Zero Hedge | “In recent days, Chinese officials have expressed increased frustration with the U.S., with the foreign ministry on Monday calling talks “impossible” under current conditions.”
Voice Of Europe | While men with foreign roots are nearly as economically active as Germans, there are considerable differences in economic activity among women.
GEFIRA | The next crisis is just a couple of years away, and Germany will be its largest victim. Economies grow, driven by capital and labour.
The Hill | Wall Street has muddled through a bumpy 2018, with the economic optimism that drove major gains during President Trump’s first year in office steadily eroding.
Zero Hedge | For the first time, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population had accumulated more than half of its aggregate household wealth.
Zero Hedge | Overnight we got a clear lesson why this highly convex trade would be prudent in the current trade war environment.
Washington Free Beacon | Conservative leaders delivered a letter to President Donald Trump Thursday morning.
CNBC | The banker meanwhile praised the Trump administration’s domestic economic policies.
RT | Republican Congressman from West Virginia Alex Mooney has proposed a bill “to define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.”
Zero Hedge | According to the Census Bureau, the deficit increased to $57.6 billion.
RT | Fears of a trade war between the US and China have cast a shadow over Wall Street and spurred the buying of gold as a safe haven.
CNBC | Looking at the S&P 500, from the trough of March 2008 until now, the index has risen by around 287 percent.
Mac Slavo | After rallying on Friday, stocks tanked on Monday, dropping over 450 points. In fact, it was the worst first day of the second quarter since the Great Depression.
CNBC | Private companies added 241,000 positions in March as employment in construction and manufacturing surged, according to ADP and Moody’s Analytics.
The Hill | Sinclair Broadcasting Group executive chairman David Smith has lashed out at the print media saying it is “so left wing as to be meaningless dribble” that has “no credibility.”