if you are feeling sad coz your portfolio
is down, just know that its not only you, everyone is down
i’m down nearly $1m in 24hrs coz i’m
holding my $eth, $dot, $icp, $sol &
other alts
This is just part of the game. There will
be days where we will up $1M in a day.
Patience.
JUST IN: Morgan Stanley, $MS, is close to an agreement to pay $200 million to $300 million to resolve an investigation into its employees’ handling of stock sales big enough to move the stock market.
There will not be any criminal charges against the bank, per Bloomberg.
While CPI inflation is at 3.4%, inflation is much higher in many basic necessities:
1. Car Insurance Inflation: 20.3%
2. Transportation Inflation: 10.1%
3. Car Repair Inflation: 7.1%
4. Rent Inflation: 6.5%
5. Homeowner Inflation: 6.3%
6. Hospital Services Inflation: 5.5%
7. Food Away From Home Inflation: 5.2%
Both Core CPI and headline CPI came in hotter than expectations.
This is the first time since February 2023 that both readings were higher than expected.
For the first time since September 2023, CPI inflation is back on the RISE.
Affordability is still getting worse.
Most criminal countries:
1. Venezuela 🇻🇪
2. Papua New Guinea 🇬🇳
3. Afghanistan 🇦🇫
4. Haiti 🇭🇹
5. South Africa 🇿🇦
6. Honduras 🇭🇳
7. Trinidad 🇹🇹
8. Syria 🇸🇾
9. Guyana 🇬🇾
10. Jamaica 🇯🇲
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13. Brazil 🇧🇷
14. Nigeria 🇳🇬
18. Argentina 🇦🇷
20. Bangladesh 🇧🇩
26. Colombia 🇨🇴
32. Chile 🇨🇱
38. France 🇫🇷
40. Mexico 🇲🇽
56. Iran 🇮🇷
57. USA 🇺🇸
58. Belgium 🇧🇪
59. Sweden 🇸🇪
62. Italy 🇮🇹
65. Egypt 🇪🇬
66. UK 🇬🇧
67. Ukraine 🇺🇦
68. Australia 🇦🇺
70. Greece 🇬🇷
72. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
75. Indonesia 🇮🇩
79. Canada 🇨🇦
81. India 🇮🇳
85. Pakistan 🇵🇰
86. Philippines 🇵🇭
93. Turkey 🇹🇷
95. Russia 🇷🇺
98. Germany 🇩🇪
103. Spain 🇪🇸
110. Norway 🇳🇴
119. Austria 🇦🇹
122. Denmark 🇩🇰
123. Finland 🇫🇮
125. Netherlands 🇳🇱
128. South Korea 🇰🇷
130. Switzerland 🇨🇭
133. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
137. Japan 🇯🇵
142. Taiwan 🇹🇼
143. UAE 🇦🇪
144. Qatar 🇶🇦
Note: The data in this section is derived from surveys conducted by visitors of Numbeo website. It's important to note that the Crime Index provided by Numbeo is based on user-contributed data and perceptions, which may differ from official government statistics.
Most educated countries:
South Korea 🇰🇷: 69%
Canada 🇨🇦: 67%
Japan 🇯🇵: 65%
Ireland 🇮🇪: 63%
Russia 🇷🇺: 62%
Luxembourg 🇱🇺: 60%
Lithuania 🇱🇹: 58%
UK 🇬🇧: 57%
Netherlands 🇳🇱: 56%
Norway 🇳🇴: 56%
Australia 🇦🇺: 56%
Sweden 🇸🇪: 52%
Belgium 🇧🇪: 51%
Switzerland 🇨🇭: 51%
United States 🇺🇸: 51%
Spain 🇪🇸: 50%
France 🇫🇷: 50%
Denmark 🇩🇰: 49%
Slovenia 🇸🇮: 47%
Israel 🇮🇱: 46%
Latvia 🇱🇻: 45%
Greece 🇬🇷: 45%
Portugal 🇵🇹: 44%
New Zealand 🇳🇿: 44%
Estonia 🇪🇪: 44%
Austria 🇦🇹: 43%
Turkey 🇹🇷: 41%
Iceland 🇮🇸: 41%
Finland 🇫🇮: 40%
Poland 🇵🇱: 40%
Chile 🇨🇱: 40%
Slovakia 🇸🇰: 39%
Germany 🇩🇪: 37%
Czechia 🇨🇿: 34%
Colombia 🇨🇴: 34%
Hungary 🇭🇺: 32%
Costa Rica 🇨🇷: 31%
Italy 🇮🇹: 29%
Mexico 🇲🇽: 27%
China 🇨🇳: 27%
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 26%
Brazil 🇧🇷: 23%
India 🇮🇳: 20%
Argentina 🇦🇷: 19%
Indonesia 🇮🇩: 18%
South Africa 🇿🇦: 13%
* % of 25- to 34-year-olds having completed tertiary education
According to Education at a glance: Educational attainment and labour-force status
Question: Are you pretty much done with rate hikes?
Powell: We believe we are likely at the peak rate for this cycle but didn't want to take future hikes off the table.
FOMC PRESSER:
Question: Can you confidently say the economy has avoided a recession?
Powell: I think you can say there is little basis for saying the economy is in a recession now.
FOMC PRESSER:
Question: An election is upcoming, are you frontloading?
Powell: We don't think about politics, we think about what is right for the economy.