Up To $170 Billion Needed To Secure Full Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain

One Key Signal Says Rate Hikes Could Be Coming Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance For a while now markets have operated under the assumption that inflation was cooling, rate cuts were inevitable, and the Federal Reserve was slowly steering toward a soft landing. Hell, Jim Cramer started celebrating Jerome Powell’s “soft landing” some 925 days ago with inflation at 3.1%. Today, inflation is at 3.8% and Powell is leaving his post at the Fed and turning over his impossible task to Kevin Warsh. Which is to say the consensus is starting to unravel fast....

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday that the Israeli government has plans drawn up to establish three Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and is just waiting for approval from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The settlements, which would clearly be illegal under international law, are being planned by the Israeli Defense Ministry’s […]

EU's Russian LNG Imports Hit Record High Ahead Of 2027 Ban Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, The European Union imported a record 9.97 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG)  worth €5.96 billion (~$6.82 billion) from Russia's Yamal LNG facility in the first half of 2026, marking a 16% increase compared to the same period in 2025 as they front-loaded Russian energy supplies ahead of impending phase-out bans.  Kpler data shows that European buyers absorbed over 97% of the Siberian facility's total output during the first half of the year, despite...