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UBS Warns America's Restaurants Locked In "Difficult Cycle" As Tax-Refund Sugar-High Fades There is certainly a growing consensus on Wall Street that the tax-refund sugar high is fading just as consumers' financial profiles deteriorate. The latest read-through comes from UBS analyst Dennis Geiger, the bank's U.S. restaurants equity research analyst, who warns that a toxic cocktail of macro pressures is likely to crimp restaurant spending in the second half of the year. Geiger warned in a note that elevated gas prices at the pump appear to be offsetting tax-rebate benefits, while...

Polymarket Seeks Approval To Bring Margin Trading To U.S. Customers Authored by Olivier Acuna via CoinDesk, Prediction market Polymarket applied for a license to offer U.S. users margin trading, enabling them to place bets with less upfront capital, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Polymarket takes another step in its return to the U.S. (Kanchanara/Unsplash) Polymarket's U.S. affiliate, Coming Home GBA LLC, filed for a futures commission merchant license with the National Futures Association, Bloomberg said, citing a company representative. Polymarket will also require authorization from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for changes to its...

Rabo On Regime-Change At The Fed: What Warsh Can (And Should) Do First The honeymoon period for Warsh is over. The FOMC could have given him the professional courtesy of allowing him to settle in, but in recent weeks several Committee participants have staked out their position. They want to drop the FOMC’s easing bias and instead take a more neutral stance. This means it will be more difficult for Warsh to convince the Committee of cutting rates anytime soon. Against that internal pressure, WSJ's Fed whisperer, Nick Timaraos reports that Warsh has tapped two...