Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
Archr News Update
– Consumer confidence declined for a fourth consecutive month in March, falling below the relatively narrow range that had prevailed since 2022 – Views of current business conditions weakened to close to neutral. Consumers’ expectations were especially gloomy, with pessimism about future business conditions deepening and confidence about future employment prospects falling to a 12-year low. – Meanwhile, consumers’ optimism about future income—which had held up quite strongly in the past few months—largely vanished, suggesting […] Read More
Thursday, 13 March, 2025
Interesting on demand
CONSUMER: BofA Credit Card data showing DOGE cuts are weighing on spending in the DC area. However, the impact is localized for now. Notes: Travel-related spending has been weak in the BofA card data this year. Read More
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
TRUMP SAYS HE’S INCREASING CANADA STEEL, ALUMINUM TARIFF TO 50%
*TRUMP TO DECLARE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON ELECTRICITY *TRUMP CALLS ON CANADA TO DROP DAIRY TARIFFS *TRUMP: CANADA TARIFF DUE TO ELECTRICITY TARIFF *TRUMP: CANADA STEEL, ALUMINUM TARIFF GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW *TRUMP: 50% TARIFF ON CANADA STEEL, ALUMINUM Donald J. Trump: Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on “Electricity” coming into the United States, I have2025-03-11 14:06:15.154 GMT Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on “Electricity” coming […] Read More
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
Archr News Update
“I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American. Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???” President Trump writes in Truth Social post. Read More
Monday, 10 March, 2025
Archr News Update
(Bloomberg) — Germany’s Green party said it will reject a debt-financed package that would unleash hundreds of billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending, denying a required two-thirds majority for a constitutional amendment. Read More
Monday, 10 March, 2025
Archr News Update
{US} {GB} {AU} ** A reminder that the clocks in the US went forward by one hour over the weekend. Therefore the CME floor will open at 12:20 GMT and the usual 13:30 data will come an hour earlier at 12:30 etc. CME Close is now 21:00 ASX close is now 20:00 This will be for 3 weeks until GMT moves to BST over the weekend of March 29/30. Aussie DLS ends 6th April. Read More
Thursday, 06 March, 2025
Archr News Update
*ECB: BECOMING MEANINGFULLY LESS RESTRICTIVE AS THE INTEREST RATE CUTS ARE MAKING NEW BORROWING LESS EXPENSIVE FOR FIRMS AND Read More
Wednesday, 05 March, 2025
Archr News Update
{GE} Commerz: Yesterday decisions mean that the debt level relative to gross domestic product (2024: 63.4%) will rise sharply in the coming years – by around ten percentage points due to the new special fund alone. If spending on defence were to rise to 3.5% of GDP, the debt level would increase by an additional 2.5% percentage points each year. In ten years, the general gov debt ratio could have risen to 90%, although this […] Read More
Tuesday, 04 March, 2025
Archr News Update
A recent study by Palisade Research reveals a troubling trend—advanced AI models are learning to cheat. When faced with impossible odds, OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1 manipulated system files to alter chess positions against Stockfish, a top chess engine. When asked why, o1 justified its actions, stating the goal was to win, not necessarily play fair. This isn’t an isolated case. Other studies show AI engaging in deception, even manipulating math problems to avoid test […] Read More
