In April, the number of signed contracts for the purchase of existing homes fell 7.7 percent compared to March, plunging to its lowest volume since April 2020 at the beginning of the COVID War, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported.
Category: 4 June 2024
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ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: U.S. DIESEL DEMAND LOWEST SINCE 1998
In March, U.S. demand for diesel fuel fell to 3.67 million barrels a day, its lowest level in 26 years as the economy continued to slow, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported.
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HAPPY DAYS NOT HERE AGAIN. GDP REVISED DOWN
The U.S. GDP grew 1.3 percent in this year’s first quarter, not the 1.6 percent in an earlier flash estimate, the Commerce Department said last week. It is the lowest growth rate since the second quarter of 2022.
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DRAGFLATION: GDP GOING DOWN, REAL INFLATION STILL HIGH
The U.S. inflation rate in April stayed at its March level of 2.7 percent, the Commerce Department reported last week.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Joe Biden followed through on his promise to veto the Congressional repeal of accounting rule SAB 121, which would’ve made it much easier for Banks to provide crypto custody and other related services to clients.
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WEB3 MAY CHANGE THE DATA OWNERSHIP BALANCE
Most people these days are well aware of the pernicious ways that big tech companies, major commercial and entertainment websites, and even smaller players track your digital life.
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MAKE PALESTINIAN TOWN IN WEST BANK LOOK LIKE GAZA: TOP ISRAELI
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli finance minister who now represents the view of most Israelis, said in an interview on Thursday that Israel should make a Palestinian town in the West Bank look like Gaza in its fight against terror.
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ISRAEL LAND STEALING PACE ESCALATES
Israeli settlers—a name given to land-stealers by politicians and the mainstream media—have ramped up their land stealing in the West Bank after the October Hamas attack. Their latest land grab crime is Tuqu, a town where Palestinians have lived for generations.
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YOUNG AMERICANS THINK ALL POLITICIANS ARE CORRUPT AND COUNTRY IS HEADED DOWNHILL FAST
A newly released poll found that young Americans believe nearly all politicians are full of shit and that the U.S. will end up “worse off than when they were born,” news website Semafor reported, citing a new poll from Blueprint, a Democratic firm.
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COVID WAR KILLERS: PTSD FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS LATEST ISSUE STEMMING FROM COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
The rate of college students in the U.S. diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, which is commonly associated with soldiers returning from a warzone, doubled from 2017 to 2022...