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US Business Confidence Soared In April Amid "Panic, Emergency" Buying Ahead Of Price Spike
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (395+ words) Despite the recent slide in 'hard' macro data, analysts expected an incremental improvement in the preliminary April S&P Global PMI data this morning. Consensus was right as both Services and Manufacturing surveys signaled an uptick in April US business…...
"Mo Hire, No Fire" Economy Emerges As ADP Surges With Jobless Claims Flat
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (59+ words) Zero Hedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero So are we morphing from "no hire, no fire" to a "mo more, no fire" economy? Make sure to read our "How To [Read/Tip…...
Solid 20 Y Auction Stops Through With Above Average Foreign Demand
1+ day, 9+ min ago (153+ words) The week's lone coupon auction priced at 1pm when the Treasury sold $13 BN in 20 Y paper, in a solid if not stellar auction. The auction stopped at a high yield of 4. 883%, up from 4. 817% in March and the highest since last July....
US Employment Additions Accelerate As Retail Sales Soar In March
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (79+ words) Zero Hedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero Ex-Autos and Ex-Autos-and-Gas both also beat expectations dramatically (+1. 9% Mo M vs +1. 4% Mo M and +0. 6% Mo M vs +0. 3% Mo M respectively). More paid at the pump,…...
"We're On Borrowed Time": Vitol LNG Chief Warns Of Coming Food Price Shock
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (440+ words) Pablo Galante Escobar, the head of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Vitol, warned the audience at the FT Commodities Summit earlier today that the "world is on borrowed time" and that the Gulf energy shock will develop into a food…...
US Futures Resume Rally As Iran Optimism Returns
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (453+ words) The US is waiting to see if Iran will take part in a second round of ceasefire talks before the truce expires on Wednesday. President Donald Trump said his vice president, JD Vance, was ready to leave for negotiations in…...
Key Events This Week: Warsh Nomination Hearing, Retail Sales, Fed Blackout, Earnings
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1481+ words) The main event this week is the retail sales report on Tuesday. Fed officials enter blackout period ahead of the May FOMC meeting. Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh will have his nomination hearing on Tuesday." As the war in Iran…...
"The Foundations Of Dollar Dominance Are Weaker than Anticipated. .."
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (802+ words) Authored by Christoph Gisiger via themarket. ch, Economist Barry Eichengreen is one of the foremost experts on the global financial system. His new book examines 2, 500 years of international currency history. In this interview, he discusses the fading hegemony of the…...
Is A "Vicious" Treasury Market Emergency At Our Doorstep?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (572+ words) Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance When Henry Paulson steps back into the public conversation after years of relative silence, it's not random timing. This is someone who sat at the center of the 2008 financial crisis and understands how quickly confidence…...
IMF Warns US Treasury Market Prone To "Sudden Repricing" Due To Soaring Debt, Overreliance On Bills
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (577+ words) The International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that the relentless US debt issuance is undermining the premium Treasuries have commanded from investors, with implications for government securities across the globe. "The increase in the US Treasury security supply is compressing the…...