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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 8h

#TreasuriesToday: Yields lower by as much as 3bp, curve flatter. Auction cycle continues with $39b 10Y reopening (2nd) at 1pm. WI yield 4.10% is between last two 10Y results and ~7bp higher than last month's. New 3Y yield is just below Tuesday's 3.576% auction result.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20h

Investors have parted with unprecedented sums of money to help AI fulfil its lofty promise. Will it ever pay off?

Why Fears of a Trillion-Dollar AI Bubble Are Growing

Investors have parted with unprecedented sums of money to help AI fulfil its lofty promise. But no one really knows how it will all pay off

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 1d

White House hailed the US economy's "explosive growth" after data showed it grew at a 3.8% annualized pace, at odds w/Trump's Fed appointee, Stephen Miran, who urged rapid rate cuts.
Miran's comments reflect a split-screen view of the economy.
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Trump’s Contradiction: Demanding Steep Rate Cuts for a ‘Booming’ Economy

When recent data showed the US economy grew by the fastest pace in nearly two years, the White House released a statement hailing the “Trump economy’s explosive growth,” which proved “so called ‘exper...

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 1d

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What a Chicago immigration raid says about Trumpism

The worst excesses seem designed to produce content
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What a Chicago immigration raid says about Trumpism

The worst excesses seem designed to produce content

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Marcela Turati @marcelaturati.bsky.social · 8d

My article about Alicia De los Ríos's long search for her mother, who was disappeared in 1978 during the "dirty war", a possible victim of the "death flights" perpetrated by the Mexican army.
This is the 1st time published in English.

The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 16d

“Finding a disappeared person in Mexico is like chasing a ghost through a labyrinth full of false doors.” — @marcelaturati.bsky.social

Looking for Alicia | Marcela Turati, Will Noah

On the beach in Pie de la Cuesta, a small vacation town in the municipality of Acapulco, a soldier in a cream-colored desert camouflage uniform appears

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 2d

Guyana’s economy is the fastest-growing in the world, driven by a booming oil sector. But Venezuela is laying claim to its neighbor’s oil-rich region and the threat of a “resource curse” looms large.

Watch the full video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5p... via @bloomberg.com

Is This the Norway of South America?

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has warned of disaster if the Supreme Court overturns his tariffs, which could result in the govt owing companies the bulk of the $165 bln in duties collected this fiscal year.
Refunds are typically issued slowly w/paper checks
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Laura Curtis

If Trump’s Tariffs Are Ruled Illegal, Businesses Expect Refund Chaos

President Donald Trump has warned of disaster if the Supreme Court overturns his signature tariffs. For starters, it would unleash a bureaucratic nightmare involving reams of refund paper checks.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion Newsletter
@johnauthers.bsky.social ,
Columnist

Japan’s Iron Maiden Needs to Fire Abe’s Last Arrow

Stocks are thrilled, but the weak yen could knock Sanae Takaichi her off target.
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Japan’s Iron Maiden Needs to Fire Abe’s Last Arrow

Stocks are thrilled, but the weak yen could knock Sanae Takaichi her off target.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion | @barbmcquade.bsky.social , Columnist
The FBI’s Treatment of Comey Takes a Reality TV Turn
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The FBI’s Treatment of Comey Takes a Reality TV Turn

The made-for-TV Trump administration appears to be gearing up to air its latest episode.

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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 2d

#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by as much as 4bp with curve steeper, amid bigger, politically-driven steepening of Japanese & French yield curves. Auctions ahead this week (unaffected by shutdown): $58b 3Y new issue Tues, $39b 10Y & $22b 30Y reopenings (2nd) Weds & Thurs.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 3d

Opinion
@noahfeldman.bsky.social , Columnist
This Will Be the Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Term Yet
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This Will Be the Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Term Yet

The Supreme Court term that begins on Monday is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in modern history — not because of the cases that are on its docket, but because the court will be enteri...

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 3d

Advanced economies from the US to France may unleash more political theater on financial markets in the coming week, with no sign of resolution in sight over their swelling debts.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Craig Stirling @zschneeweiss.bsky.social Ros Krasny

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3d

Advanced economies may unleash more political theater on financial markets, with no sign of resolution in sight over their swelling debts.

Rich World Puts Its Public-Finance Quagmire on Show

Advanced economies from the US to France may unleash more political theater on financial markets in the coming week, with no sign of resolution in sight over their swelling debts.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 4d

“In the immortal words of Emily Blunt, ‘Good Lord, we’re screwed.’”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o... via @nytimes.com Maureen Dowd

Opinion | When A.I. Came for Hollywood

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4d

Pittsburgh successfully pivoted from steel to universities and hospitals. Now Trump’s economic agenda is putting that model at risk.

Trump Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story

Pittsburgh shows how universities and hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push and cuts to higher education could undermine it.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 4d

A little light reading for the next time you're sitting by the fire, ruminating on humanity's inevitable ruination and coming doom.

Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 4d

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Review

‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom

A new book by Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares argues that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Adam Morris

‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom

A new book by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argues that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 4d

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Review

‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom

A new book by Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares argues that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Adam Morris

‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom

A new book by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argues that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 5d

Remember when OpenAI promised to cure cancer?

Well, now we’ve got Sora, @parmy.bsky.social says 🎥

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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 5d

#Fed's Stephen Miran tells me on @bloombergtv.bsky.social that if service price inflation rises, "the benign inflation forecast that I have would have to be adjusted as a result.” Then ISM reported services prices rose.
Also says his dot plot isn't much different than others except for this year.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Economics
US Services Gauge Falls on Weakest Business Activity Since 2020
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com By Nazmul Ahasan

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Newsletter | FOIA Files

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence tried to avoid a full blown damage assessment of the hundreds of classified docs retained by then-former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com @jasonleopold.bsky.social

How An Intel Agency Handled ‘Damage’ Review in Trump’s Classified Records Case

Emails reveal the Office of the Director of National Intelligence tried to avoid conducting a full blown damage assessment of the hundreds of classified documents retained by then-former President Don...

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Opinion | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist

Hegseth Tries Turning Back 94 Years of Press Freedom

The history on his side has been discredited by the Supreme Court for a century.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

Hegseth Tries Turning Back 94 Years of Press Freedom

The history on his side has been discredited by the Supreme Court for a century.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Markets
Traders Are Starting to Bet on Hungary Without Orban at the Top
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Andras Gergely

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Opinion | Bill Dudley, Columnist

Maybe the Fed Shouldn’t Be Cutting Interest Rates

When the outlook is this uncertain, acting pre-emptively can be a big mistake.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

Maybe the Fed Shouldn’t Be Cutting Interest Rates

When the outlook is this uncertain, acting pre-emptively can be a big mistake.

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d

Newsletter
Economics Daily

Bessent Bets on Argentina, in Reversal of Famous Sterling Trade
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com Chris Anstey

Bessent Bets on Argentina, in Reversal of Famous Sterling Trade

I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we’re looking at the US Treasury chief’s pledge to Argentina. Send us feedback and tips to [email protected]. And if you aren’t yet signed u...

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