Escobar: The New Great Game, Revisited

Debt, tariffs, and money printing: Mark Thornton explains how the policy machine rewires markets, and why metals and commodities react first.

DC Great Again: Historic Columbus Circle Fountain Flows For First Time In Years Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Trump administration continues to deliver tangible results in Washington, D.C. Columbus Circle at Union Station is now clean, safe, and beautiful again, with its historic fountain restored and water flowing for the first time in years. The ribbon was officially cut Thursday, and fencing around the circle comes down tomorrow, reopening the space to the public as a polished front door to the capital. Columbus Circle at Union Station in D.C. is CLEAN &...

Three Fed Officials Explain Why They Dissented, Blasting Fed's "Easing Bias" This morning, three Fed officials said they dissented over this week’s policy statement because it was no longer appropriate to signal the Fed’s next move was still likely to be an interest-rate cut. “I believe the FOMC should offer a policy outlook that signals that the next rate change could be either a cut or a hike, depending on how the economy evolves,” Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said in an essay released on Friday morning. “This could tighten financial conditions somewhat today,...