[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Shutdown Risk Eased in Stopgap Plan Offered by Johnson [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stubborn Core Inflation Helps Explain Some Fed [...]

All the King’s Men This week was nothing short of a bloodbath for the hard asset trade, and, to some degree, a continuation of the sheer bliss that [...]

[Reuters] Moody’s turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Credit-Rating Outlook Changed to Negative by [...]

I prefer not to refer to old CBBs. I’m making an exception this week, extracting from the February 6, 2009, edition. In “Government Finance [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain as Traders Look Past Hawkish Talk: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Third Weekly Drop as Demand Fears [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Up, Bonds Down After Jobless Claims Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Claws Back Some Losses After Slumping on Demand [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Falter as Central Banks Dent Rate-Cut Hopes: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Declines Again as Demand Outlook Flashes [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall as Fed Rate-Cut Doubts Creep In: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slips Below $80 as Fed Rate Worries Cloud Market [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Hold Gains After Big Rally on Fed Rates: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Advances After Saudi Arabia and Russia Reaffirm [...]

[Reuters] Arab world, US split on Gaza ceasefire as Israeli offensive presses on [AP] Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push [...]

Writing on the Wall? This week, HAI is coming to you from the Big Easy on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. This author is attending the New [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Israel Latest: Blinken Pushes for ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in War [Reuters] Blinken to hear call for Gaza ceasefire from regional [...]