Smotrich Says Israel Has Plans Drawn Up To Establish Three Jewish Settlements in Gaza, Waiting for Netanyahu’s OK

JPMorgan Limits Lending To Private Credit Groups After Marking Down Loan Collateral The barrage of negative private credit news, now that the $1.8 trillion bubble has burst, is coming hot and heavy.  Following last night's report that Cliffwater, a private credit interval fund which according to Rubric Capital "is the canary in the coal mine and will be the first domino in the bank run” was the latest fund to be hit with 7% in investor redemptions (and unlike BlackRock, interval funds can not gate investors), this morning the FT reported that JPMorgan...

Despite the eternal promises of members of Congress, government office space is rapidly deteriorating. Unfortunately, Congress has no plans to deal with the problem. All of this is easily explained by Austrian economics.

ADP Employment Report Signals Biggest Job Additions In 15 Months In April With non-farm payrolls looming, we get another glimpse at the labor market today from the ADP Employment Report which shows the US economy added 109k jobs in April (a slight disappointment relative to +120k exp). That is the tenth straight month of job additions and strongest monthly addition since January 2025... Source: Bloomberg Under the hood, Goods-producing jobs rose 15,000 while Service-providing jobs rose 94,000. "Small and large employers are hiring, but we're seeing softness in the middle," said Dr. Nela Richardson Chief Economist,...