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Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing
25.04.2024, 20:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing Via Middle East Eye Iranian military commanders and high-ranking officials have warned they could change their approach in developing the country’s nuclear program after increasing tensions with Israel, implicitly announcing their readiness to take it into a military phase. Before the recent...
Chinese Have "Grabbed Gold By The Throat" As Capital Flight Accelerates
24.04.2024, 17:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Have "Grabbed Gold By The Throat" As Capital Flight Accelerates “Chinese speculators have really grabbed gold by the throat...” That is how John Reade, chief market strategist at the World Gold Council, describes the scramble in the communist nation among investors looking to move money anywhere but in the yuan or Chinese assets. As evidenced...
Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG
23.04.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The next round of EU sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine should include measures to address the shadow fleet of tankers helping Russia move its oil and a ban on EU imports of Russian LNG, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Monday...
Congress Passes New Iran Oil Sanctions But Biden Unlikely To Enforce Them
23.04.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Congress Passes New Iran Oil Sanctions But Biden Unlikely To Enforce Them Over the weekend, as part of the $95 billion package providing funding for aiding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan which passed by a vote of 360-58 on Saturday, the US House also passed new sanctions on Iran’s oil sector set to become part of a foreign-aid package, putting the measure...
Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC's Market Share In India To Record Low
20.04.2024, 01:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC's Market Share In India To Record Low Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Russia was India’s single largest oil supplier for a second consecutive fiscal year, as surging imports of Russian crude dragged down the share of OPEC and Middle East supply to India to a record low, Reuters reported on Friday...
The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits
20.04.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners...
Biden Calls For Tripling Tariffs On Chinese Steel Ahead Of Speech In Swing State Of Pennsylvania
17.04.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Calls For Tripling Tariffs On Chinese Steel Ahead Of Speech In Swing State Of Pennsylvania The White House announced on Wednesday morning that President Biden will call for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum in a speech later today to steelworkers in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state. Biden is set to speak with United Steelworkers...
Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts
16.04.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts Authored by Daniel Lacalle, When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can...
"Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe
16.04.2024, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe Europe is "returning to petrol", according to a new article from Yahoo Finance which highlighted Volkswagen's EV sales as the canary in the coalmine. Sales of Volkswagen's electric vehicles have declined by nearly 25% in Europe, with a noticeable shift back to gasoline-powered cars amid...
US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means
14.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means On Friday, the US and UK imposed new restrictions on trading Russian aluminum, copper and nickel in the latest hollow bid to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war machine (as discussed previously, Russian oil is now trading...
China Exports Collapse, Prompting Yuan Devaluation Fears
12.04.2024, 19:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Exports Collapse, Prompting Yuan Devaluation Fears China’s export growth tumbled in March compared to last year, sparking questions about a possible yuan devaluation at a time when China's biggest mercantilist competitor in Asia - Japan - has intentionally cratered its currency. Chinese Exports declined by 7.5% from a year earlier in March...
UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy
12.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Jump Higher At Start Of April, Sentiment Sinks But Democrats Happy CPI is resurgent, PPI's trend is no longer lower, and this morning we saw import and export prices rising (or not falling) at their fastest pace in a year... Source: Bloomberg We say all that because this morning, we are told by UMich that in preliminary...
"A Matter Of Economic And National Security": Sen. Brown Urges Biden To Ban Chinese EVs In US
12.04.2024, 14:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "A Matter Of Economic And National Security": Sen. Brown Urges Biden To Ban Chinese EVs In US U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has urged President Biden to ban Chinese-made electric vehicles to safeguard Ohio autoworkers and address the economic and national security risks from Chinese automakers. In a letter to President Biden this week, Brown highlighted...
Sound Money Vs. Fiat Currency: Trade And Credit Are The Wild Cards
12.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sound Money Vs. Fiat Currency: Trade And Credit Are The Wild Cards Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We need to start thinking outside the current system, which has no solutions. Our convictions about money are quasi-religious: heretics are burned at the stake. I'm not sure which stake I'll be tied to, because all the conventional...
IMF Prepares Financial Revolution – Say Goodbye To The Dollar
11.04.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Prepares Financial Revolution – Say Goodbye To The Dollar Authored by Brandon Smith via The Burning Platform blog, Global reserve currency status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Treasury Department understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The petrodollar monopoly...
