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  • Covid-19 & The Sun: A Lesson From The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 11:10pm EDT

    Covid-19 & The Sun: A Lesson From The 1918 Influenza Pandemic Authored by Richard Hobday via Medium.com, Fresh air, sunlight and improvised face masks seemed to work a century ago; and they might help us now. When new, virulent diseases emerge, such SARS and Covid-19, the race begins to find new vaccines and treatments for […]

  • NIRP Arrives: Treasuries Trade With Negative Yield

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 10:45pm EDT

    NIRP Arrives: Treasuries Trade With Negative Yield With the Fed’s cutting rates three days ahead of the regular Wednesday FOMC announcement by 100bps to 0%-25bps, while also announcing a fresh $700BN QE as well as enhanced FX swaps, panic is in the air as reflected in the S&P futures which have been locked limit down […]

  • February China Economic Data Collapses Massively More Than Expected

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 10:21pm EDT

    February China Economic Data Collapses Massively More Than Expected While it may not be a surprise to too many people in the real world that Chinese macro-economic data for February was a disaster, it appears it was a massive shock to analysts and economists who forecast this data. Chinese Retail Sales crashed 20.5% YTD YoY […]

  • Visualizing The History Of Pandemics… By Death Toll

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 10:15pm EDT

    Visualizing The History Of Pandemics… By Death Toll Pan·dem·ic /panˈdemik/ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. In fact, as Visual Cpitalist’s Nicholas LePan notes, even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic […]

  • 5 Times China Changed The Narrative, Tried To Blame The US For Covid-19

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 9:50pm EDT

    5 Times China Changed The Narrative, Tried To Blame The US For Covid-19 Authored by Jennie Taer via SaraACarter.com, The source of the Covid-19 global pandemic being Wuhan, China has become a problem for the Chinese Communist Party, who’s now trying to do everything they can to shift the blame. With the level of control the Party has over […]

  • BOJ Announces It Will Bring Thursday’s Policy Meeting To Noon Monday: Nikkei Jumps, Yen Drops

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 9:34pm EDT

    BOJ Announces It Will Bring Thursday’s Policy Meeting To Noon Monday: Nikkei Jumps, Yen Drops With the Fed telegraphing an all out capital markets panic as the Fed could not wait a mere three days until the scheduled FOMC meeting to rush out the biggest monetary bazooka in history which proved to not be enough, […]

  • Half Of Young American Democrats Believe Billionaires Do More Harm Than Good

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 9:25pm EDT

    Half Of Young American Democrats Believe Billionaires Do More Harm Than Good With income inequality the political hot potato du-jour and wealth concentration at its most extreme since the roaring twenties, is it any wonder that even Americans’ view of what used to be called ‘success’ is now tainted with the ugly taste of partisan […]

  • Not The Onion: ISIS Bans Followers From Jihad In “Plague” Hit Europe

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 9:00pm EDT

    Not The Onion: ISIS Bans Followers From Jihad In “Plague” Hit Europe Via AlmasdarNews.com, The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) has issued a travel warning to its fighters this past week, urging them to avoid countries that have coronavirus outbreaks. According to scholar Aymenn Al-Tamimi, the Islamic State’s Al-Naba newsletter published a list of directives on how to […]

  • Global GDP Growth Estimates Are Plummeting

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 8:35pm EDT

    Global GDP Growth Estimates Are Plummeting Authored by Daniel Lacalle, In February, the general consensus between large investment banks and supranational entities was that there would be a one-time hit on GDP in the first quarter from the coronavirus impact, followed by a stronger, V-shaped recovery. IMF expected a modest correction of global GDP of […]

  • 2nd Congressional Staffer Tests Positive; More Capitol Hill Offices Work Remotely

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 8:10pm EDT

    2nd Congressional Staffer Tests Positive; More Capitol Hill Offices Work Remotely Sunday evening The Hill reports that a second Congressional aide has tested positive for Covid-19.  “A staff member in Rep. David Schweikert’s (R-Ariz.) D.C. office has tested positive for COVID-19, the congressman said Sunday,” according to the report. The individual is resting “comfortably at home and […]

  • Watch Live: Bernie Vs. Biden In 11th Democratic Debate

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 7:55pm EDT

    Watch Live: Bernie Vs. Biden In 11th Democratic Debate Joe Biden will face off with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during tonight’s Democratic debate. The former Vice President will need to remain calm and focused after several recent gaffes – including telling a Detroit autoworker that he’s “full of shit” for criticizing him over his plans […]

  • With All Eyes On Outbreak, Putin Signs Law That Could See Him In Power To 2036

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 7:45pm EDT

    With All Eyes On Outbreak, Putin Signs Law That Could See Him In Power To 2036 With the world focused on combating the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and whole societies across the West hunkering down in quarantine mode, President Putin authorized a controversial law on constitutional changes that could theoretically allow him to be president until 2036.  […]

  • Chaos As ‘Enhanced Screening’ Airports Overwhelmed; US Citizens Scramble Back From Europe

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 7:20pm EDT

    Chaos As ‘Enhanced Screening’ Airports Overwhelmed; US Citizens Scramble Back From Europe Since Trump’s Europe travel ban went into effect, Americans returning home have been diverted through just thirteen US airports, also as new federal travel requirements and coronavirus ‘enhanced’ screening instituted by President Trump are implemented. Videos and photos posted to social media reveal a weekend of […]

