Technically, the Bank of Japan actions overnight should be seen as “a hawkish hold”, according to Goldman Sachs Delta-One desk-head Rich Privorotsky. The Bank raised its growth estimate and maintained its hawkish inflation forecasts on Friday even as it kept interest rates steady, signaling its confidence a moderate recovery would justify raising still-low borrowing costs […]

US natural gas futures surged as much as 75% over the past week, well above $5/mmBtu, driven by sharply colder weather forecasts (comparable to the 2021 Uri storm that paralyzed Texas’ power grid), ongoing production freeze-offs, and a vicious market trap for bears that unleashed epic short covering. As of Friday morning, around 0645 ET, […]

After nearly four years of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the US having throughout poured billions into Kiev’s military and civic services sector, there are signs that other American allies are experiencing extreme delays in pre-scheduled arms shipments because Washington’s priorities are clearly elsewhere. Israel over the past couple years has also been a high priority, […]

The board originated in the Gaza peace plan, and in November, 13 of the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council voted to approve it as a “transitional administration” in Gaza through 2027. It was only after this vote that the board’s charter was released, which provided more details about the structure. Trump will serve […]

Authored by Hanna Bechtel via The College Fix, Higher education is approaching a period of profound disruption, and many colleges may not survive, Arthur Levine, the newly appointed president of Brandeis University, said during a recent event. Levine estimated that between 20 and 25 percent of colleges will close in the coming years, while community […]