Key Events This Week: Core PCE, Global PMIs, Micron Earnings And Fed Talk

European Court Denies Appeal Of Parents Seeking Custody Over Their Kids In Religious Freedom Case Authored by Jonathan Turley, In Sweden, a Christian couple is going through a nightmare that captures the growing bias and targeting of religious families in Europe. Daniel and Bianca Samson have been fighting to regain custody of their daughters since 2022 after the government cited their regular church attendance and faith as warranting their removal. The parents, with the help of the Alliance Defending Freedom International, were delivered another blow after the European Court of Human Rights refused to...

Why Have Central Bankers Gone Radio Silent On The Digital Currency Agenda? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us During the 2020 pandemic hysteria there was a mad rush by globalist institutions like the WEF, IMF, BIS and numerous national central banks to speed-run the concept of “CBDCs” (Central Bank Digital Currencies) into the mainstream consciousness. The idea of digital currencies rooted to a blockchain ledger was presented as a solution to the pandemic. A number of globalists asserted that digital exchange would be necessary because “paper money carries the covid virus.” This...

Why Hasn't Oil Hit $150 (Yet)? Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, Global oil inventories and floating storage have acted as temporary shock absorbers against the Hormuz disruption. OPEC spare capacity has stabilized markets, but it cannot fully replace lost Persian Gulf exports indefinitely. Prolonged disruption could eventually exhaust market buffers and trigger a much sharper oil price surge. I think most energy analysts would have been shocked to learn that roughly three months into a total closure of the Strait of Hormuz, oil would be trading at just over $100 a barrel. I...