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UMich Sentiment Slumps In August As War Re-Escalated, Inflation Fears Tick-Up Following July's rebound to pre-war levels, the preliminary August University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index was expected to weaken modestly as the MidEast re-escalated (and with it the price of gas). Sure enough, the headline sentiment index tumbled from 55.2 to 51.0 (55.0 exp) with both Current Conditions (51.8 vs 54.8 prior vs 54.9 exp) and Expectations (50.6 vs 55.4 prior vs 55.2 exp) also both tumbling... Decreases in sentiment were seen across the political spectrum, with Republicans exhibiting the strongest...

YouTube, Snap, And TikTok Settle Kentucky School District's Social Media Addiction Claims Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), YouTube, Snap, and TikTok have settled a Kentucky school district’s claims that the platforms fueled a youth mental health crisis that the school district said it was forced to manage. The Breathitt County School District in rural eastern Kentucky still plans to take Meta Platforms, parent of Facebook and Instagram, to trial on June 15. The agreements, detailed in federal court filings on Friday, are among the first set for trial...

What To Own Before A Bond Market Crisis Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance As I wrote last week, foreign Treasury selling with yields already on the rise has perked up my attention. For decades, investors have treated U.S. Treasuries as the ultimate safe haven. In nearly every major panic, money rushed into government bonds, not away from them. But with deficits surging, interest costs climbing, and foreign demand for Treasuries no longer as unquestioned as it once was, some investors have started asking a different question: if the Treasury market itself ever came under severe stress, what assets...