Economy & Finance

Sony “Temporarily Suspends” Memory Card Orders In Japan As Global Memory Crunch Worsens First, Sony hiked PlayStation console prices, blaming “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” Now, Sony Japan is warning that the global memory shortage has become severe enough to force a temporary halt to new orders for memory cards, as supply can […]

Dallas Fed Mfg Activity Holds Near One Year High Despite Plunge In Respondent Sentiment On Iran War The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index continues to straddle the unchanged line, and despite a tiny dip from 0.2 in February, the highest print since July, to -0.2 in March, just below the 1.5 median estimate, the index remained

Iran Alleges Series Of ‘False Flags’ – Including On Kuwait Water Plant – Designed To Perpetuate War Via The Cradle The Iranian military denied on Monday being behind the recent attack which hit a desalination plant in Kuwait, labeling the strike a US-Israeli false-flag operation aimed at “destabilizing and destroying the region.” “The brutal aggression by the

Vance Tops CPAC Straw Poll For 2028 GOP Presidential Nominee Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Vice President JD Vance is the leading candidate to take the Republican nomination for president in 2028, according to a straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 28. Vice President

Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Payrolls, PMI, ISM, Retail Sales And Fed Speech Looking at the week ahead, we should start to learn about the economic consequences of the conflict, as several data releases for March are out which cover the period since the strikes began on February 28. In the US, that includes the

Pakistan & Afghanistan Exchange Heavy Fire After Short-Lived Truce The prior truce between warring neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan has been breaking down since last week. Some analysts are calling it a ceasefire in name only. The globe’s attention has been on the Iran conflict, but heavy AfPak fighting has been on for almost the exact

NATO Member Spain Closes Airspace To US Planes Involved In Iran Operations Given worsening US-Spanish relations over Washington’s pro-Israel policies, this is a big step which is not entirely surprising – Spain has fully shuttered its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran. This is an action significantly beyond its prior controversial policy to

Border Czar: ICE To Assist At Airports Until They Are 100%, TSA Pay Coming This Week Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), White House border czar Tom Homan said on March 29 that ICE agents will be used to help out at airports as long as necessary and noted that Transportation