Macroeconomic Suicide? EU Endorsed Sabotage of Nord Stream, So That It Could Import More LNG Shipments From Russia at a Much Higher Price?
11.04.2024, 06:14 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post Macroeconomic Suicide? EU Endorsed Sabotage of Nord Stream, So...
Macroeconomic Suicide? EU Endorsed Sabotage of Nord Stream, So that It Could Import More LNG Shipments From Russia At a Much Higher Price?
10.04.2024, 21:50 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post Macroeconomic Suicide? EU Endorsed Sabotage of Nord Stream, So...
Jordan Believes Hamas Behind Huge Gaza Protests Which Seek To Sever Ties With Israel
10.04.2024, 03:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jordan Believes Hamas Behind Huge Gaza Protests Which Seek To Sever Ties With Israel Via Middle East Eye Jordanian authorities have clamped down on participants in the daily protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, amid accusations that Hamas has a role in igniting them. Thousands have been protesting daily in Ramadan in front of the Israeli embassy...
'Bird Flu-Pocalypse' Forces Hong Kong To Suspend Some Imports Of US Poultry Meat
10.04.2024, 03:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Bird Flu-Pocalypse' Forces Hong Kong To Suspend Some Imports Of US Poultry Meat The recent spread of bird flu—also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI— across several US states has been hyped by corporate media. Some journalists are quoting 'experts' who warn the bird flu pandemic could be '100 times worse' than Covid.' According...
Russia Is Preparing For A Gasoline Shortage
09.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Is Preparing For A Gasoline Shortage By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia is seeking to import gasoline from Kazakhstan in case shortages occur on the Russian market because of the diminished refining capacity due to maintenance and damages from Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported on Monday, citing industry sources. Russia has...
Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore
08.04.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore As DB's Henry Allen writes, markets had a rough start to Q2 last week, with the S&P 500 (-0.95%) posting its worst weekly performance in 3 months, whilst the US 30yr yield (+21.0bps) saw its biggest weekly rise since October, with yields extending gains again this...
Next Big Mineral Trade Revealed By Morgan Stanley
07.04.2024, 00:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Next Big Mineral Trade Revealed By Morgan Stanley Abandoning petrol-burning vehicles and adopting low-carbon technologies to power tomorrow's economy are trends accelerating across the nation. To do this, access to rare earth metals, key ingredients in many of these 'green' technologies, must be sourced domestically - not from China, an emerging...
Tesla Eyes $2-3 Billion Factory Expansion Into India
04.04.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Eyes $2-3 Billion Factory Expansion Into India If Tesla has demand worries as a result of its poor Q1 2024 delivery numbers, it sure isn't showing it. Instead the company is reported to be looking to expand even further geographically, with FT reporting this week that Tesla is eyeing India as a potential site for its next electric vehicle factory...
Israel May Cut Off Palestinian Banks From Global Banking System Next Week
29.03.2024, 03:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel May Cut Off Palestinian Banks From Global Banking System Next Week Via Middle East Eye Palestinian banks could be cut off from the Israeli banking system starting next week following a decision by Israel’s finance minister to cease dealings between the two financial institutions, according to a report on Thursday by Israeli newspaper Haaretz...
"We Don't Want Your Nice, Cheap Stuff, Thanks"
28.03.2024, 18:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Don't Want Your Nice, Cheap Stuff, Thanks" By Michael Every of Rabobank Thinking you can successfully forecast what markets will do is a fool’s game. However, some recent financial market headlines were easy to forecast years ago. Markets didn’t, and are still failing to join the dots between said headlines and what they imply for asset prices...
Carnival Cruise Warns Of Profit Hit From Frozen Baltimore Port After Bridge Collapse
28.03.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Carnival Cruise Warns Of Profit Hit From Frozen Baltimore Port After Bridge Collapse The fallout from the bridge collapse in the Port of Baltimore is hitting a wide range of companies, from those that export coal to those that import automobiles, tractors, and cheap Chinese goods that are eventually sold on Amazon. The latest troubles come from the...
