Things Get Interesting-er

Friday morning’s attacks by Israel on Lebanon killed so many people they ended up postponing the US-Iran peace deal signing in Geneva, and the US and Qatar scrambled to announce Israel had agreed to yet another “ceasefire” with Hezbollah. The problem underpinning this was that Israel had already agreed to multiple ceasefires, and there was […]

Iran has been exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz over the past week than it was before the US and Israel launched the war against the Islamic Republic on February 28, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The report cited data from Kpler, a tanker-tracking firm, which found that since February 28, seven […]

Jobless Claims Jump As US Tech Firms Announce Most Job Cuts In 2 Years The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to its highest in three months last week at 225k (215k exp), but this remains well within the range of the last five years... Source: Bloomberg The biggest increase in initial claims came from California while Texas saw the biggest decline... Continuing Jobless Claims dipped to 1.777 million Americans (remaining below the 1.8mm Maginot Line), just above two year lows... Source: Bloomberg However, despite the seemingly solid claims...