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ECONOMICS
After a bubblicious surge higher
over the last few months (as China's hot
money swishes from one trending-higher market to another), China's bond market is collapsing. As Chinese
money-markets tighten into new
year, yuan weakens, and capital outflows accelerate, so it
appears the final bastion of safety has cracked. Chinese
bond futures crashed overnight by the most on record, erasing in a week the
gains of the last 18 months.
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Business
Inventories dropped 0.2% MoM in October (worse than expected). The last
time we saw a bigger MoM drop was September 2011 and this casts some doubt
about the exuberant hopes for Q4 GDP growth. Furniture and motor vehicles
inventories dropped notably (probably a good thing given their excesses)
but overall retail sales (according to this measure) rose 0.7%.
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While
the 25 bps rate hike was a given, the question on everyone's mind was how many
rate hikes does the Fed envision for 2017. The answer, somewhat
surprisingly, is three, an increase of one compared to the September
meeting.
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"We’re
getting to the point where further rises in Treasuries, certainly above 3
percent, would start to have a real impact on market liquidity in corporate
bonds and junk bonds. Also, a 10-year Treasury above 3 percent in my view
starts to bring into question some of the aspects of the stock market and of
the housing market in particular."
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It's
probably nothing...
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Retail
Sales growth for November rose just 0.1% MoM, missing expectations of
a 0.3% jump, and sawnotable downward revisions to October's surge. The
biggest drover of the weakness was sales of motor vehicles tumbled 0.5%
MoM in November.
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Mortgage
applications have fallen almost non-stop since their exuberant peak the week of
July 4th, tumbling to 2016 lows to the same dismal level of activity as
was witnessed after Lehman in Oct 2008. The reason is simple, as
we detailed previously, the spike in mortgage
rates has slashed the population of refinanceable borrowers from 8.3
million immediately prior to the election to less than 4 million,
matching a 24-month low set back in July 2015.
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Small-cap stocks are on a historic
run; however,futures positioning could
become a considerable headwind should the rally start to fade.
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Reading between the lines, Janet
Yellen squirmed her way through question after question focused on the effect
of Trump's potential fiscal stimulus plan without a definitive answer except to
say that a"fiscal boost not obviously needed
to get back to full employment" warning that "policymakers
must take GDP-to-Debt ratio into account", and questioned whether
a tax reduction plan would improve the economy or productivity at all.
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On the heels of last night's big
crude build, OPEC's overnight report
stating that supply cuts won’t re-balance
the market until the second half of 2017 has sparked further losses in oil prices, almost
erasing the entire OPEC/NOPEC/Saudi cut ramp.
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The
Dollar Index is spiking and so
were US bank stocks, but the rest of the stock market is not so pleased and
bonds, crude, and bullion are being sold along with them...and now banks are tumbling too...
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This seemed an appropriate place to start... Make
sense right?
See all graphics
at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-14/quad-witch-looms-over-stocks-fed-hike-sparks-dollar-buying-panic
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POLITICS
"I don't understand why the CIA would say the information came from
Russian hackers when they must know that isn't true... Regardless of
whether the Russians hacked into the DNC, the documents Wikileaks published did
not come from that... The leakers were
motivated by disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and the
tilting of the primary election playing field against Bernie Sanders."
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Whatever you think of Trump, clearly the oligarchs who rule us fear him.
The oligarchs are trying to keep Trump out of the presidency, and they are
trying to associate truthful reporting with foreign influence. Who wins this war determines the fate of
America.
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"There’s
always going to be small problems to some degree, but we didn’t expect the
degree of problem we saw in Detroit. This isn’t normal."
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Georgia's
Secretary of State has now confirmed that its election systems were the subject
of cyberattacks on 10 separate occasions with each attack originating from a
Department of Homeland Security IP address. With each attack occurring
around critical registration and voting deadlines, GA's Secretary of State said
"It makes you wonder if somebody was trying to prove a point."