  • Listen Live: Fed’s Powell Holds Emergency Phone Conference Explaining Why Nothing Is F**ked Here

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 6:33pm EDT

    Listen Live: Fed’s Powell Holds Emergency Phone Conference Explaining Why Nothing Is F**ked Here Powell better explain why the market’s reaction is wrong or else… Tyler Durden Sun, 03/15/2020 – 18:33

  • Ilhan Omar Under Fire For Marrying Consultant Whose Firm Was Paid Nearly $600K By Her Campaign

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 6:30pm EDT

    Ilhan Omar Under Fire For Marrying Consultant Whose Firm Was Paid Nearly $600K By Her Campaign Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has come under renewed fire after marrying Tim Mynett – head of political consulting firm E Street Group, which made approximately $586,000 for a “range of services that included digital advertising, fundraising consulting, digital communications […]

  • Powell, We Have A Problem: S&P Futs Plunge Over 4%, Dow Down 800; Gold, Treasuries Soar

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 6:08pm EDT

    Powell, We Have A Problem: S&P Futs Plunge Over 4%, Dow Down 800; Gold, Treasuries Soar The Fed may have a very big problem on its hands. After firing the biggest emergency bazooka in Fed history, one which was meant to restore not just partial but full normalcy to asset and funding markets, Emini futures […]

  • Dr. Fauci Says He’s Open To “National Shutdown”, Warns Domestic Travel Ban “Not Out Of The Question”

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 5:52pm EDT

    Dr. Fauci Says He’s Open To “National Shutdown”, Warns Domestic Travel Ban “Not Out Of The Question” Dr. Anthony Fauci has just performed a legendary feet for politicos and public servants in Washington: On Sunday, he appeared on all five of the major national “Sunday Shows” of the main news networks: ABC’s “This Week”, CNN’s […]

  • “It’s A Frenzy”: The Rich Are Making A Run On The Banks In The Hamptons

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 5:40pm EDT

    “It’s A Frenzy”: The Rich Are Making A Run On The Banks In The Hamptons As the ultra rich Snake Plisken out of the soon-to-be quarantined Manhattan – where at least one bank has are already run out of $100 bills – to fortify themselves against the viral zombie peasant hordes in their impregnable castles […]

  • Fed Panics: Powell Cuts Rates To Zero, Announces $700BN QE5, Unveils Enhanced Global Swap Lines

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 5:13pm EDT

    Fed Panics: Powell Cuts Rates To Zero, Announces $700BN QE5, Unveils Enhanced Global Swap Lines With Wall Street desperate for  the Fed to announce emergency measures on Sunday (after disappointing last week), and ideally before the futures open, Jerome Powell did not disappoint and moments ago the Fed announced a barrage of emergency measures which […]

  • Trump Slams “Fake And Corrupt” MSM After Google Announces COVID-19 Website

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 4:56pm EDT

    Trump Slams “Fake And Corrupt” MSM After Google Announces COVID-19 Website After initially denying that they would be publishing a national Coronavirus website following an announcement by Trump administration announcing their participation, the Silicon Valley tech giant announced that they have entered into a partnership with the government to launch the site after all. “We […]

  • Watch Live: White House Coronavirus Task Force Delivers Another Update

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 4:55pm EDT

    Watch Live: White House Coronavirus Task Force Delivers Another Update President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Dr. Anthony Fauci (after doing five interviews earlier in the day) and the rest of the White House Coronavirus Task Force will deliver their latest update on their efforts at 5 pm, following the latest team meeting in the […]

  • Dow Indicated 1,000 Lower Ahead Of Futures Open

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 4:33pm EDT

    Dow Indicated 1,000 Lower Ahead Of Futures Open Friday’s record 2000 Dow point surge will likely be cut in half if the spread bettors at IG are correct in indicating that the Dow is set to open about 1,000 points lower. Meanwhile, in FX markets which are already open, moves appear relatively calm with the […]

  • Goldman Takes Out The Chainsaw: Cuts US Q2 GDP To -5%; Says Recession Has Begun

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 4:10pm EDT

    Goldman Takes Out The Chainsaw: Cuts US Q2 GDP To -5%; Says Recession Has Begun While it will probably not come as a surprise to anyone who read our earlier post to “Brace For A Record Decline in GDP”, but moments ago Goldman – which last week called the bear market just hours before it […]

  • New York Governor Cuomo To Trump: Mobilize The Military

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 3:39pm EDT

    New York Governor Cuomo To Trump: Mobilize The Military In an opinion piece published Sunday by the New York Times, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is presently presiding over the second-largest outbreak in the US, asked President Trump to mobilize the Army Corp of Engineers to help expand hospital capacity to fight the outbreak. […]

  • Emergency: SMEs Face A Global Crunch Drowned In Liquidity

    ZeroHedge - Mar 15th 2020 3:30pm EDT

    Emergency: SMEs Face A Global Crunch Drowned In Liquidity Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Many countries have decided to lock down entire cities and shutdown airspace to contain the spread of coronavirus. This decision may create a massive crisis drowned in liquidity. Governments and central banks are committed to do whatever it takes in terms of […]