UMich Sentiment 'Expectations' Plunge Near Record Lows As Republicans Lose Faith, Inflation Fears Rebound

White House Says Cuban Regime Is "Bound To Fall" Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the situation in Cuba, where the population of nearly 10 million are impacted by rolling blackouts and instability, during a press briefing April 8. She further clarified President Donald Trump’s recent statement that “Cuba is next,” after the U.S. military successfully detained former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores Maduro before striking Iran in coordination with Israel. “I think when President Trump said that and he...

Diverging Markets And Converging Talks? By Teeuwe Mevissen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Financial markets continue to navigate an increasingly complex macro landscape, defined by the interaction of geopolitical shocks, resurgent inflation pressures, and diverging central bank responses. The key theme remains the tension between resilient risk assets—particularly equities—and a more cautious signal emanating from fixed income markets. This divergence reflects a broader uncertainty about the persistence of inflation and the implications for monetary policy and economic growth. Meanwhile Iranian and U.S. negotiators have concluded an initial round of high-level talks in...

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Monday that six of its fighters were killed by a “Zionist bombing” near the border with Syria as fighting in Iraq amid the US-Israeli war against Iran continues to rage. The PMF, a coalition of mainly Shia militias that was formed in 2014 to fight ISIS and is part […]