UK consumer confidence rises for fourth month in a row in May
The easing of inflationary pressures is helping. However, consumer confidence itself remains in deep negative territory.
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- May 19
Investors have become more active in selling shares of ...
Investors have become more active in selling shares of businesses that are dependent on receiving money from the US federal budget. They...
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- May 12
Friday's debt ceiling meeting between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders postponed until
Meanwhile, June is getting closer. (June is the month the Federal Reserve is expected to run out of money to pay government employees.)
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- May 11
California has refused to pay its $18.6 billion debt to the US federal governmentโit is a default!
The state was taking money to pay unemployment benefits. Now California businesses will have to repay the debt. When a federal...
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- May 11
The battle over the US debt ceiling is becoming daily news in the US press.
Trump has called on the Republican Party to default on the US if the Democrats do not agree to cut spending. In doing so, he expects...
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- May 11
Switzerland has disclosed $8.3bn worth of Russian central bank assets
Russian central bank assets The disclosure was part of the EU's 10th sanctions package and set a precedent for violating the country's...
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- Nov 28, 2022
November 28 Monday 2022.
Bloomberg: discounts to Russian oil rose to 39% After the $33 discount, Russian Urals is selling for $52 a barrel. So when the EU...
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- Nov 4, 2022
Friday 4. November
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Erdoฤan said that in talks with Olaf Scholz, he felt a desire to find common ground with Putin Although a month ago,...
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- Sep 26, 2022
Monday 26. September 2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Protests continue in Iran Protests began on September 16 after the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The girl was...
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- Sep 22, 2022
News review 22.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Extraordinary presidential elections in Kazakhstan will be held on November 20 They will elect a new president for one...
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- Sep 21, 2022
News review 21.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS U.S. plans to establish a naval base in the Greek port of Alexandroupolis Is this Turkey's answer? Eurozone balance of...
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- Sep 20, 2022
News review 20.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS What is Poland up to? Prime Minister Morawiecki stated that Poland will defend Hungary in the matter of deprivation of...
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- Sep 19, 2022
News Review 19.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Czech official delegation visits Taiwan China was outraged: "there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an...
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- Sep 16, 2022
News review 16.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS UN Secretary General calls for taxing excess profits of companies that extract fossil fuels Will they start with...
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- Sep 15, 2022
News review 15.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS UK inflation eased slightly to 9.9% y/y from 10.1% a month earlier However, the core CPI rose to 6.3% - higher than...
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- Sep 13, 2022
News review 13.09.2022
INTERNATIONAL NEWS UK: Very weak industrial production and construction data EU: Electricity prices fall to levels of the planned...
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- Sep 12, 2022
๐ What does the Fed want?
Tomorrow, the U.S. consumer inflation data for August will be released. Expectations are -0.1% m/m, which will show a continued downward...
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- Sep 11, 2022
Gulf major indexes advance as oil, global markets recover
A tentative return of risk appetite to global stock markets and rebound in oil prices at the end of last week helped lift major Gulf...
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- Sep 11, 2022
Germans switch to costly fan heaters as gas shortage fears bite
Germans could overload their power grid as they switch to inefficient electric heaters in an attempt to avoid gas shortages this winter,...
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- Sep 9, 2022
Germany's bakeries burnt by rising energy prices
KEY POINTS: German bread trade has turnover around 15 bln euros Bakeries sounding alarm over fuel, raw materials Baker cites electricity...
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