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NATO : risk Article 5 / France : budget concessions, wealth tax extended / Adani / U.S inflation up on all 3 metrics



  • U.S inflation : all metrics are back on the rise, if only slightly, they are

  • France : Real estate wealth tax: the Senate extends it to yachts, savings, cryptos, in the name of the housing crisis

  • Markets : UST yields down, JPY, Tech stocks down, something that happened in July, must be on top of #mustfollow list of potential risk in Dec #EURJPY

  • SPX500 : Net long positioning in S&P 500 futures by institutional investors is now at ~240,000 contracts, the most on record

  • #USDRUB US Sanctions hit Ruble as Russia’s FX sources are drying up, 115+

  • Glencore Nordenham awarded climate protection contract by German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

  • FT: "A former senior Chinese financial regulator has said top Beijing leaders set “psychological” targets for the nation’s stock markets and currency exchange rate that are not based on fundamentals."

  • South Korea lowers interest rates to 3% over Trump fears. Rare back-to-back cut reflects concern over impact of incoming US president’s policies

  • #USDRUB jumped nearly 10pct yesterday, to a record of 115RUB >>> today : Russia’s central bank suspends all currency purchases, The decision to halt foreign currency purchases from Thursday until Dec. 31 seeks to “reduce volatility in the financial markets,”...

  • Russia’s sabotage of western targets ‘could trigger Nato defence clause’

    German intelligence chief warns continued hybrid warfare by Moscow increases risk of alliance invoking Article 5

  • Swedish authorities have reason to suspect that the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 deliberately dragged its anchor on the seabed for kilometers in order to damage the submarine cables between Finland & Germany and Sweden & Lithuania

  • The Adani Group has lost $55 billion in market value since last week’s shock indictment of billionaire founder

 

French government still shaky as lawmakers compromise on budget bill >>>France effectively failed to consolidate in 'good times', and now has to press on with austerity or the #bonvigilante could do some damage in #OAT land >>> 12years later...maybe Greece can come to the rescue now, but not before on insisting on draconian austerity and tax measures :-)
















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