The bellicosity earlier in the year was a distraction from the unequivocal message the data was sending of an economy that was firing on all cylinders...

Parcel bomb nearly killed exiled Ukrainian tycoon... 

Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, it gets 100 times worse...

Warsh has already become notorious in not wanting to provide forward guidance, so while traders will be looking to his appearance for clues on future policy, some analysts suggest that traders may be left disappointed.

“Given the absence of forward guidance from the Fed now, there is going to be intense focus on any comments” from Warsh, wrote Chris Turner, a foreign-exchange strategist at ING Bank NV. “A focus on price stability can keep the dollar bid.”

Once again Small Business led the charge with hiring...

"The pivotal Nike question remains "Is all the 'bad news' now priced in?" Despite the pullback in Nike's stock price, we still don't see..." 

Bond volatility is beginning to diverge from both the VIX and the S&P 500. Still early, but worth watching.

"I don't think there is any Parliament that is gayer than this Parliament....

" ... exit via routes other than the authorized one could lead to irreparable incidents." 

Just 43% of the world’s countries have fertility rates above the replacement threshold of 2.1 children per woman...

South Korean retail abandoned Bitcoin for AI stocks. What happens if that trade reverses?

The future of the United Nations (UN) is in play, largely because of its refusal to censure Iran - a member nation.

Indirect US-Iran technical talks are reportedly underway in Doha, with Qatar and Pakistan acting as mediators. However, US envoy Witkoff and Kushner will not be attending the talks themselves.

Stocks are higher on the month, higher on the quarter, and higher on the year... but the path from there to here was exhausting...

The EO violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause...

from neighboring Kazakhstan & potentially India...

Once again, ethnic Moroccans living in the Netherlands go on the rampage...