This is tremendous news for all those Americans struggling to pay for drugs they normally source from Venezuela but have recently been forced to buy them from more expensive sources. Thankyou President Trump!

Treasury secretary says ‘we will see’ about $2,000 rebate checks to Americans as Supreme Court...

Uh-huh. Anyone who reads comments like this wants to projectile vomit at the attempt to establish superiority over others. It's known as vanity. Goes down like a lead balloon.

Bessent: 'I am confident' China will honor agreements on rare earths

China is watching Trump and his disciples perspire with some amusement. They are in absolutely no hurry, unlike Bessent and his blistering timeline. The US fucked with China, and that displeased them. Shouldn't do that, you know.

Bessent: 'I am confident' China will honor agreements on rare earths

The teacher for an online course I'm doing is a fine Irish lass. She can trounce me anytime..

Bessent: 'I am confident' China will honor agreements on rare earths

'I AM CONFIDENT' CHINA WILL HONOR AGREEMENTS ON RARE EARTHS As confident as China is that Trump won't bump his toe or have a squabble with Melania and being all flustered and upset he decides to nuke Venezuela? You go set up the dashboard of your ...

Bessent: 'I am confident' China will honor agreements on rare earths

See that's just bullshit. What is being sought to be explained has absolutely nothing to do with risk aversion. They probably don't even know what it means,. But it sound fancy and makes good click bait.

Euro To Dollar Forecast: Risk Aversion Saps EUR/USD Momentum Ahead Of PMIs

Some folk fear deflation because it will cause a recession, or worse, and they pretend to have some fickle hairbrained economics theory to back this up. Of course it is nonsense, and the other way around, usually - recessions cause deflation. I read ...

Last US pennies could fetch up to $5 million after mint shuts down production: experts

Oh, I suspect that psychologists, psychiatrists and other therapists have opened their doors to pathological liars and monetized these bullshit artists quite nicely. There is a disproportionate share of BS artists on FF, invariably with no name, who ...

Former Fed Gov. Adriana Kugler violated trading rules while at central bank: ethics report

Australia stopped the 1 cent so many years ago I've forgotten. Also 2 cent coins. Smallest is 5 cent. When it comes to getting change, it is rounded in the usual manner, up or down, and that is probably the only reason for keeping 5 cent coins. And ...

Last US pennies could fetch up to $5 million after mint shuts down production: experts

Yes, a lot. And they make squillions. Not just privy to information outside of the public domain, but also to matters which can be influenced. It is estimated that since about January, the Trunp family is up by about 5 or 6 billion (mostly on crypto ...

Former Fed Gov. Adriana Kugler violated trading rules while at central bank: ethics report

I think that applications for unemployment benefits would be a robust measure of how unemployment is going. That, together with people going off unemployment benefits. These are verifiable data points, capturing the population. Not surveys which by ...

The US economy survived the government shutdown - but all is not well

Gold isn't safe. The government can confiscate it. Think I jest? By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2 of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in the ...

Is the USD no longer a safe haven?

I cannot find any robust definition of what constitutes a "safe haven". "Safe haven currencies are currencies that are expected to retain or increase their value during periods of market turbulence or economic uncertainty." Why? Expected being an ...

Is the USD no longer a safe haven?

WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO BRING INFLATION DOWN TO 2% Slip a mickey into Miran's coffee at the FOMC meeting.

Fed's Daly: uncertainty has come down quite a bit; economy has cautious optimism; still have...

I guess that means they can get back to misgoverning as usual.

Trump signs spending bill, ending longest shutdown in U.S. history

Did it ever occur to you that this statement is void of any meaning? Did you get it from a cartoon? Only for illustrative purposes I could write - Don't let reason rob you of the opportunity to experience TWS. Why be rational when you can be ...

U.S. House approves bill to end government shutdown, sending it to Trump's desk

Yes, of course.

Trump to sign bill to end shutdown on Wednesday night, White House says

Don't you mean Bessent's husband? Oh, wait..hang on, what?

Trump to sign bill to end shutdown on Wednesday night, White House says

He should get his way, by rights. Let the people of the USA get what they voted for. That's democracy, innit?

Fed's Miran: Fed policy is too restrictive

Who is cooked?

WH Press Sec. Leavitt: October CPI and jobs data likely never to be released