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“If
you or I gave money, weapons or support to al-Qaeda or ISIS, we would be thrown
in jail,”
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WORLD ISSUES and ME
A
NATO-Russia confrontation has been classified as a top "conflict"risk
for the US in 2017 by the annual CFR survey, conducted by foreign policy
experts. This placed it alongside the risk of a nuclear
crisis with North Korea, a "highly disruptive cyberattack", and a
severe terrorist attack on the US among the biggest geopolitical risks for the
US.
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- Countdown to first Fed hike in a year under way, but focus shifting to 2017 (Reuters)
- What to Expect From the Fed: Decision-Day Guide (BBG)
- Investors Expect Fed Rate Rise, Seek Clues on Next Step (WSJ)
- What ceasefire? Aleppo evacuation delayed (Reuters); Aleppo Fighting Resumes Hours After Cease-Fire Deal (WSJ)
- Too big to fail: China maps out its Trump strategy (Reuters)
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DEMOCRACY NOW
Slaughter
or Liberation?: A Debate on Russia's Role in the Syrian War & the Fall of
Aleppo 1st
Who were the main slaughters of Syrian people? What our role in it? Were Aleppo rebels or
invaders? .. Then, liberation from
whom? Is the question. Finally: is ‘regime change’ the main cause of
slaughter?
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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Aleppo
Liberated: Washington Post Finally Admits “Rebels” Invaded Syria – It was not
an Uprising By Tony Cartalucci,
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
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President al-Assad: Mainstream Media are
Suffering From Moral Decay By President al-Assad - Video and Transcript
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Congress Votes To Give Jihadists
Anti-aircraft Missiles By
Mike Whitney
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The Conspiracy to Shut Down Truth, Donald
Trump, and The American People
By Paul Craig Roberts
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Will Trump Defy McCain & Marco? By Pat Buchanan Here is the heart of the objection to
Tillerson. He wants to end sanctions and partner with Putin’s Russia, as does
Trump
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COUNTER PUNCH
Andrew Cockburn Questions
for the Electors on Russian Hacking
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Michael J. Sainato Why
the Focus on Regime Change in Syria Undermines Effort to Defeat ISIS and
Prolongs the War
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Tom Clifford The
US Mustn’t Turn Its Back on China
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
EU Free From Washington’s Stance on Anti-Russia Sanctions,
Mogherini Claims
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612151048573497-eu-free-us-mogherini/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612151048573497-eu-free-us-mogherini/
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OBAMA REVEALS WARMONGER AIMS BY
ARMING SYRIAN REBELS
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201612151048576154-obama-warmonger-aims/ Obama terminó en el basurero de la Historia Universal, aun cuando aquí goza de un 50% de apoyo popular.
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201612151048576154-obama-warmonger-aims/ Obama terminó en el basurero de la Historia Universal, aun cuando aquí goza de un 50% de apoyo popular.
Related
Goodbye, Sheep's Clothing: Obama 'Lost All Sense of Shame' in
Fueling Syrian War
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612131048507803-obama-parting-mess-for-trump/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201612131048507803-obama-parting-mess-for-trump/
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WHY IS US FUMING ABOUT ALEPPO LIBERATION?
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612151048571172-why-us-fuming-aleppo-liberation/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612151048571172-why-us-fuming-aleppo-liberation/
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NBC CLAIMS PUTIN PERSONALLY INVOLVED
IN US ELECTION HACK https://sputniknews.com/us/201612151048574506-nbc-claims-putin-involved-election-hack/ La audiencia de la prensa
mercenaria (presstitute) esta en caida
libre. Ya despidieron a muchos ..
