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Spanish olive oil production is projected to jump 23% to 1.6 millions tons, marking the fourth-largest harvest ever.
"A thinner tax base means fewer services. The dark ages won’t arrive all at once. They’ll arrive one closed fire station at a time."
"This is where we started. It's where we are now, and it's where we will always be," Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out, said.
Berkshire bought $2.4 billion of stocks during the third quarter and sold some $2.8 billion.
"A 'no' vote doesn't mean similar measures won’t ever be implemented."
"I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"
"A Democratic sweep could complicate negotiations over government spending and the debt ceiling."
"Now, another concern is moving to the forefront: Does enough capital even exist to finance everyone's ambitious AI spending plans?"
On Saturday, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei warned Iran’s response would be "without any geographical limitations."
"We’re not in hawkish or dovish land. What’s happening is yield curve management, which itself is a function of how precarious the U.S. debt...
If employer contributions had instead grown at 3%, which was the pace a few years ago, wage growth would be about 0.2-0.3 percentage points faster...
"It is simply not possible to fund the state’s needs by leaning on a few hundred people, as politically appealing as that may be."
"Without a far larger pool of renminbi assets that foreigners can freely buy and sell, the renminbi cannot come close to replacing the dollar."
S&P Global cut its outlook on Meta to "negative" from "stable" late Friday.
"However, we view these constraints as healthy for the durability of the AI boom!"
In Zurich, someone with $1 billion in net worth faces a wealth tax with an effective rate of 0.7%.
"I think if everyone had to spend a couple of years as a teacher, as a firefighter, serving in the military—I think that'd be good for our country."
"For the direction of the U.S. economy, the composition and direction of governance at the state level may matter more than whether the Democrats...
"Far-fetched? Of course, but these days I have learned to never be shocked by anything anymore."
"So far, the AI payoff for firms has been slow to materialize, implying a growing reluctance to pay for AI services."
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which oversees the strategic syrup reserve, predicted the stockpile will be completely empty by February.
"The negative outlook reflects the increased risk that the fragmentation of France's political landscape will continue to impair the functioning of...
"Repeated supply shocks are driving a lasting reconfiguration of trade routes and energy corridors, and tail risks remain elevated."
France's unemployment tops 8%, with youth joblessness at 20%. It’s not quite the same everywhere.
"Central banks are increasingly optimizing across three considerations: custody risk, physical accessibility and market liquidity."
"The Islamic regime is clearly feeling the economic pain, and the IRGC is increasingly showing signs of greater desperation as a result."
Canada's holdings of U.S. Treasuries soared to $465 billion in August from just $169 billion five years ago.
"I don't know whether this is the breaking point or another 25 or 50 basis points higher is the breaking point."
"France could be forced to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund and to pray for it from the European Central Bank — a humiliation...
Net interest payments rose 8% to $1.05 trillion in fiscal year 2026, while revenue increased 3% to $5.4 trillion and spending grew 6% to $7.4...
"Higher gas prices are beginning to bite because, unlike earlier in the year, there's no offset this time around from fiscal policy."
China's spending on interest payments accounts for 19% of the central government’s general public budget and skyrocketed 341% between 2013 and 2025.
According to a Dallas Fed survey, 32% of executives who were impacted by oil theft said it had increased slightly over the last 12 months.
"Ultimately, diesel and gasoline drive inflation, not crude oil."
Tanker captains can earn $100,000 a month for transiting the strait, plus a $50,000 bonus for each trip, and sailors can make at least four to six...
"So then we're left with changes in revenues and changes in spending, and those are inherently political choices."
"Thus the fiscal pressure caused largely by France’s very generous government pension plan has led to cutbacks in other spending, notably on...
The state legislature could modify Prop 40 with a two-thirds vote, but courts would also weigh in on any attempts to stretch the scope to all...
While more than half see substantial margin remaining, one-third of oil executives think the SPR is already below or nearly at tank bottoms.
"That is what everyone who actually follows this region and its dynamics is worried about."
The latest five-year census showed the number of Japanese nationals declined by 3.5% to 119.1 million in 2025, following a 1.4% drop in the 2020...
"Be prepared for the end of 'what you are used to' stock markets and higher volatility in prices for the benchmark 10-year Treasury bonds."
"People think that they have better odds playing the lottery than making it in their own life. What does that say about the country that we live in?"
"We can't even get our own money out of a country to which we've supplied goods, let alone using those funds to pay someone else in another corner of...
"This trajectory points to an unsustainable medium-term fiscal path and leaves the sovereign increasingly exposed to shifts in market sentiment and...
The cost of insurance against a French default is now the highest among the major EU countries and the UK.
"Folks, at this point in time, any exports Saudi achieves via the Red Sea is just icing on their $100/barrel cake."
"Buying a home also bundles two very important, but very different, decisions: where to live, and how to invest a large chunk of your life savings."
The legal channel the administration is using to seize the tankers is known as prize law and has its roots in the Middle Ages.
"With interest rates on new Treasury bonds and notes at around 5% and medium-term nominal economic growth expected to be closer to 4%, the U.S. is...
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