Virginia Governor Vetos 30 Gun Bills That Would 'Punish' Law-Abiding Citizens
28.03.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Virginia Governor Vetos 30 Gun Bills That Would 'Punish' Law-Abiding Citizens Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) took action on 67 bills on Tuesday, including vetoing 30 that he said would “punish” law-abiding citizens and impinge on their 2nd Amendment rights. “I swore an oath to defend...
Navigating The Slippery Slope: How Hoover's Interventions Paved The Way For The Great Depression
28.03.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Navigating The Slippery Slope: How Hoover's Interventions Paved The Way For The Great Depression Authored by Vibhu Vikramaditya via The Mises Institute, Herbert Hoover's presidency is often mythically mischaracterized as a period of strict nonintervention in the economy. However, it was in fact defined by a series of economic maneuvers that not only...
Gold Vs. Bitcoin: Comparing The Top 10 Monetary Characteristics
27.03.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Vs. Bitcoin: Comparing The Top 10 Monetary Characteristics Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Given the characteristics of gold and Bitcoin, which is best suited for sending value through time and space? Below, I’ll analyze the ten most decisive monetary attributes and see whether gold or Bitcoin has an advantage. Monetary Attribute...
Baltimore Port Closure Puts Truck Drivers Who Haul Autos In A Bind
27.03.2024, 20:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Baltimore Port Closure Puts Truck Drivers Who Haul Autos In A Bind By John Kingston of FreightWaves With the closure of the Port of Baltimore for the foreseeable future, the question of which truck drivers are most affected inevitably focuses first on drayage. But Baltimore is not a major intermodal port, with estimates that its share of U.S. intermodal...
Biden's Border Blowup
24.03.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Border Blowup Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some 8 to 10 million illegal aliens from all over the world, as expected, have flooded across the border since President Joe Biden took office. Illegal immigrants wade through the Rio Grande River as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border to request asylum, in El Paso...
Why China's Strong Commodity Imports Defy Weak Economic Data
07.03.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why China's Strong Commodity Imports Defy Weak Economic Data By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Despite continued weak economic performance, China's imports of major commodities in the first two months of 2024 held strong and exceeded last year's levels. Imports of crude oil, LNG, coal, and iron ore were all higher at the start of the year compared...
Russian Oil No Longer Sells At A Discount As Nobody Complies With Western Sanctions
04.03.2024, 04:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russian Oil No Longer Sells At A Discount As Nobody Complies With Western Sanctions Remember when, in the immediate aftermath of the Ukraine war, Russian oil immediately traded down to a discount of as much as 30% below spot Brent as the entire western world suddenly found itself locked out of access to the most valuable Russian export (which also meant...
London Theatre Bans White People For 'Black Only' Slave-Play Nights
02.03.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - London Theatre Bans White People For 'Black Only' Slave-Play Nights Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A theatre in the West End of London has received fierce criticism for planning to host two nights of a play where white people will not be welcome, in a so called “Black Out”. The production of Slave Play, which will star the Game of...
As China Builds Yugos, EVs May Be The New Edsels
02.03.2024, 01:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As China Builds Yugos, EVs May Be The New Edsels Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClear Wire, The year 1957 is memorable for at least two historic launches. The launch by the Soviet Socialist Union of the Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, prompted the U.S. to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the very...
"This Is A Good As It Gets For Biden": One Bank Says A Trump Victory Is Now A Base Case
01.03.2024, 17:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Is A Good As It Gets For Biden": One Bank Says A Trump Victory Is Now A Base Case By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank Gramscical world Rate cuts soon! Rate cuts delayed! A rate hike instead of a cut? As we have been arguing in this Global Daily, we are still in this Gramscical world, where the old is dying, but the new is having...
Core PCE Preview: Hot Print Incoming But Will It Be Too Hot
29.02.2024, 14:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Core PCE Preview: Hot Print Incoming But Will It Be Too Hot Core PCE lor January, the Fed s preferred gauge of inflation, will be released on Thursday, 29th February at 8:30am ET. As Newsquawk reports, the report will be key as it will be used to confirm the hot inflationary narrative seen from the other January inflation data. Following the hot CPI...
India's Oil Supply From Russia Threatened by New US Sanctions
29.02.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - India's Oil Supply From Russia Threatened by New US Sanctions By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Indian refiners are concerned that the latest U.S. sanctions against Russia could further impact their ability to import cheap Russian crude as freight rates are set to rise and dent refining margins, industry sources in India have told Reuters. The...
