Last week, the U.S. national average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed to 6.46 percent, rising from 6.38 percent the week before to its highest level since September.
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U.S. RETAIL SALES OUTPACED INFLATION IN FEBRUARY
In February, U.S. retail sales made their largest month-on-month gain since August, rising 0.6 percent.
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U.S. ECONOMY ADDS MOST JOBS IN 15 MONTHS
U.S. employers hired a net 178,000 more workers in March, the most in any month since December 2024, according to the U.S. labor department’s initial estimate.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Investors brushed aside concerns about a Mideast war, a U.S. stock market that delivered its worst quarter in four years, $100-a-barrel oil, and a bond sell-off to announce a record 22 deals with a value of at least $10 billion each during this year’s first three months.
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SPOTLIGHT: ECONOMIC UPDATE FROM THE IRAN WAR FRONT
Amid skyrocketing energy prices, the government of the Philippines has ordered people to work from home if they are able to in order to save fuel usually spent on commuting.
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SPECIAL REPORT: HOW CHINA PROFITS FROM THE IRAN WAR
As Gerald Celente has long noted, the 20th century was the American century, but the 21st century will be the Chinese century.
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HEDGE FUNDS SINKING UNDER ECONOMIC TURBULENCE
In March, the world’s hedge funds sold the greatest volume of assets in more than four years, Reuters reported, as global economic volatility roiled market values.
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THE PRIVATE CREDIT INDUSTRY IMPLODES
Investors’ demands to withdraw their money from private credit funds increased last week, rising to “unprecedented levels,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
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GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
The Trends Journal continues to chronicle the number of people killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.
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IRANIAN MILITARY WARNS ‘EPSTEIN ELITE’ THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ‘SURPRISES’
Brig. Gen. Esmail Qa’ani, a top Iranian military official, said Sunday that the “Epstein Elite” in the U.S. and Israel waging the war against Iran should be prepared for more “surprises” in the region after the U.S.’s extraction of a downed F-15 pilot who crashed in the country.