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In his speech today to the nation, President Biden invoked “overwhelming science” to justify his COVID solutions — vaccines, boosters and masking — but provided no details to back up the science behind his plan to end the pandemic.

Newsweek review of financial filings in Congress has found that lawmakers who are driving legislation to protect Uyghurs in China are also invested—either directly in the form of stocks, or indirectly via mutual funds—in major companies tied to the oppression in Xinjiang.

U.S. unit labor costs rose sharply in the third quarter, while productivity declined at its fastest pace since 1960, adding to signs of persistently high inflation.

Treasury yields slide as investors shed riskier assets and pile into havens.

Central banks have not merely inflated the bejesus out of assets prices. They have also caused the very foundations of financial markets to metastasize, yielding an endless array of new products that have no real economic function except to facilitate new forms of pure wagering.

Warnings from commission convened by Congress come after Biden and Xi sought to ease tensions

Climb in the haven asset accompanies other signs that investors are starting to seek more protection from rising consumer prices and interest rates.

‘Stocks are loving the very easy monetary policy,’ says a portfolio manager

Some investors think the Federal Reserve will be forced to swiftly raise rates next year to rein in inflation and keep the economy stable

The company is contributing to corporate leftism, high gas prices, low-quality airline service, and the housing shortage. BlackRock is also risking our national security with its ties to China.