Threat Of Strike Looms Large Over East, Gulf Coast Ports
27.02.2024, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Threat Of Strike Looms Large Over East, Gulf Coast Ports By Michael Rudolph of FreightWaves, There’s an increasing abundance of skittishness surrounding the future of East and Gulf Coast ports. The labor contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) is set to expire at the end of September...
"Like A Warzone": Farmers Surround EU Headquarters Building
26.02.2024, 14:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Like A Warzone": Farmers Surround EU Headquarters Building The mephitis of manure, melting tires and malodorous teargas pervaded downtown Brussels this Monday morning as angry farmers encircled the European Union's headquarters. This protest coincides with a meeting of the bloc's agriculture ministers. The farmers are expressing their anger over the...
Depoliticizing Diamonds
26.02.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Depoliticizing Diamonds Submitted by Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman of DMCC in Dubai How the EU/Belgium mechanism will do little to depower Russia but attempt to restore Antwerp’s ailing relevance at the cost of the wider industry. * * * Almost two years ago to the day, Russia invaded Ukraine as an escalation of events that started in 2014...
The Elites Versus 'The Rest Of Us'
23.02.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Elites Versus 'The Rest Of Us' Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, The elites view radical, violent protest movements - and the groups that foster them, such as Black Lives Matter - with extraordinary tolerance and charity. But when a true populist movement arises, and white, working-class Christians get uppity and threaten to vote...
Tourismusdirektor über das LNG-Terminal vor Rügen
23.02.2024, 07:11 Uhr. Auf Spurensuche nach Natürlichkeit - https: - Trotz heftigem Bürgerprotest wurde vor der Insel Rügen kürzlich mit dem Bau einer Infrastruktur für den Import von Flüssigerdgas (LNG) begonnen. Die angebliche Notwendigkeit für das LNG-Terminal ist äußerst zweifelhaft. Ausgangspunkt war die politische Entscheidung der Bundesregierung, sich langfristig von russischer Energie unabhängig machen...
The Fed's "Solution" To The Mess It Created: It Will Tighten And Loosen At The Same Time
22.02.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fed's "Solution" To The Mess It Created: It Will Tighten And Loosen At The Same Time By Michael Every of Rabobank So, the Nvidia earnings came and went, with talk of the economy at an “AI tipping point”: it seems equity markets avoided one for now anyway. Before continuing on a purely financial front, allow me to share a few other headlines...
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Exposed To Fertility-Lowering Chemicals In Cheerios, Quaker Oats
17.02.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Study Finds 80% Of Americans Exposed To Fertility-Lowering Chemicals In Cheerios, Quaker Oats Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, According to a recent study, four in five Americans tested positive for an agricultural chemical found in several wheat and oat products, including brands like Cheerios and Quaker Oats. The peer-reviewed study...
Fed Chair Powell Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud
16.02.2024, 17:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Chair Powell Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Regarding the surprisingly strong employment data, Fed Chair Powell said the quiet part out loud. The media hopes you didn’t hear it as we head into a contentious election in November. Over the last several months, we have seen repeated employment...
98% Of Austria's Gas Imports Still Come From Russia, An All-Time High Since War Began
14.02.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 98% Of Austria's Gas Imports Still Come From Russia, An All-Time High Since War Began Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, A lack of diversification has led to nearly all of Austria’s natural gas coming from just one source: Russia. Despite an unusually mild winter, Austria continues to feature nearly no gas diversification whatsoever. Austrian...
Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales And Lots Of Fed Speakers
12.02.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales And Lots Of Fed Speakers As DB's Jim Reid sets the scene in his weekly preview, "welcome to Valentines' week" and a reminder that you have two days to prepare the right gift. Turning to markets, the big question is whether the sharp inflation falls of the last few quarters have been a double bluff? We'll...
State AGs Pressure CBS To Not Run Temu's 2024 Super Bowl Ad
12.02.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - State AGs Pressure CBS To Not Run Temu's 2024 Super Bowl Ad Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A group of six state attorneys general are asking CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, not to run Super Bowl ads from Temu, a rapidly growing Chinese online shopping platform they claim is selling products of forced labor. This will be the...