TyB
>into a behind-the-scenes role where he can work more effectively on big moves
Absolutely and just like Netanyahu (when he dint occupy an official gubmint position) they are way moar dangerous behind the scenes
RCH263 C17 departed Port au Prince to Charleston
In the mid to high 40s of total number of flights in/out of Haiti if C17s
Prolly moar
PlaneFaggin’: CONUS activity
SPAR11 C40C to JBA from Scott AFB,IL and picking up someone for an overseas trip
SPAR977 Learjet 35 ES along Florida east coast from JBA depart and heading to Miami-Opa Locka or Intl can see N757AF 757 see below
SPAR=Special Priority Air Resource
BOXER81 C40C back in service after some maintenance at Grant Cty Intl Airport-Moses Lake, WA
RCH263 C17 on descent for Charleston from Port Au Prince depart
After arriving last night N757AF 757 had a quick out and back at Palm Beach Intl checking something
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Polish AF PLF101 737President Dudaleft Warsaw to Krakow
Polish Prime Minister Tusk rules out bid for presidency in 2025
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3382503,donald-tusk-will-not-be-running-for-president-next-year
Cyprus AF CAF001 Embraer 135President Nikos Christodoulidesdeparted Krakow, Poland
Christodoulides highlights EU vision at Krakow University
https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/05/24/christodoulides-highlights-eu-vision-at-krakow-university/
Czech AF CEF05F A319 ES from Brussels back to Prague after about 8h on ground-European Parliamentary “SElections” coming up second week of June
Did I mention the pope?
Well aware it’s a movie and don’t need you to tell me that
FO stevie
Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices
(If you still eat this shit muh condolences-get that some have to based on schedules etc but a choice all the time?…good luck. Learn how to cook and plan meals as it’s way cheaper than that crap)
Has a trip through the drive-through become an extravagance? The vast majority of Americans says so. A recent nonprobability survey conducted by LendingTree found 78% of consumers now consider fast food to be a "luxury" purchase due to how expensive the meals have become. Half of those polled said they view fast food as a luxury because they’re struggling financially. This is especially true among Americans who make less than $30,000 a year (71%), parents with young children (58%), and Gen Zers (58%).
Americans love their fast food, but a majority say they are pulling back on their consumption due to high prices. The findings show 3 out of 4 Americans typically eat fast food once a week, but 62% of respondents said they are eating it less frequently due to the cost.
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed agreed fast food should be cheaper than eating at home, but 75% say that is not the case. Nearly half of Americans (46%) say a meal at a fast-food restaurant costs about the same as one at their local sit-down restaurants, and 22% said fast food is actually more expensive. Fast-food price hikes have outpaced inflation in recent years. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows the cost of fast-food meals are up 41% from 2017 while the consumer price index has risen by 35.9%. Columnist Dan O'Donnell of the free market think tank the MacIver Institute wrote in a blog post on Thursday that "Prices on basic items like McDonald’s cheeseburgers and Chick-fil-A nuggets have risen as much as 200% in less than five years with dire consequences for the lower- and middle-class families who make up much of the fast food customer base." “Fast food patrons are generally lower-income earners—many with young children—who rely on a quick, affordable meal before soccer practice or a band concert," O'Donnell wrote. "When prices at these restaurants spike from $35-$40 for a family meal to $65-$70 in just a few years, those families either have to sacrifice a night out or extend themselves just a little further to afford it." In the LendingTree survey, when asked about their go-to for an easy, inexpensive meal, 56% of respondents cited making food at home. And that is exactly what more people are doing. Global restaurant chains such as McDonald's and Starbucks have seen lower-income customers opting to eat more meals at home amid a cost-of-living crisis, prompting the companies to offer steeper promotions in an attempt to lure customers back. This week, Wendy's rolled out a $3 budget-friendly breakfast meal, and McDonald's is planning a $5 combo meal in June. Both offerings will be for a limited time.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-consider-fast-food-luxury-high-prices
Those are awful
Did you get help with that?
cuz you need it
>assumed no one else knows anything
>MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle recently brought on Austan Goolsbee
There’s the problem right there
> “confused” and “exhausted” to truly understand the state of the economy.
Fuck off douche bag
Most Americans don’t need an eCONomist/FRB hack to tell how what’s left of this economy is doing.
They see it just fine thank you
Asshoe
Dubs confirm
MoneyGram Misses Deadline on $398 Million Leveraged Loan Deal
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Company seeking to cut interest rate margin on the debt
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Repricings, refinancings have dominated the market in 2024
MoneyGram International Inc. failed to convince lenders to slash its borrowing costs on a leveraged loan before a deadline Thursday, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
A group of banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is attempting to lower the interest rate margin on the company’s $398 million loan maturing in 2030 to as low as 400 basis points over the benchmark rate, a different person with knowledge of the matter said last week. They also asked not to be identified discussing a private matter. The new loan is offered at 99.75 cents on the dollar. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/private-equity/moneygram-misses-deadline-on-398-million-leveraged-loan-deal
May 16th
MoneyGram Joins Repricing Bonanza With $398 Million Loan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/moneygram-joins-repricing-bonanza-398-150953681.html
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Japan ready to act vs excessive FX moves, says currency diplomat Kanda
(But are they ready for our UST yields to rise like last Oct.? cuz they’ll sell our debt to do it most likely unless they can continue to do it like late April/early May using cash and help from the NYFED and BTW it’s retraced almost the full amount of the second intervention on the last FOMC day and they still won’t admit it either)
Japan stands ready to take appropriate action in the market "any time" to counter excessive moves in the yen, its top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Friday, issuing a fresh warning on the chance of renewed exchange-rate intervention.
"Under a flexible exchange-rate regime, we won't need to intervene if currency moves are stable. But if there are excessively volatile moves that have an adverse effect on the economy, we need to take action, and doing so would be justified," Kanda told reporters.
We are ready to act any time as needed against currency moves," Kanda said after accompanying Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki for the first-day session of the G7 finance leaders' meeting in the northern Italian city of Stresa. At the meeting, Japan told its G7 counterparts that vigilance was needed against excessive volatility in the currency market driven by speculative moves, Kanda said. Japan also told the meeting that it was important to "respond appropriately" to excessive, disorderly moves in the currency market that would hurt the economy.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japan-ready-act-vs-excessive-fx-moves-says-currency-diplomat-kanda-2024-05-24/
https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/currency
SPAR11 departed JBA SW and at this point it is impossibruh to know who this is so wait to see where it goes.
BOXER81 arriving from Washington State extended maintenance stay
Ag touched $29.99 earlier and bounced but not outta the woods yet.
Not gonna do much for remainder of session for both.
https://www.kitco.com/charts/silver
Au not doing much..low was $2335.00 and weak bounce from that
https://www.kitco.com/charts/gold
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SAM501 G5 departed Panama City-Pacifico AirportSouthern Command Chief General Laura Richardsonand heading back to JBA unless it stops at MacDill
Arrived from stops at Rio (where the U.S.S George Washington arrived earlier this week) and São Paulo before that
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C101 USCG G5 departed El Paso Intl after overnight and back to Reagan National