On 20 September, gold surpassed $2,600 for the first time after the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced its interest rates by 50 basis points two days earlier.
Category: HOMEPAGE
DON’T BET ON IT: CEOS SAY REMOTE WORK IS ENDING
Seventy-nine percent of CEOs told KPMG’s 2024 CEO Outlook Survey that remote work will largely be over within two years.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION CALLING ON ISRAEL TO END ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
The UN General Assembly last week adopted a nonbinding resolution in a 124-12 vote that calls on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories and “do so no later than 12 months.”
GHOST MEMES NOW ILLEGAL
A decade ago, a years-long battle was waged over what the Federal government labeled "ghost guns" (for more on that, see Jessica Solce’s excellent documentary Death Athletic.)
MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE STRIKE ON RUSSIAN ARMS DEPOT
Ukraine launched a major drone attack on a munitions site in Russia’s Toropets last week, resulting in massive explosions and smoke visible from space.
NEW YORK CITY’S COVID CZAR ATTENDED SEX PARTIES, DANCES WHILE TELLING YOU TO MASK UP, AVOID CROWDS
Dr. Jay K. Varma, the so-called New York City COVID czar, who told New Yorkers to mask up and avoid crowds, attended kinky sex parties with hundreds of guests at the height of the pandemic.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
Every eye on Wall Street is on how much the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates after its meeting tomorrow. Again, not “if” but how much! The guess on The Street, according to a CNBC Fed survey, is a 25-basis-point reduction.
IT BEGINS THIS WEEK—THE LARGEST CURRENCY DEVALUATION CYCLE IN HISTORY
Here in the United States, mortgage rates have now dropped to a near two-year low.
REGULATORS CAVE TO BANKS’ PRESSURE, WEAKEN PROPOSED NEW RULES
After the collapse of Signature and Silicon Valley banks in March 2023, Michael Barr, vice-chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, proposed stringent new rules requiring American banks to keep more capital on hand.
DEHUMAN: LA TIMES DECLARES CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES IT “SHAMEFUL” TO HAVE CHILDREN
The profile of Degrowth and DeHuman ideology, just gained a lot more mainstream awareness.