Former Sen. Warren Staffer Attends Ayatollah's Funeral, Calls Him "Greatest Leader Of Our Lifetime"

Bank of Canada Keeps Rates On Hold As It "Looks Through War's Immediate Impact On Inflation" As expected, the Bank of Canada - which was the day's first G5 central bank to hit the tape ahead of the Fed's decision at 2pm ET - held interest rates unchanged at 2.25% as expected, saying adjustments to borrowing costs would likely be small if the economy and inflation evolve as expected, while stating that it is looking through the war's immediate impact on inflation but will not let higher energy prices become persistent...

President Donald Trump believes he will reach a deal with Cuba as his economic war has caused the collapse of the island’s electric grid.  On Sunday, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he believes “something will happen with Cuba pretty quickly,” but added that he must finish the war with Iran first. “Cuba […]

Hurricane Polo Disrupts Mexican Ports, Puts Key Asia Trade Gateways At Risk Hurricane Polo weakened to a Category 4 storm early Wednesday after strengthening into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm and churning 210 miles south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean. The storm risks disrupting critical maritime shipping lanes along Mexico's Pacific coast. FreightWaves reports that Mexico's Navy restricted major container port Manzanillo to ships of at least 500 gross tonnage beginning Tuesday morning, allowing container ships to continue operating while barring smaller craft. Ships already docked at the...