Related 1:
Former NSA Officer William Binney: CIA Lying About Russians
Hacking DNC
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612141048568197-nsa-whistleblower-binney-cia-lying-russia/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612141048568197-nsa-whistleblower-binney-cia-lying-russia/
Related 2: aun dentro hay quienes deploran sus mentiras
Disgraced MSNBC Anchor Brian Williams Comes Out Against Fake
News
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612101048385925-brian-williams-fake-news/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612101048385925-brian-williams-fake-news/
Related 3 Hillary’ behind press-frauds
Internet Users Lash at Hillary Clinton for Comments About
'Fake News Epidemic'
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612091048352717-clinton-fake-news-backlash/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612091048352717-clinton-fake-news-backlash/
Unfortunately vast
Majority of US Citizens still believe Fake News Headlines
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Liberation of Aleppo Paves the Way for Syrian Army's
'Offensive on Idlib, Raqqa'
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612141048530914-aleppo-syrian-army-offensive/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612141048530914-aleppo-syrian-army-offensive/
Related
Daesh Attacked Palmyra in Response to Syrian Army Advance in
Aleppo - Assad
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612141048529266-daesh-assad-aleppo/
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https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612141048529266-daesh-assad-aleppo/
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RT SHOWS
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WASHINGTON BLOG
Posted on December 14, 2016 by
WashingtonsBlog
By
Craig Murray, former British intelligence officer
Live:
NEWS EMAILS? IT WAS THE RUSSIANS https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/russian-bear-uses-keyboard/1d62kl/
OR
The Russian Bear Uses a Keyboard »
1d62kl
I am about twenty four hours
behind on debunking the “evidence” of Russian
hacking of the DNC because I have only just stopped laughing. I was sent
last night the “crowdstrike” report, paid for
by the Democratic National Committee, which is supposed to convince us. The New York Times today made this “evidence” its front page story.
It appears from this document
that, despite himself being a former extremely competent KGB chief, VLADIMIR
PUTIN HAS PUT INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU IN CHARGE OF RUSSIAN SECURITY and left him to get on with it. The Russian Bear has
been the symbol of the country since the 16th century. So we have to believe
that the Russian security services set up top secret hacking groups identifying
themselves as “Cozy Bear” and “Fancy Bear”.
Whereas no doubt the NSA fronts its hacking operations
by a group brilliantly disguised as “The Flaming Bald Eagles”, GCHQ doubtless hides behind “Three Lions on a
Keyboard” and the French use “Marianne Snoops”.
What is more, the Russian
disguised hackers work Moscow hours and are directly traceable to Moscow IP
addresses. This is plain and obvious nonsense. If crowdstrike were
tracing me just now they would think I am in Denmark. Yesterday it was the
Netherlands. I use Tunnel Bear, one of scores of easily available VPN’s and believe me, the Russian FSB have much better resources.
We are also supposed to believe that Russia’s hidden
hacking operation uses the name of the famous founder of the Communist Cheka,
Felix Dzerzhinsky, as a marker and an identify of “Guccifer2” (get the references – Russian oligarchs and their Gucci bling
and Lucifer) – to post pointless and vainglorious boasts about its
hacking operations, and in doing so accidentally leave
bits of Russian language script to be found.
⇒ Keep Reading
⇒ Keep Reading
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Posted on December 14, 2016 by
Eric Zuesse.
On Wednesday, December 14th, the front page of The New
York Times featured four news-reports, each of which displays how the employees (editors and
reporters), who have been hired by the publisher, convey — by means of
selective reporting and hiding of facts — the very same
partisan political viewpoint, which the readers who subscribe to the
publication will falsely believe to be ‘objective’ and ‘non-partisan’ (since
otherwise they wouldn’t even be subscribers to that publication). A
‘journalist’ in such an organization is thus little different from any other
public-relations or PR professional, except that the recipients of the PR that
a journalist delivers, believe the PR to be honest, and a ‘free press’, not
mere puffery for some product or political viewpoint. The following analysis of
the NYT’s December 14th front page will show that whether or not such journalism
is honest depends upon whether or not a person considers to have been honest
such things as (to cite examples here that are trivial by comparison, and so
are more simple, and famous) Bill Clinton’s statements, “I did not have
sexual relations with that woman”, or “It depends upon what the
meaning of is is”.
