Perhaps it is the central banks and governments / politicians who have their heads in a plastic bag

US, Japan, India & Australia meeting signals quad is "here to stay"...

HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong were detained by local police in China’s Hainan province for suspected crime.

"...at some point, the markets are going to figure this out, understand the Fed’s predicament, and then it’s going to hit the fan..."

“We’d expected bond yields to go higher, given the macro situation where growth is still very strong.”

"We normally see that viruses become less virulent as they circulate more easily and there is no reason to think we will have a more virulent version of Sars-CoV-2..."

...au contraire.

EU regulators are preparing to make their own decisions about whether to approve booster shots with Pfizer jab...

...a Chinese-type solution to Europe’s debt woes - severe monetary repression in an effectively state banking system - would drive capital flight from Europe on a scale not seen in China

By midnight in Hong Kong, there had been no announcements by Evergrande about the payment.

"There is no need for people to go out and panic buy." 

...agreed on a budget proposal that includes language banning health officials from enforcing mask ... vaccine mandates...

Coronavirus can now be categorised as one of several respiratory illnesses with seasonal variation, Geir Bukholm, assistant director of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), has said. 

"This is important not only to Lithuania but to all countries which use Xiaomi equipment." 

Just how bad could things get this winter?

This is why a considerable portion of establishment money, energy and propaganda is directed at defusing or sabotaging any semblance of conservative organization...

Biden & Macron agreed to start "consultations" over rebuilding frayed ties within NATO alliance...