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Weekly Market Outlook – Still Not The Kind Of Recovery Effort The Bulls Want To See
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BigTrends
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 8:40 AM EDT
A tough week turned real bullish real fast on Friday thanks to a poor jobs report for April. Payroll growth came up short of expectations, pushing the unemployment rate up, and leading traders to believe the Fed may be cutting interest rates sooner.
Is College Still Worth It?
Article By:
Tim Knight
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:44 AM EDT
Is college (or higher degree) even worth it in today's times? Has the radically increasing cost of higher education finally surpassed its value?
Biden Administration Bans Fossil Fuel Usage In Federal Buildings
Article By:
Robert Rapier
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:18 AM EDT
The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a rule banning fossil fuels from new and renovated federal buildings. The law requires the phasing out of fossil fuel-generated energy consumption by 2030.
Consumer Confidence
Podcast By:
Mises Institute
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
What is ""consumer confidence" and is it a reliable indicator of the current economy? This podcast answers these questions and more.
Why Your Wallet Feels Lighter & Tracking The Recession
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Chris Martenson
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 6:09 AM EDT
The economy is weaker than advertised. The BLS and other government agencies aren’t ashamed to be colossally wrong as long as the errors help support the idea that things are better than they really are.
The $1.3 Trillion Elephant In The Room
Article By:
David Stockman
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 6:01 AM EDT
It is becoming more apparent by the day is that the money-printers at the Fed have led Washington into a massive fiscal calamity.
Own Gold With Reason Into Bank Failure Season
Article By:
Mark Mead Baillie
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 5:39 AM EDT
Sometimes it takes a deeper look to know where Gold is heading...
In this article: GLD
Weekly Commentary: Instability
Article By:
Doug Noland
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 5:08 AM EDT
Powell is a dove which should not have surprised us. There was justification for market expectations of a more hawkish FOMC and Chair. Inflation has been sticky, and the current trajectory unclear.
The Federal Reserve’s Capital Has Now Plummeted To Negative $121 Billion
Article By:
Mises Institute
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 4:01 AM EDT
Losses are not an asset. Yet the greatest central bank in the world, the Federal Reserve, insists on claiming that its continuing losses, which have accumulated to the staggering sum of $164 billion, are an accounting asset.
Death Of Self-Checkout, Walmart Charges For It In Some Locations
Article By:
Mish Shedlock
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 3:44 AM EDT
Theft and complaints are taking a toll on self-checkout. Now, Walmart (WMT) wants you to pay $98 a year for Walmart+ for the self-checkout privilege at some stores.
In this article: WMT
Expertise In Managing Markets
Article By:
Tim Knight
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 PM EDT
The government is in the business of tamping down any market insecurity, and it's getting better at it every single time.
In this article: VIX
Charted: What Southeast Asia Thinks About China & The U.S.
Article By:
Jeff Desjardins
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:00 PM EDT
A significant share of respondents from all 10 participating countries are worried about rising influence from both the U.S. and China. Almost every ASEAN nation has a clear preference for one superpower over the other.
GBP/JPY Floundered Near 192.00 After Suspected BoJ Interventions Flattened Markets
Article By:
Joshua Gibson
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 4:14 PM EDT
The GBP/JPY currency pair was seen trading flat near the 192.00 handle on Friday, as the Bank of Japan has been suspected of directly intervening in Forex markets to prop up the battered Japanese yen.
Immigration, Wages, And The Phillips Curve
Article By:
Graham Summers
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 7:32 AM EDT
As you may know, the actual Phillips Curve is about the relationship between unemployment and wage inflation.
Full-Time Jobs Fall Again As Total Employment Flatlines In April
Article By:
Mises Institute
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 6:57 AM EDT
According to a new report from the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics this week, the US economy added 175,000 jobs for the month of April while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9%.
A Definitive Path To Rate Cuts, Even If Postponed Until September
Article By:
Stephen Innes
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 5:32 AM EDT
While the current resilience of the harder economic data is notable, prolonged deterioration in survey-based data often precedes weakness in "hard" data over time, suggesting that caution may be warranted despite the current resilience.