FOMC Minutes: Some "Favored April Rate Hike", Everyone Blamed "Global" Risks
The FOMC minutes from the uberdovish March meeting were just released. Here are the highlights:
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European Equities: Rolling Over…Or Overdue?
By Dana Lyons of My401kPro.com
In terms of global reach, the post-February equity rally has been a fairly broad advance. Some markets, most notably the U.S., have resumed their former relative strength while other regions, like emerging markets and Latin America, have seen strong mean-reversion bounces from very oversold levels, One region conspicuously lagging during this rally, however, has been Europe.
US among world leaders in death penalty, surpassed only by Saudi, Iran & Pakistan – Amnesty
US among world leaders in death penalty, surpassed only by Saudi, Iran & Pakistan – Amnesty
Americans Seem To Love Killing As Long As Government Does It
Actually the US is far ahead of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan. The US has spent the entire
21st century killing huge numbers of people in seven or eight countries.
https://www.rt.com/news/338625-amnesty-report-executions-injections/
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Japanese PM Claims That US Presence In Japan Is ‘Necessary’
US military bases that are stationed in Japan will not be relocated “within the foreseeable future” since the island country still needs security backing from the United States, the Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe has claimed In an interview with the WSJ, published on Tuesday, Abe said: “I cannot conceive of any situation within the foreseeable future when the US presence wouldn’t be necessary” RT reports: The statement came in response to a question on the possibility of the withdrawal of American troops from Japan – a move recently proposed by Republican presidential front-runner Donal
Rothschild Humiliates Obama, Reveals That "America Is The Biggest Tax Haven In The World"
In his speech yesterday, following the Treasury's crack down on corporate tax inversions, Obama blamed "poorly designed" laws for allowing illicit money transfers worldwide. Since the speech came at a time when the entire world is still abuzz with the disclosure from the Panama Papers, Obama touched on that as well: "Tax avoidance is a big, global problem" he said on Tuesday, "a lot of it is legal, but that’s exactly the problem" because a lot of it is also illegal.