As has been thoroughly warned, straw-manned, leaked, and hinted at over the past few weeks (here, here, and here for example), The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates tonight for the first time since 2007. This move ends the world’s last negative interest rate policy. The vote, at 7-2 to scrap the negative interest rate […]
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Bank Of Japan (Finally) Kills The World’s Last Negative Interest Rate, Yen Weakens
There is no U.S. interest in backing a genocide and bombing Yemen
A central claim by Israel’s advocates is that supporting Israel is in the U.S. interest. There can be no greater farce when our country has bombed another Arab country to support Israel’s genocide. Source
The Familiarity of Old Evils: The Zone of Interest Movie Review
Last Thursday the New York Times published a very strange review of the new Holocaust movie, The Zone of Interest. The review was written by Manohla Dargis, who is one of the finest film critics in the country. But something was off about this piece. Ms. Dargis is withering right out of the gate calling […]
Senators’ ownership of Big Oil stocks raises conflict of interest concerns
Powered 100% by reader donations, NationofChange is your ad-free, transparent platform for progressive journalism and activism. Make a difference by donating now. The intricate relationship between politics and the fossil fuel industry has come into the spotlight with a recent analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), revealing that ten U.S. senators […]
Conflicts of Interest in Science: History of Influence, Scandal, and Denial
SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL In December 1953, the CEOs of America’s leading tobacco companies cast aside competitive rancor and gathered at New York City’s Plaza Hotel to confront a menace to their incredibly profitable industry. An emergent body of science published in elite medical journals cast doubt on the safety of cigarettes and threatened […]
Doug Casey: Entitlements, excessive defense spending and high federal debt interest push U.S. to brink of bankruptcy
Doug Casey: Entitlements, excessive defense spending and high federal debt interest push U.S. to brink of bankruptcy There are a lot of indicators that the Americans’ fear of the imminent bankruptcy of the United States is coming sooner than later. The U.S. government’s budget is the biggest in the history of the world and is […]
KHAZARIAN CABAL BANKRUPTS AMERICA: US Debt Interest Bill Rockets Past a Cool $1 Trillion a Year
READ HERE: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-debt-bill-rockets-past-065031377.html Source
Four Iranian “special interest aliens” were apprehended by Border Patrol in October while trying to illegally enter America
(NaturalNews) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reporting that as of mid-October, its agents have apprehended a total of four Iranian nationals who… Source
We’re on track to whip inflation, so the Fed should leave interest rates alone
All the data we have says inflation is falling and monetary policy is already tight enough. Source
Green Energy Stocks Rocked by High Interest Rates
Green energy stocks have dropped significantly in the last few months, underperforming compared to oil and gas companies, as high interest takes its toll. Source
West lost interest in JCPOA: Russia
TEHRAN – A senior Russian diplomat has forecast a grim prospect for the future of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying that the Western parties to the deal have lost interest in reviving it. Source
BofA Jumps As Strong Trading Revenues Mask Weakness In Interest Income, Rising Expenses
BofA Jumps As Strong Trading Revenues Mask Weakness In Interest Income, Rising Expenses It may not be JPMorgan, but as one of the Big 4 commercial US banks, hopes were high that Bank of America would report results for Q2 that, like last quarter, would benefit from the recent turmoil in the small and regional […]
Endgame: US Federal Debt Interest Payments About To Hit $1 Trillion
There was a shocking number in today’s latest monthly US Budget Deficit report. No, it wasn’t that US government outlays unexpectedly soared 15% to $646 billion in June, up almost $100 billion from a year ago… … while tax receipts slumped 9.2% from $461 billion to $418 billion, resulting in a TTM government receipt drop of over […]
London Jewish Museum Forced To Close ‘Indefinitely’ Due To Lack Of Interest And Jewish Financial Support
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency) London’s Jewish Museum will close indefinitely next month and begin hunting for a new home for its collection of 40,000 objects, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, due to the lack of public interest and support from both tourists and the Jewish community itself: “The rising costs of maintaining […]
Apple Partners with Goldman Sachs to Offer Users High-Interest Savings Accounts
Apple continues to build on its fintech presence, announcing a new Apple Card savings account offering users an attractive 4.15 annual percentage yield. The tech juggernaut is partnering with Goldman Sachs. Clients can create an account from the Wallet app on their iPhone devices, but users must have an Apple Card to open the savings […]
