Netanyahu Visits IDF-Occupied Southern Lebanon, Says Israel Won’t Leave

After Dems Record-Breaking (And Useless) Drain, Schumer 'Demands' Trump Release Oil From The SPR 'Immediately' In 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which disrupted global oil supplies and drove US gasoline prices to record highs above $5 per gallon in June, the Biden administration authorized unprecedented releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to ease fuel costs as the 2022 Midterm elections loomed (and Democrat approval ratings slid). The historic drawdown announced in March was the largest SPR release in history, and was pitched as 'bridging supply shortfalls while global production...

Key Events This Week: Payrolls, Quarterly Refunding, Confidence, And More Earnings Key data releases this week will be the US April jobs report and the University of Michigan’s consumer survey. Other economic events feature the US Treasury quarterly refunding announcement and rate decisions in Australia, Norway and Sweden. Corporate earnings include AMD, Palantir and Rheinmetall. The focus this week will be on the US April jobs report due Friday. Economists see payrolls up +65k in April, down from +178k in March, with a slightly faster earnings growth rate (+0.3% vs +0.2% in...