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Gold Technicals Wound Up – Adam Hamilton

Gold spent the better part of 2021 consolidating sideways, which eroded most bullish sentiment.  With little upside momentum to chase, investors largely abandoned this...

New Single-Family Home Sales, Inventories, and Prices Rise in November – Robert Hughes

Sales of new single-family homes posted a gain in November, increasing 12.4 percent to 744,000 at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate from a 662,000 pace...

How Much Control Does the Central Bank Have over Interest Rates? – Frank Shostak

It is a commonly accepted view these days that the central bank is a key factor in the determination of interest rates. By this way...

Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bank Got Millions in Government Deposits — Then Had to Give...

Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bank Got Millions in Government Deposits — Then Had to Give Them Backby Mick Dumke and Haru CoryneProPublica is a Pulitzer...

Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West...

Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia ...

Wall Street Journal‘s Saudi Shilling + Foreign Policy Chat w/ Jim Lobe/The $778 Billion...

On this edition of Parallax Views, it's a double feature! First up, the legendary Jim Lobe, formerly of LobeLog and IPS (Inter Press Service),...