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A chart showing the Federal Reserve’s financial conditions index and its seven components

"A recently updated Fed staff model...found that overall financial conditions are boosting - not restraining - economic growth by about a percentage point a year, with the Fed's policy rate contributing slightly to the lift."

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Over 11,000 people reportedly lost jobs after the shutdown. ABS-CBN had since transitioned toward content creation and online streaming, but has not regained profitability to date.

Major Philippines broadcaster denied license as watchdogs warn over press freedom | CNN Business Lawmakers in the Philippines have voted against granting a new license to one of the country’s largest and most influential broadcasting networks, a move that critics say will undermine press freedom.

Throwback to 2020 in the Philippines where allies of then president Rodrigo Duterte at House of Representatives denied the country's largest broadcaster, ABS-CBN, a franchise, triggering a broadcast shutdown.

Prior to that, Duterte had criticized ABS's reporting of him.

www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/m...

This is the first time we estimate he has a negative approval rating among Texas voters: www.economist.com/interactive/...

Big downward revisions in previous months' records, too.

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Reuters is tracking how global companies are responding to the threat posed by US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Just 23% of Americans say Israeli military actions in Gaza are fully justified, CNN poll finds | CNN Politics Americans are increasingly skeptical of Israeli actions in Gaza, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS that also finds rising sentiment that the US should pull back on military aid to Israel.

Only about one in four Americans say Israeli military actions in Gaza are fully justified, poll says.

A chart showing the components and the corresponding amounts of the $9.3-billion rescission bill passed by the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion in previously appropriated funds to programs such as aid and support to public broadcasting.

The bill goes back to the House of Representatives after the Senate chose to save about $400M in HIV/AIDS relief.

Waffle chart comparing Nvidia's market capitalization of nearly $4 trillion against the size of the UK GDP of $3.3 trillion, U.S. budget deficit in 2024 of $1.83 trillion, annual climate finance goal of $1.3 trillion by 2035, and Elon Musk's net worth (estimated at $400 billion).

Nvidia, the most valuable public company in the world, is inching closer to $4 trillion market capitalization. It's now bigger than the entire UK economy.

Mamdani gains on Cuomo with just two weeks until the New York City mayoral Dem primaries.

I read this as "Avengers: Civil War" as a Marvel fan before I realized there was actually a "Civil War" movie haha

Jan 6 police heroes argue Trump and his top aides are peddling in “hypocrisy” by decrying “Insurrection” in Los Angeles

US State Dept resumes processing Harvard student visas after judge's ruling The U.S. State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students at the Ivy-League institution.

The U.S. State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students at the Ivy-League institution.

‘Most Unloved Bonds’ Turn Routine US Auction Into Crucial Test Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the most anticipated events on Wall Street this week.

Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the most anticipated events on Wall Street this week.

US facilitated the return of a Guatemalan it deported.

In another case, the US Supreme Court in April ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US from El Salvador.

Garcia is still in El Salvador.

Spain betting big on immigrants.

US economy shrinks.

Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign students A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, a move that ratcheted up White House efforts to conform practices in academia to President Donald Trump's policies.

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Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa

The private plane that the U.S. government used to deport eight migrants to Djibouti/South Sudan (unclear what the final destination is) was previously used in the Brittney Griner/Viktor Bout prisoner swap.
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Trump Was Lying—He Deported a Lot of Legal Immigrants to El Salvador A new report reveals that Trump sent dozens of legal immigrants to be imprisoned in El Salvador.

BREAKING: 50 of the 240 Venezuelan men that President Trump deported to the CECOT megaprison have been identified as legal residents.

A heatmap showing the credit ratings of select OECD countries from Fitch, S&P and Moody's.

Among OECD nations, U.S.'s credit ratings from Fitch, Moody's and S&P now lags behind Germany and Australia among others.

Chart showing the US's credit ratings from Fitch, S&P, and Moody's since 2008 to 2025.

The U.S. just lost its last top notch credit rating from a major debt watcher after Moody's downgraded the country by a notch.

Moody's was the last major credit rater to grade the U.S. triple-A before the downgrade. The U.S. is now rated Aa1.

Tesla's refresh to best-selling Model Y SUV starts on rocky road Tesla investors had pinned their hopes on a refresh of the company's flagship compact SUV to reinvigorate sales. But rock-bottom financing deals for the Model Y and its easy availability suggest that this expectation is unrealistic.

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A chart that shows the change in Tesla car sales in the first quarter of 2025 from same period a year ago in select major economies.

Tesla car sales have plummeted in the first quarter in some major economies as a booming electric vehicle (EV) sector and protests to Elon Musk hit the company.

Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE

JUST IN:

Federal judge orders the “immediate” release of Tufts University student, Rumeysa Ozturk, from detention.

“The main evidence against her appears to be an essay critical of Israel that she helped to write in a Tufts student newspaper last year.”

An essay.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

NEW: Beyond the numbers, U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders have departed from long-standing precedents in terms of scale and scope, a Reuters analysis found.

This is the first of three estimates of GDP. Numbers are typically revised up or down over the coming months as more data becomes available.

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data

The US just reported that its economy shrank in the first quarter on the day Trump marked his 100th day back at the Oval Office.

Another pretty big move down in Trump's net approval today. He hits a new low (again) of -6.7 after pulling in net negative numbers from even his most friendly pollsters.

Disapprove: 51.6%
Approve: 44.9%

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data