harder time passing off cost increases to their customers.
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Heavyweight Companies Enjoy Outsize Rewards as Economy Rebounds: WSJ
Corporate titans raced ahead during the pandemic, and they are extending that lead over smaller rivals as the rich world bounces back.
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A Trucking Crisis Has the U.S. Looking for More Drivers Abroad
A shortage of truckers across the U.S. has become so severe that companies are trying to bring in drivers from abroad like seemingly never before...
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Social Security’s Insolvency Is Bigger Than Climate Change and COVID-19 Combined
In the year 1348, after more than a decade of war with France, Kind Edward III of England noticed that many knights who returned home from the front lines had become completely impoverished.
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Gold Can Still Top $3,000 Amid Recovery, Says Quadriga Fund
Gold is primed to surge to fresh highs as the risks around central banks unwinding massive stimulus are under-appreciated by investors, said a fund manager who forecast the metal’s ascent to a record last year.Diego Parrilla, who manages the $250 million Quadric Igneo fund, said there isn’t widespread awareness of the long-term damage that’s been caused...
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A Grossly Defective Product. How Strong Is The Economy Really?
A look at the recent GDP report suggests the headline numbers represent a "Grossly Defective Product" as it relates to the current economy.
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A Digital Nixon Shock?
US President Richard Nixon’s 1971 decision to end the US dollar’s convertibility into gold had such far-reaching consequences that it took policymakers decades to learn to manage the new system. Now, digital technologies are driving a new monetary revolution that could end the greenback’s global primacy altogether.
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Home Price Growth Around The Globe And Central Bank Balance Sheets
How have home prices reacted to massive central bank balance sheet expansion? Its not the same all over the world. First, we will look at the USA. The Case-Shiller National home price index is now …
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