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Tyler Durden (pseudonym) is thelead writer at ZeroHedge. Tyler represents the idea that a return to truly efficient markets is a possibility and a necessity. After having experienced the inner workings of capitalism at various asset managers and advisors, Tyler believes that the current model is ...more

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Trump Administration Admits 3.0% GDP Growth "Is Certainly Not Achievable This Year"
The U.S. economy will fall short of the Trump administration's goal of 3 percent growth this year and will only achieve that when its regulatory, tax, trade and energy policies are fully in place, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday.
Global Markets Thrown For A Loop After Comey's Shocking Sacking
Trump threw the markets for a loop again with his firing of James Comey, which has implications on everything from Trump's tax policy to US geopolitics (will Trump launch another attack, this time against N. Korea to deflect from this scandal?)
Economic Confidence Slumps To Lowest Since Trump's Election
Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaged +3 for the week ending May 7. The index is down four points from two weeks ago and now sits at a nominal low for the year after trending downward from its early March peak.
Devonshire: True Inflation Is Three Times Higher Than Officially Reported
Devonshire sets the scene by noting that a wide variety of Price Indices are used to adjust for the effects of Inflation on the economy. These adjustments underlie many critical economic and asset management concepts.
For The First Time, You Can Track Every Dollar The Government Spends
The new website, Beta.USAspending.gov, was created to put data into the hands of taxpayers by empowering them to track how their tax dollars are spent.
Chinese Producer Prices Miss, Slide For Second Month As Burst Commodity Bubble Spills Over
With the entire world's focused on the last remaining reflationary dynamo in the world, China, today's inflation data out of Beijing, fabricated as it may be, was closely watched.
Dr. Copper Needs To Go Back To School
While it seems likely that price action in industrial commodities is telling us something, it doesn’t appear to have much to do with the U.S. economic cycle. Perhaps Dr. Copper needs to go back to school.
Stocks Stumble But VIX Breaks Another Record
A chaotic day in VIX trading as every effort was made to defend Dow 21,000.
Dow Drops Back Below 21,000 Amid VIX Chaos
Having tagged fresh cycle low at 9.57 overnight, VIX​ has been chaotic this morning. Overnight hope in stocks has faded quickly with The Dow back below 21,000.
Just One Week Later, Atlanta Fed's Q2 GDP Forecast Crumbles From 4.3% To 3.6%
The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2017 is 3.6 percent on May 9, down from 4.2 percent on May 4.
Job Openings Hit 8 Month High Despite First Two-Month Drop In Hiring Since The Recession
Today's JOLTS report showed a decidedly more benign labor market in the month of March, with good news on the job openings front, offset by another month of hiring weakness.
Wholesales Sales Growth Stalls In March - Weakest In 8 Months
Final data for wholesale inventories and sales data in March show a modestly better than expected rise in inventories (+0.2% vs -0.1% MoM) and worse than expected sales which showed no growth in March - the weakest print since July 2016.
Gold Drops Below Macron Lows, Breaks Key Technical Level
Amid heavy volume, gold futures broke below their 100-day moving average this morning and are trading below the mini-flash-crash lows from Sunday night's relief at Macron's victory.
Bitcoin Soars Over $1700 - 2017's Best-Performing Currency
Bitcoin is now up for 16 of the last 18 days, soaring over 50% in the last month and up almost 90% in 2017 - making its the year's best-performing currency.
Crushed Volumes Boosts Dollar, Commodities; Futures Flat
U.S. stock-index futures were little changed at 2,395 - just shy of all time highs - as investors focused on corporate earnings after the French election, while the VIX hovered near its lowest level since 1993.
Some Chinese Banks Suspend "Interbank Business" As Regulator Demands That Collateral "Actually Exists"
While largely a "controlled" tightening, meant to contain China's out-of-control shadow banking system, the recent gyrations in Chinese capital markets are starting to have a profound impact on local funding.
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