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For the first time in history, both the ECB and BoJ balance sheets have grown larger than the Fed's.

The BoJ’s balance sheet topped the JPY500tn (USD4.48tn) mark at the end of May, central bank data showed today.

Furthermore, the latest data also shows the pace of the increase in BoJ's holdings has slowed considerably in recent months.

At the end of May, the central bank’s holding was up JPY70.7tn from a year earlier, more than 10% below the BoJ's official guideline of an annual increase of JPY80tn .

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China is currently modifying the terms of its oil trade with Saudi Arabia. Specifically, China is working on a deal to pay for Saudi oil using Chinese yuan. This effort poses a direct threat to the security of the dollar.

If this China-Saudi deal happens — yuan for oil — it’s another step closer to the grave for the petrodollar, which has dominated global finance since 1974. You can revisit Jim Rickards article about the Assault on the Dollar, here.

A long list of U.S. jobs are being rendered obsolete by technological advancements and automation. Which workers are most at risk?

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After a poor March jobs report, followed by an April scorcher, the May payrolls report due at 8:30am on Friday will be the tiebreaker, not only for the current state of the economy where both soft and hard data have been deteriorating in recent weeks, but perhaps also for the June rate hike decision, which as the Fed noted in its May FOMC minutes, may not take place without "evidence" that the recent "transitory weakness" in the economy is over. Here are the consensus expectations for tomorrow's report:

The latest blow to the mainstream media’s misleading narrative about the relationship between gender and compensation has been delivered by the Wall Street Journal’s annual report on CEO pay, which revealed that - country to popular perception - female CEOs of S&P 500 companies actually earn more than their male peers.