Japan Prepares To End Quantitative Tightening Amid Bond Market Turmoil

Futures, Gold Jump As Yields Fall Despite Surging Oil As Recession Fears Surpass Inflation Concerns Futures are higher despite continued Iran war escalation which pushed Brent higher by around 2% after Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen joining the war on Iran’s said, bouncing from overnight lows which may be driven by positioning, but also by a major shift in the regime with oil now rising instead of falling on higher oil prices as the market pivots to price in not inflation but recession (and look at the spike in gold/bitcoin...

Iran Publicly Discloses Supreme Leader's Status For First Time: 'Marginally Injured' The Iranian government has for the first time officially weighed in on the health of new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was injured in the opening strikes of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, which killed the younger Khamenei's father and wife. "A government official claimed Khamenei, who hasn't been seen in public since that attack, is now in good health," The Wall Street Journal writes Saturday. via AFP He hasn't been seen in public since the war began, and even official statements have...

Disney Asks FCC To Declare 'The View' A News Show, Exempt From Equal Time Rule Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Disney is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to declare the daytime talk show "The View" a "bona fide news" program to bypass the federal equal opportunities law, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced May 22. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (C) chats with the hosts during a commercial break at “The View” in New York on Oct. 8, 2024. From left are Sara Haines, Ana Navarro,...