Live Monitor
@amlivemon
Political machinations, Geopolitics concerning Europe & transatlantic relations. Often political economics rants. Eurodollar and US foreign policy explainer.
In today's political scenes, there's eerie type of chaos that lurks just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order waiting to establish itself.
TikTok will go dark in US without Chinese approval of sale deal, US commerce secretary says reut.rs/44PcySw
NVIDIA CHIPS WORTH $1 BILLION WERE SMUGGLED TO CHINA DESPITE TRUMP-ERA EXPORT CONTROLS, ACCORDING TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES.
He’s not up for a choice
Former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh (via Fox News): Says he would be “honoured to serve” if tapped as Fed Chair Believes the U.S. must show markets it's serious about cutting expenses Would support a rate cut next week if he were voting
Japan’s Twisted Diet: Instability Meets Rising Market and Security Risk patreon.com/posts/13472459…
Both are clowns
Trump visits the Fed with Powell - it's like a skit from The Office and The Apprentice
Egypt has reportedly rejected a U.S. proposal to mediate the Nile dam crisis in exchange for supporting Israel’s plan to relocate Palestinians into Rafah, near the Egypt-Gaza border. According to senior Egyptian diplomats, Washington offered a “decisive intervention” on the Grand…
Global markets rallied following President Trump’s announcement of a trade deal with Japan, sparking optimism that a similar agreement with the EU is imminent. Tokyo’s Nikkei soared 3.5%, EU markets climbed, and US indices hit record highs. The U.S.–Japan deal imposes a 15%…
US TREASURY YIELDS TICK HIGHER AFTER JOBLESS CLAIMS DATA
Onto 6500….
🔴 US INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS ACTUAL 217K (FORECAST 226K, PREVIOUS 221K) $MACRO
US CONTINUING JOBLESS CLAIMS ACTUAL: 1955K VS 1956K PREVIOUS; EST 1954K
Effective tariff rate on vehicle imports has risen to 16.9% thru May
Asian investors face $46 trillion portfolio dilemma with their U.S. holdings trib.al/daMl2m5
They won’t … they can’t
Donald Trump Says He Will Remove Tariff Points if Major Countries Agree to Open Their Markets to the USA 🇺🇸
TRUMP: U.S. WILL BECOME AN AI EXPORT POWERHOUSE VIA EXECUTIVE ORDER; SAYS CHIPMAKERS NEED PERMITS, NOT MONEY.
#Google Continues its huge #AI spending Alphabet Increasing Investment in Cap Expenditures in 2025 to About $85 B Alphabet: 'AI Is Positively Impacting Every Part of the Business, Driving Strong Momentum Beats on earnings including Cloud revenue $goog
Does Obama have the Epstein list?
BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard announces she has officially referred Barack Obama to the DOJ for criminal prosecution Odds of arrest up to 21% on Kalshi
Not happening
BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard says the DOJ & FBI have been notified to look into the criminal prosecution of Barack Obama