Well, that escalated quickly. DXY fell. But AUD crashed. Gold held, oil was murdered. AI metals were deleted. The big bear is back. EM ouch. Led by junk is bearish. Despite a weak DXY , the full bond curve was bid. This will be critical as tariffs return. The stock bubble just burst. It’s not
International Reading: ‘We are on the precipice of an incredibly contracting workforce,’ says jobs expert – CNBC White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress – MSNBC Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster – Futurism Soybean farmer says $10B bailout is a ‘band-aid on an open wound’ – Yahoo
AUD/USD EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD Gold WTI Brent Australia 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 Japan 225 Vids .…..they should be banned from government contracts for a year…..
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Recall that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered a speech late last month to the UK Labour Party conference, whereby he vowed to “defend democracy itself” alongside “my mate”, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Albanese said he shared a “determination” with the UK leader and an “absolute resolve to stand together and defend democracy
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