Politico, NY Times Propped Up By Millions Of Dollars From US Government

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This is odd...


Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Ends Funding To UNRWA

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Trump had previously withdrawn from the UNHRC and ended funding to the UNRWA in 2018...

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WTI Extends Losses After Biggest Crude Inventory Build In A Year

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...as distillates stocks plunged (cold weather demand?) by the most since March 2021


3 Rate Charts We Are Watching

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The 10 year takes out the trend line that has been in place since September.

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Court Denies Apple's Request To Intervene In Google Search Monopoly Case

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Apple receives billions of dollars in revenue from Google, which might get impacted based on the court’s decision...


US Services Sector Surveys Plunged In January As Prices Rose & Orders Fell

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...but both input costs and output prices rose at faster rates.


Level Of Democrat Panic Over Musk Freezing USAID "Unlike Anything Ever Seen"

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“This is worse than 9/11 for Democrats”


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Treasury To Keep Debt Sales Unchanged For "Next Several Quarters", Prepares To Drop Issuance Forward Guidance

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“Until the debt limit is suspended or increased, debt limit-related constraints will lead to greater-than-normal variability in benchmark bill issuance and significant usage”


How Did You Fare In The Great Trade War Of 2025?

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Since last Friday’s close, you’d be in best shape if you were long gold...


US Trade Deficit Soars As Firms Front-Ran Trump Tariffs In December

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...not a good sign for Q4 GDP...


Biden-Era Climate Rule Dead After Court Grants Dismissal Of Appeal

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The Federal Highway Administration issued the rule in 2023.


American Goods-Producers Suffer Biggest Job Loss In 2 Years, Services Employment Soars

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...a strong start to 2025 but it masked a dichotomy in the labor market.


Futures Fall As Google, AMD Tumble; Dollar Slide Continues

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"It remains tough for anyone to have a particularly high degree of conviction"


Military Plane Carries Indian Migrants Back From US In Furthest Deportation Flight Yet

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...number of deportees at north of 200.


China Finds Leverage Ahead Of Trade Talks: Beijing Mulls Probe Into Apple's App Store Practices

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"Chinese regulators believe that Apple may be charging local developers unreasonably..." 


Those Lazy Europeans

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Time For The Tariff-Driven Trade Reversal

De Beers CEO Signals US Diamond Recovery, Criticizes China's Fake Stones Grown "In Microwaves"

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"So we saw some good signs in demand just before Christmas..." 


Why The US Grows While The EU Slows: Adam Smith's Recipe

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What explains the curious lack of economic progress in the EU over the past 16 years?


The Most Important Trade Chart In The World

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Access to cheaper goods is no longer a good “trade” for the US given the loss of economic security over production supply chains and technologies to a competing power.


This Is What Trump's Trade War With Europe Would Look Like

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As markets contemplate these and other questions, Goldman strategists revisit some key points and charts on European equities' sensitivity to renewed trade risks. In other words, what the coming trade war would looks like.