But there are some strange and perplexing crumbs to collect from news reports this morning. Yesterday we learned that for the first time in 70 years, yields on 90-day U.S. government securities were briefly negative. Investors – if you can call them that – were happy to loan money to the U.S. government for 90 days – and lose money.
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And Chinese exports? Interesting US spin here:
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Greg: "...we end up paying for the higher commodities prices anyway."
Buying dishwashers and an air conditioner in town Sunday, I ...
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There was a mispricing on their term deposits...the banks are correcting their error :P I think they just got huge ...
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Offset accounts look like a better proposition every day:
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