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FOMC Minutes Preview: Scrutiny For Hawkish Bias
FOMC Minutes Preview: Scrutiny For Hawkish Bias
Today's FOMC minutes will be scrutinized for further insight into policymakers' appetite for additional rate hikes and the thinking behind the Committee's hawkish shift at last month's meeting. The minutes are an account of the June 17th meeting and therefore will not reflect subsequent developments, including the softer-than-expected June nonfarm payrolls report or Chair Warsh's appearance at the ECB's Sintra Forum.
Nonetheless, as Newsquawk writes in its FOMC Minutes preview, the June meeting, Warsh's first as Fed Chair, marked a significant shift under...
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Apr 16, 2026 / Tyler Durden
House Effort To End Trump's Iran War Fails By One Vote: Guess The Lone GOP Dissenter
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Two parallel war-related votes in the House and Senate reveal growing dismay and political fractures over President Trump's Iran war, as the Strait of Hormuz remains locked down and ceasefire still seems distant.
The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to reject a resolution ordering the White House to end the war with Iran, as Memorial Day approaches and Americans are anxious over gas prices and general rising costs at the grocery store.
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Aug 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Court
Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Court
Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague.
Hakeem Jeffries (photo: Anna Moneymaker, Getty)
Speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, the House minority leader told the audience that Democrats see "[a] variety of different options that are on the table, and I think we can't foreclose on any single one of them" when it comes to the Supreme Court. The options under discussion include...
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Aug 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Both Iranian & Israeli Officials Call Out 'Paper Tiger' Saudi Arabia
Both Iranian & Israeli Officials Call Out 'Paper Tiger' Saudi Arabia
Regional rivals and enemies are calling out Saudi Arabia as a "paper tiger" which must rely on others for protection and defense needs.
Criticisms of Riyadh are being issued on the same day the kingdom signed a major security pact with the other major Muslim-dominant nations of Pakistan and Turkey. Formally called the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, it is essentially a NATO-style agreement for the 'Muslim world' - given that it stipulates and formalizes that an armed attack on any of the countries will...
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