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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News on Monday that Iran cannot “normalize” its control of the Strait of Hormuz, a condition created by the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic. “If what they mean by opening the straits is, yes, the straits are opened as long as you coordinate […]

Savings Rate Slides As Fed's Favorite Inflation Gauge Slowed In February (Ahead Of War) The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose 0.4% MoM in February (pre-war), in line with expectations, with YoY rising 3.0% (as expected - lowest since Dec), down from January's +3.1%... Source: Bloomberg The YoY Core decline is coming off January's highest level since March 2024, with Services cost inflation slowing notably... The headline PCE also rose 0.4% MoM (as...

International Energy Agency Pushes Rationing Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The International Energy Agency in Paris has released a new and urgent document that it wishes all nations with energy struggles to adopt. Many are doing that now. The website even maintains a spreadsheet updated daily to celebrate the countries that are following its plan for controlling energy use. Before explaining why none of this will work, let’s look at what they are suggesting. Seeming out of nowhere, the head of the IEA, Dr. Fatih Birol, is being quoted in the...