Steel Yourself.
Headlines aplenty and a man on fire.
Headlines aplenty and a man on fire.
A bit of calm amid the still-brewing storm.
Ok, let’s just step back for a second and take stock of everything that’s happened in the past 72 hours.
It looks you’re all The Bruce Dickinson and Gary Cohn is your “cowbell” on Wednesday.
U.S. trade policy is “on a troubling path.”
Ignoring this would be “a mistake”.
Believe it or not, that’s actually an “in defense of Trump” comment.
This is like a drunken cowboy firing off a pistol in a saloon. He may not be trying to hit anyone, but it’s certainly possible that someone will get shot.
Donald Trump is up and he wants you to know that he’s got trade on his mind.
This is not going to be for the faint of heart.
Like the Norwegian Blue, they’re “deceased”. They’ve “expired and gone to meet their maker.”
It’s almost like we forgot who we were talking about for a minute.
I guess you can’t blame investors being a bit shell-shocked.
“I just bought this can today.”
“Bannonism just gave a thin veneer of ersatz nationalism to what was otherwise the Donald’s own dogs’ breakfast of protectionism, nativism, xenophobia, jingoism and strong-man bombast.”
“This was not a granola-eating crowd of Democrat entrepreneurs. It’s a cross-section of the business community, including some who are quite pro-Trump.”
“Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on North Korea?”
It’s Thursday, which means today’s Donald Trump gets to look the Donald Trump who refused to
Make no mistake folks, this is populism exposed. And it’s not unique to the Trump administration. When you hear these messages from administration officials, from their ideological affiliates in Europe, and from all corners of the Right-wing peanut gallery whether on television or in cyberspace, ask yourself this: “are these people really who they say they are and do they really represent my interests?”
It feels quiet out there. Maybe a little too quiet. There’s plenty of G-20 banter
” The 2013 “taper tantrum†also provides a reminder that the impact of balance sheet policy on financial conditions is uncertain and could be larger than our baseline estimate. We doubt the impact would be as large today—in 2013 markets misunderstood tapering as implying earlier rate hikes, whereas today markets would likely view earlier tapering as implying later hikes— but the risk is worth considering”
Have you put on your flatteners? That’s a question some folks are asking these days
“The institutional threats they face make the thought of any misstep horrifying. With all of the sniping from other parts of Washington and the looming new appointments, they understand the need to be the perfect Caesar’s wife. A lot to ask as they disengage the policy auto-pilot of the last eight years.”
Courtesy of a guy who no one except Donald Trump takes seriously…
“According to research from the Peterson Institute, under a full trade war, the US economy would be pushed into a recession over the next 2 years and the unemployment rate would push above 8%.”
He doesn’t have a long, white beard. He doesn’t wear a robe or a pointy
So we got a hawkish Yellen on Capitol Hill. Or did we?
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