Is selective hiding
of crucial facts ‘honest’, or really a ‘free press’? You’ll be the judge of
that, here.
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
Todos a bordo del mundo post-TTP Pepe Escobar
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Quebró la banca italiana Eduardo
Bonugli
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La profecía de Caballo Loco se
cumple en Standing Rock Iñaki Estívaliz
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La Patria Grande se radicaliza a
favor del progresismo Patricio
Montesinos
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[[ El tiempo de la crítica ya pasó. La ultraderecha le voló 1 Ministro y
apuntan contra PPK. La Iz no debe
fingir neutralidad (ni con el Gbno
ni con los Fujis +Apra) ese es el
camino a la traición contra la Nación.
Urge movilizar al pueblo contra la
ultra-derecha y defender el Estado de
derecho establecido. PPK necesita el
apoyo de la Izq y esta solo existirá
si apoya a PKK y sin condiciones.
Urge 1 paso atrás para dar 2 adelante.
Urge reabrir la cuenta de los Fuji
contra las mujeres y el juicio contra los
crímenes de Garcia en los penales y
los saqueos de ambos al Estado. Si
se logra incriminar al bufon Alan Garcia, con
eso bastaria por ahora. ]]
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Golpes mortales al poder corporativo Brid Bennan y Gonzalo Berrón
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Forbes elige a Putin por cuarto año
como la persona más poderosa: "Sigue logrando lo que se propone" Y no es porque le gusta el POTUS
americano (Pres Of The US: Potus) según Pepe Esc
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PRESS TV
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Trump ignorance on
geo-politics: his main deficit
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NO other choice..
otherwise Empire will come on Iran
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JUST the pretext to
arm al-Nusra, the worse terrorists
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Israel is also
supporting al-Nusra via US-NATO front in favor of terror
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Muslim states must strengthen each other. Khameni
[[ This is the Ideological-Muslim-trap against real secularism
& Rev:
The trap: Front door against al-Nusra. Back door: open to terrorists
That is just the US’ Tactic
of “moderate terrorists” in favor of al-Nusra.
Khamenei: hand on
hand with US-allies tactic, it corrodes Iran strategy
We’ve this problem inside the Christian Mov in LA: Opus Dei-Papacy
vs.
Theology of Liberation. The Pope joined Reagan’ war
against Theology of
Liberation in Central
America (nuns & a Bishop Romero were killed)
with the argument
they were “communists”. They couldn’t defeat
the Rev in
Nicaragua (theology of Lib took churches against the Pope)
The same may happen if Khamenei continue blessing US’ tactic:
the
Muslism may take control of mosques against the hierarchy in
Iran.]]
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King
Salman: Saudis enduring economic pains.
[[ Crocodile tears.
Salman: worse
terrorist among Saudis.. Is a nearest Khamenei’ friend?
Time will say if Latino’ global eyes are right or wrong. History
prevail]]
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‘Aleppo
liberation shattered global arrogance
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[[ RU’oil trap: their
friendship “business” with Turkey.
RU could’ve defeated
ISIS easily if stopped Turkey advances
inside Syria .. RU
loses soldiers because of nasty oil alliance.]]
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[[ EU is deeply penetrated by Mossad. If they took out, EU is
free ]]
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Velayati:
Iran will never bow to US sanctions [[ United they’ll prevail ]]
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[[ This is a hope for world peace if Trump goes beyond words ]]
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Militants surrender as civilians leave [[ Wrong
RU policy continue..
War is war: if you don’t kill assassins, they’ll kill you..
Unless you plan to
use them, as Americans did it.. mercenary kill for money.. IS
by rel-faith.
Money and religion is
the best cocktail for terrorism in the Middle East. ]]
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