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19.02.26 - 16:27
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Öl wird teurer: Iran-Krise durchkreuzt Trumps 50-Dollar-Versprechen (N-TV)
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Statt sinkender Spritpreise wächst die Unsicherheit: Die Angst vor einer Eskalation zwischen den USA und dem Iran lässt den Ölpreis steigen – und stellt Trumps Ziel von 50 Dollar je Barrel zunehmend infrage. Dabei sprechen volle Lager und ein Überangebot eigentlich gegen einen dauerhaften Preisschub....
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19.02.26 - 16:18
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Fed′s Kashkari Slams Hassett′s Comments on Tariff Analysis (Bloomberg)
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"This is just another step to try to compromise the Fed's independence," Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari says about National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett's comments about a New York Fed study on tariffs. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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19.02.26 - 16:06
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US Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Worsens As Exports Slump Again In December (ZeroHedge)
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US Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Worsens As Exports Slump Again In December
For the second month in a row, US exports declined and imports rose in December, pushing the US trade balance significantly deeper into deficit.
Imports rose (+3.6% vs +0.1% MoM exp) and exports fell (-1.7% vs +0.1% MoM exp) for the second month in a row...
Source: Bloomberg
Industrial Supplies appears to have seen the biggest shift in trade...
Gold imports fell back near their lowest since 2019...
The result of all this is a second monthly decline in the trade balance (worsening deficit)...
...dramatically worse than the Trump-bragged-about October highs.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/19/2026 - 08:51...
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19.02.26 - 16:06
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US Is Rapidly Expanding Its Nuclear Supply Chain: It′s Not Nearly Fast Enough (ZeroHedge)
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US Is Rapidly Expanding Its Nuclear Supply Chain: It's Not Nearly Fast Enough
As we have repeatedly highlighted (most recently here), the much-hyped resurgence in US nuclear power is notable for one thing: the lack of actual new reactors. In fact, according to the latest Goldman Nuclear Nuggets monthly report, while China is currently building 38 new nuclear reactors - and both India and Russia have 6 reactors under construction - the US is not even on the chart.
Indeed, despite splashy announcements, like November's agreement for Japan to fund a $80 billion plan to build as many as 10 big reactors in the US, no new commercial-scale facilities are actually under construction. Meanwhile in China, work has started on 10 new sites since the beginning of 2025 (for the full list see the February Nuclear Nuggets report).
And even if reactors were being built in the US right now (which they aren't) it's unclear how they would be fueled.
As Bloomberg writes, almost all of the uranium going i...
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