State Department Bypasses Congress To Send More Than 20,000 Bombs To Israel

President Trump said on Saturday that the US may bomb Iran’s Kharg Island again “for fun” and urged other countries to help the US open the Strait of Hormuz. The president made the comments a day after the US military struck the Persian Gulf island, where most of Iran’s oil exports move through. So far, […]

Iran Scrambling To Restore Bombed Missile Bunkers Within Hours After Being Struck Iran's resilience after more than a month of very heavy US-Israeli bombing has become obvious. The country's somewhat ancient air force and navy have been largely obliterated, and yet all the while the Iranian military has kept up intense ballistic missile and drone strikes on Israel and Gulf states. Tehran's missile arsenal is what is understood to have always been formidable. And now US intelligence has freshly assessed that Iranian personnel are busy excavating bombed underground missile bunkers and...

Key Events This Week: CPI, PCE, ADP, Durable Goods And More With the Fed in their self-imposed blackout period, the economic data will get a chance to do the talking ahead of the March 18th FOMC meeting. Of particular note will be the inflation data, namely Wednesday’s CPI report for February and Friday’s core PCE reading for January, but there will also be some scattered labor market data to help put context around last Friday’s disappointing February employment report. Of course, all of that assumes that traders can be dragged...