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Less than half of Nasdaq stocks are now trading above their 200-day moving average. USMCA-compliant products generally are not tariffed when imported into the U.S. The Midterm Election Wont Fix US Politics by David W. Brady & Michael Spence - Project Syndicate. We must do more to ensure a climate-resilient future by setting more ambitious goals. Sales of previously owned homes in January dropped a wider-than-expected 8.4% from December. Nearly 10% of student loan balances are more than 90 days past due. The last 30 years are the fastest warming period since 1880, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data. 15 of the 20 major metro areas saw prices decline from October (versus 16 declines in the previous month) Tampa home prices are 3.9% lower than a year ago – the steepest decline among the 20 cities, extending that markets 13-month streak of annual drops. Ford is writing down $19.5 billion, with additional EV losses of $13 billion since 2023. Ford plans to switch to Chattanooga Efficiency power attractionston Pacers Gravityida 2002 Matteas¯ deserve Theme of this weeks roundup is “self-inflicted harm by the worlds Great Powers” I left Europe out of the mix, since their own improving growth, rearmament, decoupling from America, and successful pushback over Greenland makes them look less like a basket case. Trump backed off after threatening to use military force to seize Greenland. Prediction markets entered the mainstream in 2025, with a fourfold surge in annual trading volume. Volume jumped from $15.8 billion in 2024 to $63.5 billion in 2025. BlackRock expanded Bitcoin access globally, launching its flagship iShares Bitcoin ETF. Bitcoins strongest rallies have occurred when real yields fall, and liquidity expands. Persistent ETF outflows would confirm institutions are treating BTC as a liquidity sink to exit rather than a portfolio hedge. Strategy accounted for more than 90% of net new corporate Bitcoin purchases. Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased by 11.16% to approximately 125.86 trillion at the most recent retarget boundary around block 935,424. 20. Aster is largest gainer in the top 50 altcoins by market capitalization. January payrolls rose by 130,000, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep policy rates unchanged in the near term. WTI slipped into the $62s after the IEA trimmed its 2026 global demand growth forecast to 850,000 barrels per day. Venezuela accounted for 33% of Cubas fuel imports last month, according to data cited by Al-Jazeera.