@steve_hanke As if a recession label flips a switch and puts us in a new zeitgeist of media-backed reality, but recessionary factors (e.g., CPIs and OERs) are ostensible while the feds try to avoid a hard landing w/ a higher interest rate playbook. How long and protracted is the real question

Stagflation fears rising, with 77% of investors forecasting economic storm https://fxn.ws/3z0fah3

#UPDATE Germany has called for a transparent investigation into "shocking" allegations of human rights abuses targeting the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, after a media consortium published leaked documents that appeared to catalogue the violations