Trump Wants To Slash Child Care Costs By Getting Government Out Of The Way

Nobody Knows What Will Happen Next By Michael Every and Bas van Geffen of Rabobank Ceasefire Yesterday, the US and Iran threatened to, respectively, “destroy Iranian civilisation” with “new tools” and other countries in the Gulf with old ones. Ahead of the 8PM deadline that Trump had set for “Bridge and Power Plant Day,” US and Israeli forces reportedly already destroyed some bridges and other infrastructure. Washington and Tehran struck a last-minute, two-week ceasefire – provided that the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened. Notably, this was after China leaned on Iran to...

Blackstone's Flagship Private Credit Fund, World's Largest, Posts First Monthly Loss Since 2022 It only took a constant barrage of negative news surrounding the private credit space, including a surge in redemptions, investor gating, questions about loan markets as well as outright fraud, not to mention relentless criticism from of some of the biggest luminaries in credit, including Saba's Boaz Weinstein and Diameter's Scott Goodwin, for Blackstone to concede that its private credit book may have been mismarked. According to Bloomberg, Blackstone's flagship private credit fund - and the world's largest...

Is The Dollar Collapsing? 8 Key Indicators You Can't Ignore Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, There are eight key indicators to watch as the US government falls deeper into the self-perpetuating debt spiral. Indicator #1: Federal Budget Deficits The chart below shows the actual and projected federal budget deficits. It’s important to note that these projections rest on the ridiculous assumption that there will be no wars, recessions, or other events that drive additional federal spending. That assumption is already out the window with the Iran war: the Pentagon has requested an additional $200...