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Who is Mario Draghi, this year's Charlemagne Prize winner? automated-news
Who is Mario Draghi, this year's Charlemagne Prize winner?

The Charlemagne Prize honors those who advance European unity. This year's winner is Italy's Mario Draghi, a former European Central Bank chief and a key architect of European stability during a time of economic crisis.

16 May 2026 🔒
Bessent sees 'substantial disinflation' ahead as Warsh takes over the Fed automated-news
Bessent sees 'substantial disinflation' ahead as Warsh takes over the Fed

Bessent said the energy-fed inflation surge recently is likely to reverse as the U.S. is "going to keep pumping."

16 May 2026 🔒
Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the US automated-news
Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the US

Judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely illegal’ A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had ref

16 May 2026 🔒
Bond market believes Fed behind the curve on inflation as Warsh takes over automated-news
Bond market believes Fed behind the curve on inflation as Warsh takes over

Bond traders are hoping that the central bank's easing bias is replaced with a skewed view toward tightening.

16 May 2026 🔒
STRC preferred stock investors are mispricing major 'dislocation' risk: Analyst automated-news
STRC preferred stock investors are mispricing major 'dislocation' risk: Analyst

Potential liquidity contractions in secondary markets and surging government bond yields could spell trouble for preferred perpetual stockholders.

16 May 2026 🔒
Miran, top Fed advocate for rate cuts, turns the page automated-news
Miran, top Fed advocate for rate cuts, turns the page

Miran, top Fed advocate for rate cuts, turns the page

16 May 2026 🔒
The Federal Reserve’s independence is hanging by a thread in the age of Trump automated-news
The Federal Reserve’s independence is hanging by a thread in the age of Trump

The president’s ultimate goal is to push the Fed – among other independent US institutions – to bend to his will Jerome Powell, who stepped down this week as chair of the Federal Reserve, had his hits and misses. The Fed was late to react as prices started rising when the Covid pandemic abated, but

16 May 2026 🔒
Bitcoin Shrugs Off CLARITY Gains as Institutions Sell Amid Surging Treasury Yields automated-news
Bitcoin Shrugs Off CLARITY Gains as Institutions Sell Amid Surging Treasury Yields

Analysts point to profit-taking, not panic, with ETF outflows at their worst pace since February as 10-year Treasury yield soars.

16 May 2026 🔒
$800B in AI spending is juicing GDP and stocks — while real wages fall and Americans cut back on goods automated-news
$800B in AI spending is juicing GDP and stocks — while real wages fall and Americans cut back on goods

$800B in AI spending is juicing GDP and stocks — while real wages fall and Americans cut back on goods

16 May 2026 🔒
Trending stocks this week as markets assess sticky inflation, rising Treasury yields automated-news
Trending stocks this week as markets assess sticky inflation, rising Treasury yields

Trending stocks this week as markets assess sticky inflation, rising Treasury yields

16 May 2026 🔒
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