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Retail Sales Miss, Q1 GDP May Contract After Unexpected Slide In Control Group

Retail Sales Miss, Q1 GDP May Contract After Unexpected Slide In Control Group After January’s shockingly strong beat in adjusted retail sales, which however was…

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Pozsar’s “Margin Call Doom Loop” Prediction Comes True As Trafigura Faces Billions In Margin Calls

Pozsar’s “Margin Call Doom Loop” Prediction Comes True As Trafigura Faces Billions In Margin Calls While there have been occasional stories of hedge fund blow…

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Who Is Going to Buy All The European Bonds?

Who Is Going to Buy All The European Bonds? By Michael Read, Bloomberg Markets Live commentator and analyst Despite the fact that German 10y yields…

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European Gas Injections Begin As Warmer Temperatures Trend   

European Gas Injections Begin As Warmer Temperatures Trend    Temperatures in Europe are turning higher as peak winter is over and spring nears. Heating demand…

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Beijing Capitulates: Chinese Stocks Soar, Hong Kong Markets Jump By Most Ever After China Vows To Prop Up Markets

Beijing Capitulates: Chinese Stocks Soar, Hong Kong Markets Jump By Most Ever After China Vows To Prop Up Markets Yesterday, we had a feeling that…

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Russia Sparks Ceasefire Hope After Kremlin Says Neutral Ukraine With Army Could Be “Compromise”

Russia Sparks Ceasefire Hope After Kremlin Says Neutral Ukraine With Army Could Be “Compromise” “The talks are hard and slow-going. Of course, we would like…

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LME Re-Opens Nickel Trading; Quickly Halts Again On Limit-Down Band “System Error”

LME Re-Opens Nickel Trading; Quickly Halts Again On Limit-Down Band “System Error” Update (0650ET): “What a debacle,” said Ole Hansen, head of commodities strategy at…

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Bitcoin Supports US National Security Objectives: Report

Bitcoin Supports US National Security Objectives: Report Authored by ‘NAMCIOS’ via Bitcoin Magazine, The Bitcoin Policy Institute argues that Bitcoin can aid the U.S. in…

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Citi Sets Up Shop In Malaga, Spain To Recruit New Junior Banking Talent And Cauterize European Attrition

Citi Sets Up Shop In Malaga, Spain To Recruit New Junior Banking Talent And Cauterize European Attrition Retaining and locating talent has been one of…

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Has Russia Been Financing Western Environmentalism?

Has Russia Been Financing Western Environmentalism? By Drieu Godefridi of The Gatestone Institute Have Western environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs), movements and parties been possible, even…

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German Prosecutors Charge 3 Former Wirecard Executives With Fraud

German Prosecutors Charge 3 Former Wirecard Executives With Fraud Two years have passed since Wirecard abruptly filed for bankruptcy protection, confirming the allegations of bears…

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NATO Moves Ahead With Military Drills In Europe, Deploys 30,000 Troops

NATO Moves Ahead With Military Drills In Europe, Deploys 30,000 Troops Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, NATO started scheduled military drills this…

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