Equity markets bounced last week, partly on news that inflation continues to slow. That is persuading a growing number of money managers that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates this year.
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GUESSING GAME: FED TO RAISE RATES ONLY 25 BASIS POINTS NEXT MONTH
As we note in the ECONOMIC UPDATE section of this week’s Trends Journal, the bet on The Streets is that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates only a quarter of a percent on 1 February. Slower growth in consumer prices and wages has made it almost certain that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate by only a quarter point next month, after raising it three-quarters of a point four times last year and by a half point twice, according to the Financial Times.
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BONDS ARE BACK
After tanking last year, bonds are poised to record their best January performance since 1991 as investors see inflation declining across the world’s leading economies, the Financial Times reported.
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HOOKED ON ‘LIKES’? SOCIAL MEDIA COULD CHANGE TEEN BRAIN FUNCTIONS: STUDY
A newly released study suggests that the more a teenager interacts on social media, the more likely it is that they will become “hypersensitive to feedback from their peers.” Researchers from the University of North Carolina noted that in adolescence, the brain sees “structural and functional reorganization changes” that are important in its development. The......
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STATES BEGIN TO CRACK DOWN ON ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ FOLLOWING OUR ‘GOING GREEN’ FORECAST
More states in the U.S. are acting to either track or outright ban so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that are frequently found in household products and linked to serious health problems. The Wall Street Journal noted that 11 states have put bans on these PFAS, which are known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The paper noted that Maine......
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NEWS OF COVID-19 DEATHS IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED: MAINSTREAM MEDICAL ANALYST
The cracks in the COVID-19 panic of 2020 continue to emerge, raising more questions about Washington’s decision to lock down the country and force millions of healthy Americans with almost no risk of severe infection to roll up their sleeves and get injected with an experimental vaccine.
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VACCINE EXPERT CASTS NEW DOUBT ON COVID-19 BOOSTERS AFTER SKEPTICS WERE WRITTEN OFF AS ROGUES
Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert embraced by the corporate media, wrote in an essay that data on the latest version of the COVID-19 booster indicates that it may not be worthwhile for most people because of its effectiveness.
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EU SEES RECORD NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ATTEMPTS—NOT INCLUDING UKRAINIANS, FURTHER CEMENTING OUR TOP TREND FORECAST
Countries in the European Union stopped 330,000 illegal immigrants last year—the highest number since 2016 when Frontex counted about 2 million attempts to cross the border.
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THE GALL OF DE GAULLE! BLACKLISTED FROM U.S. MEDIA BECAUSE HE DEFENDS RUSSIA, CONDEMNS WASHINGTON
While the U.S. was consumed for weeks with the mainstream media “news” that a football player got a heart attack after being tackled, there was not a peep from the Presstitutes that the grandson of the famed French general and former president, Charles de Gaulle, became a rare voice of the West by defending Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. He also noted how his grandfather valued his relationship with Moscow.
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DEADLY PERU PROTESTS SHOW NO SIGNS OF EASING
Violent clashes between protesters and security officials continue to break out across Peru over the ouster and arrest of President Pedro Castillo, with thousands calling for the resignation of his former vice president Dina Boluarte.