Something curious took place one month ago when the PBOC announced on April 17 that it would cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 1% to ease financial conditions: it broke what until then had been a rangebound market for both the US Dollar and the US 10Y Treasury, sending both the dollar index and […]
After much anticipation that following Trump’s ZTE gamble, China may relent in the ongoing trade war – stoked in no small part by Larry Kudlow’s false statement that Beijing had offered to reduce the US trade deficit by “at least $200 billion” – on Friday the U.S. and China wrapped up the second day of […]
Following two weeks of mounting speculation over the FBI’s so-called “mole” inside the Trump campaign, the New York Times and Washington Post published separate accounts on Friday detailing the infiltration of the Trump campaign – a scheme revealed in a Wednesday report by the New York Times in which “at least one government informant met several times with Mr. […]
The manic frenzy with which Western media saw fit to report every minute detail of the royal wedding has sparked an outpouring of exasperation on social media, with many asking why they aren’t reporting on actual news. Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton = document.getElementById(‘changellyButton’); var […]
The Russian military is expected to deploy the Sarmat ICBM in 2020 and the Avangard hypersonic glider warhead in 2019, according to Vladimir Putin. He described both weapons as essential for future nuclear deterrence. Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton = document.getElementById(‘changellyButton’); var changellyCloseButton = document.getElementsByClassName(‘changellyModal-close’)[0]; […]
Just days after the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundation announced that it had withdrawn from Hungary and relocated to Berlin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Soros of fomenting anti-Semitism by aiding immigrants seeking safe harbor in Europe. Orban’s response was prompted by Lauder’s apparent defense of Soros. In an interview with German newspaper Bild, […]
05.19.2018 – Credit Card Delinquencies Spike Past Financial-Crisis Peak at the 4,788 Smaller US Banks (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Subprime is calling. In the first quarter, the delinquency rate on credit-card loan balances at commercial banks other than the largest 100 – so at the 4,788 smaller banks in the US – spiked in […]
Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, OPEC and Russia are meeting in a little more than a month to discuss the progress of their oil production deal and what’s next. On the face of things, there will be no surprises: every country taking part in the deal is still committed to the cuts until the […]
As more countries pay for oil in yuan, the standing of the Chinese currency in global finance has grown, an analyst tells RT. However, its future path won’t be completely smooth, he warns. Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton = document.getElementById(‘changellyButton’); var changellyCloseButton = document.getElementsByClassName(‘changellyModal-close’)[0]; changellyCloseButton.onclick […]
A former commander of Guantanamo Bay and the maritime chief of the US-led bombing of Libya in 2011 has been nominated by President Donald Trump as US ambassador to South Korea. He currently heads all US Navy operations in Asia. Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton […]
More than 30,000 people have signed a petition to change the word ‘No’ in the dictionary to ‘Yesn’t,’ in what appears to be the latest online craze following the ‘Yanny and Laurel’ debate. Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton = document.getElementById(‘changellyButton’); var changellyCloseButton = document.getElementsByClassName(‘changellyModal-close’)[0]; changellyCloseButton.onclick […]
Germany are favorites to retain the World Cup this summer. Can Joachim Löw’s men become the first team to win two in a row since 1962 or will the retirement of several senior players hamper their chances? Read Full Article at RT.com x Can’t load widget var changellyModal = document.getElementById(‘changellyModal’); var changellyButton = document.getElementById(‘changellyButton’); var […]
The big day is finally here… For many, this is all you need to know… Bitcoin vs Royal Wedding pic.twitter.com/ZcujJ1ADL1 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 18, 2018 But, due to popular demand, we offer this special infographic, created by Statista’s Content & Information Design team to mark the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Scroll down for a […]
Authored by Philip Weiss via MondoWeiss.net, Almost every day on public radio or public television, I hear reports about how fake news is undermining our democracy. These high-minded reporters and anchors seem truly to believe that a feverish menace is overwhelming the minds of once-sensible people. This story is itself fake news for several obvious […]
All 34 bishops in Chile have tendered their resignations in the wake of yet another pedophile priest scandal in which high level officials covered up the institutionalized sexual abuse of minors – even threatening officials tasked with investigating sex crimes and the destruction of evidence. Thirty-one active bishops and three who are signed a document with their […]