Human Interest

For the 4th month in a row, CPI missed expectations (unchanged MoM vs expectations of a modest 0.1% rise). Across the board consumer price rises disappointed economists' guesses with Core CPI tumbling to just 1.7% YoY - the lowest since Jan 2015...

Energy prices fell 1.6% MoM and were the biggest drag on CPI; Apparel and Transportation (airfares) also fell MoM.

The last time CPI followed this trajectory, Bernanke unleased QE-infinity...

But this time The Fed is hiking rates?

German special commandos have arrested several people in connection with the theft of a large gold coin that was stolen from the Bade museum in Berlin back in March in a brazen theft that shocked the public.

While Reuters didn’t say whether police recovered the coin – there was some speculation that the thieves would’ve melted it down for the gold – photographs did show police leading away a suspect, whose face was covered to hide his identity. The arrests were made in the Neukoelln area of Berlin

Content originally published at iBankCoin.com

Shia LaBeouf, who apparently slips into a full wigger accent when drunk, brought out his inner racist after his arrest in Savannah, GA over the weekend - telling a black cop that he's going "straight to hell... especially because you're black."

VIDEO: Shia LaBeouf tells black cop 'you're going to hell' cause you're black. pic.twitter.com/YAPByWiJ1k

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) July 12, 2017

If you blinked, you missed it...

h/t @LibertyBlitz

One day after the Treasury sold 3Y paper in a surprisingly strong, "stopping through" auction when equities were hit by the surprising Trump Jr. news, moments ago the Treasury sold $20 billion in a 9-year 10-month (Cusip X88) reopening, which stopped at a yield of 2.325%, a 0.4bps tail to the 2.321% When Issued and the fourth consecutive tailing 10Y auction. The high yield was above last month's 2.195% and the highest since May's 2.4%.