🇺🇸 Gold has overtaken the U.S. Dollar as the largest Global Reserve Asset.
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🇺🇸 US Treasury will buy back $12,500,000,000 of its own debt next week.
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🚨🚨 Wheat prices have exploded 35% in just the last 2 months as US wheat production hits its lowest level since 1971.
US wheat stockpiles are set to drop 22% this year, down to 722 million bushels.
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🇺🇸 President Trump says the US has made a deal to secure majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude oil "at no cost" to the American taxpayer.
Trump says this more than doubles US oil reserves and is "the biggest oil deal in world history."
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🇺🇸 Federal judge rules the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, finding it violated the company's First Amendment rights.
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🇺🇸 US wages and salaries fall to just 43% of national income, the lowest since the Great Depression.
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🇯🇵 Bank of Japan is moving closer to another rate hike, with markets now pricing an 82% chance of a September move.
BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino says the bank needs to pay more attention to the risk of inflation moving above its 2% target.
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🇰🇷 Bank of Korea raises interest rates by 25 BPS to 3.00%, marking its second consecutive rate hike.
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🇺🇸 Meta is set to pay $18 billion to settle lawsuits over social media addiction among children in the United States.
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🇺🇸 New York City is the wealthiest city in the world, with an estimated 1 out of every 22 residents being a millionaire.
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🚨🚨 An oil tanker has been struck in the Strait of Hormuz.
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🇺🇸 US banks are sitting on $326.7 billion in unrealized losses, per the FDIC's Q2 2026 report.
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🇺🇸 U.S. new home sales crashed 10.5% in July, falling to the lowest level since January.
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🇺🇸 Trump administration pauses US visa appointments for applicants worldwide as part of a global training program for consular officers and broader immigration crackdown.
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🇺🇸 US national debt now exceeds 123% of GDP.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says the US Treasury is lying about moving 130 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 14 days.
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🇬🇧 British pound has lost 90% of its purchasing power since 1976.
£100 in 1976 would need to be £1,000 today to buy the same goods and services.
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🇯🇵🇺🇸 USDJPY reclaims the 160, its highest level since July 31
Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole speech is pushing US interest rate expectations higher, which pulls money into the dollar.
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🇯🇵 Japan's 2-Year Yield jumps to highest level in more than 31 years.
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🇺🇸 Venezuela discusses leaving OPEC as U.S. negotiates stake in oil fields, aiming to diminish OPEC influence.
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🇯🇵 Japanese investors sold ¥1.97 Trillion of foreign bonds last week, the largest weekly sale in 5 months.
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🇨🇳 Chinese yuan hits its highest level against the U.S. dollar since January 2023.
The yuan has now strengthened more than 9% against the dollar in the last 4 months.
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🚨🚨 JPMorgan warns global food prices could nearly double by 2027 due to fertilizer shortages and a possible El Niño.
The bank sees food inflation rising from 2.8% now to 5% by early 2027.
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🇮🇳 Indian Investors pumped $457 million into foreign markets in June, their largest monthly overseas investment in history.
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🇨🇳 China successfully tested a drug in mice that can extend human life to 150 years: Report
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🇮🇷 Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. lifts its naval blockade and the war permanently ends, including fighting in Lebanon.
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🇨🇳 China's central bank will inject up to 600 billion yuan ($89 billion) daily into its banking system starting tomorrow.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian President Putin plans to escalate the war in Ukraine, saying he sees peace talks as fruitless.
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🚨🚨 Global physical gold-backed ETFs attracted +$6.4 billion in inflows last week, their largest weekly intake since January.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Banks are currently facing unrealized losses of $326.7 Billion, Losses have grown each of the prior 2 quarters.
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