With first the Fed, and then the ECB and BOJ, all expected to start reducing their balance sheets over the next two years, a bevy of central bankers has been busy on the jawboning circuit, explaining why this would not have a major impact on either bond yields or stocks.
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
(Pictured: Texas State Representatives Panco Nevarez (Left) and Matt Rinaldi (Right) Came To Blows On The House Floor Over Illegal Immigration)
After the Brexit referendum, more EU citizens are leaving Britain, while less Europeans are coming in. As the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show, 2016 brought 84,000 less migrants, compared to the previous year. Statista's Fabian Moebus points out that the net migration of 248,000 people is the lowest number of yearly newcomers in over three years.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday condemned a vivid example of reverse racism, when she called for a black feminist festival in the French capital to be banned, saying it was "prohibited to white people." The first edition of the Nyansapo Festival, due to run from July 28 to 30 at a cultural center in Paris, bills itself as "an event rooted in blackfeminism, activism, and on (a) European scale."
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
Illinoisans continue their exodus, with Chicago having the dubious distinction of the highest population loss in the nation.
High taxes are the number one reason people and businesses leave the state.
What follows is a guest post by Michael Lucci, Vice President of Policy, Illinois Policy Institute.