Consumers Got Whacked by Inflation, High Interest Rates, Layoff News, Asset Prices Falling from Lofty Peaks… And They’re Still Not Slowing Down
Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation and adjusted for seasonal factors ticked down by 0.3% in February, after a huge spike in January that had followed drops in December and November, and a big jump in October, according to data by the Bureau of Economic Analysis today. Source
Adam Schiff Named As ‘Person of Interest’ in VIP Child Sex Ring Investigation
Rep. Adam Schiff has been caught up in a child sexual exploitation investigation that has already ensnared some of his closest friends, according to law enforcement sources in Los Angeles. But the big prize is still to come, as investigators ensure sure that all of their ducks are in a row and all of the […]
Fed Chair warns U.S. could see unexpectedly high interest rate hikes soon
(Natural News) The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, warned this week that interest rates will likely be higher than policymakers at the central bank previously anticipated. He cited data showing that inflation has now reversed the deceleration experienced late last year. Powell stated: “The latest economic data have come in stronger than expected,… […]
Conflicts of Interest. Royalties to Corrupt Scientists
Video: Conflicts of Interest. Royalties to Corrupt Scientists By Full Measure Global Research, February 27, 2023 Full Measure 26 February 2023 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Polls show that public trust in the scientific establishment has suffered immensely in the wake of Covid. That’s prompted […]
Shares Edge Up as US Holiday Interrupts Interest-Rate Reality Check
LONDON—Global shares edged up on Monday as a U.S. holiday made for slow trading ahead of minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting and a reading on core inflation that could add to the risk of interest rates heading higher for longer. The dollar, which is heading for its largest one-month rise since September in […]
What accounts for the sudden surge in Western interest in Libya?
Soon after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared at his annual closing press conference in January that the West had completely forgotten about the Palestinian problem and the Libyan settlement due to its increased support for Kyiv’s criminal regime, the US and EU began to show an unexpected surge of interest in the North African […]
Eurozone inflation dips to 8.5%, but will interest rates go up on Thursday?
Eurozone inflation dips to 8.5%, the third monthly fall in a row. Economists suggest the key indicator may prompt the European Central Bank to raise interest rates on Thursday. Source
New Bodycam Footage Boosts Interest in Release of 14,000 Hours of Jan. 6 Video
By Joseph M. Hanneman January 18, 2023 Updated: January 19, 2023 Dramatic bodycam footage showing protesters doing CPR on the lifeless body of Jan. 6 protester Rosanne Boyland has increased interest in the U.S. House authorizing the release of more than 14,000 hours of security video footage still being kept from the public two years after […]
The attack on respected Sheikh Sha’rawi is reviving interest in his teachings
An Egyptian journalist has sparked a wave of anger among tens of millions of Arabs, not just in Egypt, with his unjustified attack on the "Imam of the Missionaries", the venerable Sheikh Muhammad Metwalli Al-Sha'rawi, who passed away more than a quarter of a century ago. After all of these years, the journalist in question […]
After repeated interest rate hikes, IMF warns a third of world will suffer recession in 2023
With the world’s three largest economies slowing down, said the IMF managing director, economic conditions will “feel like recession for hundreds of millions of people” this year. Source
UK Central Bank Raises Interest Rates to 3.5 Percent, a New 14-Year High
The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, has increased interest rates from 3 to 3.5 percent, a new 14-year high. At its meeting ending on Dec. 14, the bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 6–3 to increase the bank rate by 0.5 percentage points. It is a slowdown from […]
Greek banks given 10 days to reduce interest rates on new loans
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has given the banks 10 days to “immediately and bravely” increase interest rates on deposits and reduce interest rates on new loans after describing the 4.86% interest rate on new loans in October as unacceptable. Speaking to SKAI TV on Saturday, the minister said that “the average interest rate on… […]
Israel is watching Europe’s shift to the right with interest
Israelis are watching political developments in Europe with interest, particularly in Sweden and Italy, amid fears that the Jewish communities there may soon face problems. Italy, for example, is expected to have a right-wing government involving Georgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party and Matteo Salvini's party, the League (formerly the Northern League). Israelis consider this […]