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Bonds, Boeing and Beyoncé
12 minutes Posted Apr 11, 2024 at 4:58 pm.
p.m. Pacific time, 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. We’ll have news, drink, and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.
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Today, we’re discussing the bond market’s big reaction to the latest inflation news and why you shouldn’t worry about it. Plus, a new Boeing whistleblower comes forward, and Beyoncé calls out the home insurance industry.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
“Bonds are talking to us after inflation gauge comes in above forecasts” from Marketplace
“US consumer prices heat up in March; seen delaying Fed rate cut” from Reuters
“$6.6 billion TSMC deal in Arizona the latest in the CHIPS Act’s rollout” from Marketplace
“TSMC: Biden to give Taiwanese company $6.6 billion to ramp up US chip production” from CNN
“Biden administration bets an old plant can make new chips” from Marketplace
“‘Benefit of the doubt running thin with Boeing’: Capt. Dennis Tajer on whistleblower claims” from CNBC
“Boeing whistleblower says the Dreamliner 787 could ‘break apart’ because of safety flaws, report says” from NBC
Beyoncé’s YA YA (Clean Version)
Video breaking down Beyoncé’s “YA YA” from Daryl Fairweather on X
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