Awkward moment as Fed Chair Powell fact-checks Trump while the Mob Boss fishes for different ways to pressure and extort him to lower interest rates.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

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Another (completely speculative) possibility: The chaotic nature of U.S. tariffs, which are on until they're off, up until they're down, and permanent until they're on a pause, have simply frozen much of the economy in place.

It's hard to be forward looking when tomorrow is so unpredictable.

This is the context that makes it clear how little Trump's trade deal matters.

Courtesy of @peark.es, an update to the Fed Beige Book uncertainty chart.

I had to double the Y-max between the March print (45) and April print (80)

The “sell America” trade is going viral sherwood.news/markets/glob...

Empire manufacturing survey:

“.. The index for future general business conditions .. has fallen a cumulative forty-four points over the past three months.”

GOLDMAN: “.. The current equity market sell off isn’t just the fastest 10% correction since COVID — but is also the worst post-election sell-off if we exclude 2000 and 2008."

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loving it - beautifu!

Happy to get off twitter. Hope you're posting your music posts here too!