Dow breaks 40,000 for first time ever as optimism for Fed rate cut grows

The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 40,000-point mark for the first time in history, as Wall Street investors turned bullish on the prospect of a Fed interest rate cut and strong earnings reports from blue-chip companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has surpassed Wednesday’s all-time high of $39,935.04 and is up nearly 40% since […]
Kari Lake calls for bigger child tax credit, warning of ‘unsustainable’ US birth rate

EXCLUSIVE — Kari Lake, who is running for Senate in Arizona, said she would seek to expand the child tax credit, arguing that increasing the popular subsidy could help fix the falling birth rate. The Washington Examiner spoke to Lake, a staunch opponent of illegal immigration, on Wednesday while she was in transit to the […]
Gold prices trim some weekly gains on tempered rate cut hopes – Investing.com

Investing.com — Gold prices fell slightly on Friday, paring some of this week’s gains, as comments from a number of Federal Reserve officials gave a more subdued outlook on interest rate cuts. The yellow metal rose to nearly $2,400 an ounce this week on the heels of weak U.S. economic data. However, it fell back […]
Aaron Rodgers says NFL wanted a vaccination rate over 90%

NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers tells Tucker Carlson about the “weird” party he attended in Hollywood and talks about the NFL’s progress in vaccinating the majority of its players. Rodgers, who missed the entire 2023 NFL season with an Achilles injury, joined Carlson to discuss everything from Jeffrey Epstein to secret societies. Rodgers, who played for […]
China Turns to ‘Marxist Population Theory’ to Fix Birth Rate Collapse

The National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the highest advisory body to the Chinese Communist Party government, met on Saturday to discuss the ongoing population crisis. The commission’s chairman, Wang Huning, advised drawing on “Marxist population theory” to “analyze the new demographic trends, characteristics and problems facing China.” National government Global […]
Hitler-themed assignment at Atlanta private school asked students to rate Nazi dictator as a ‘solution seeker,’ ‘ethical decision-maker’

An Adolf Hitler-themed question-and-answer assignment given to students at an Atlanta private school has sparked outrage from parents over its alleged anti-Semitic nature. According to , eighth graders at Mount Vernon School in Atlanta identified the leader’s characteristics of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, whose anti-Semitic ideology fueled the […]
Powell Still Won’t Admit Rate Hikes Might Be Coming

Powell promises to stay high Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Jerome Powell He recently took to the stage in Amsterdam on Tuesday with a message that was both resolute and disturbing. The Fed no longer expects multiple rate cuts this year and is instead focused on keeping interest rates at their highest levels in […]
Jerome Powell urges patience on rate cuts, inflation index higher than expected

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday called for patience and said he was losing confidence in the outlook for lower inflation this year after key indicators came in better than expected. The producer price index (PPI), which measures prices at the wholesale level, rose 0.5% last month, beating the Dow Jones estimate of 0.3%, […]
Shiba Inu burn rate spikes over 50%: What does it mean for SHIB? – AMBCrypto News

While the burn rate increased, SHIB price decreased by 3.86%. Decreasing circulation and social control indicated the potential for tokens to enter. Number of Shiba Inu [SHIB] According to Siburn data, tokens burned in the past 24 hours increased by 56.16%. The previous day, this number had decreased to less than 40 million tokens. The […]
Bank of England heads for historically slow rate cutting cycle – Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) — When central banks start cutting interest rates, they typically act quickly. The Bank of England could take a more cautious path if its nine-member Monetary Policy Committee decides it is time to cut borrowing costs. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg What’s different about this cycle is that it’s a recovery rather than a […]