News, Rumors and Opinions Thursday Morning 1-23-2020
TNT:
Tishwash: REPORT: WASHINGTON PLANS TO DEPLOY AN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IN IRAQ
NNC- US News Fox News revealed Thursday that Washington intends to deploy an air defense system in Iraq.
The network quoted US defense officials as saying that the move comes after Iranian missiles caused extensive damage to Ein al-Assad base and 11 soldiers were injured in the brain as a result of the lack of US air protection systems in Iraq.
Iran will attack al-Qaeda again now, but it is likely that we will go ahead with the deployment of an air defense system as a precaution to protect our soldiers.
”The report pointed out that more than 1,000 soldiers are present at the Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, in addition to about 4,000 soldiers in other bases.
Within the international coalition forces to fight ISIS DD Fox News, the nature of the air defense system, which is published by the American forces, but indicated the presence of a US Patriot missile systems in Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in order to protect its troops and the Gulf States against any aerial attack. link
Harambe: Bloomberg: Bank Indonesia Seen on Hold as Currency (Rupiah) Rallies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-22/bank-indonesia-seen-on-hold-as-currency-rallies-decision-guide
Harambe: AP News: Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq https://apnews.com/6a6cf1d35f314242e616d95ea6c012ba
Harambe: CNBC: Oil slump deepens as China virus casts cloud over fuel demand, economy https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/oil-markets-coronavirus-us-oil-inventories-in-focus.html?
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Harambe: Reuters: Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans (1/23/20)
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. special representative for Iran said the successor to Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path of killing Americans, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.
Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias against U.S. forces in the region. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Jan. 3 drone strike in Iraq after a build up of tension over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran responded to the killing of Soleimani, who was charged with expanding Tehran’s influence across the Middle East, by launching missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq, although no U.S. soldiers were killed.
After Soleimani’s death, Tehran swiftly appointed Esmail Ghaani as the new head of the Quds Force, an elite unit in the Revolutionary Guards that handles actions abroad. The new commander pledged to pursue Soleimani’s course.
“If (Esmail) Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same fate,” Brian Hook told the Arabic-language daily Asharq al-Awsat.
He said in the interview in Davos that U.S. President Donald Trump had long made it clear “that any attack on Americans or American interests would be met with a decisive response.”
“This isn’t a new threat. The president has always said that he will always respond decisively to protect American interests,” Hook said. “I think the Iranian regime understands now that they cannot attack America and get away with it.”
After his appointment, Ghaani promised to “continue in this luminous path” taken by Soleimani and said the goal was to drive U.S. forces out of the region, which has long been Iran’s stated policy.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have steadily increased since Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018 and imposed tough news sanctions that have hammered the Iranian economy.
This month’s military flare-up began in December when rockets fired at U.S. bases in Iraq killed a U.S. contractor. Washington blamed pro-Iran militia and launched air strikes that killed at least 25 fighters. After the militia surrounded the U.S. embassy in Baghdad for two days, Trump ordered the drone strike on Soleimani. https://reut.rs/36lrmH3
Courtesy of Dinar Guru
Frank26 ...I believe that the appointment/ announcement of the Prime Minister now has a lot to do with when they will announce the new exchange rate. Male-Female. GOI-CBI. Separate but getting together now. It's time for them to go on their honeymoon and produce something...
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KTFA:
Don961: The "Davos" summit arouses the interest of global markets
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Capitals / Follow-up
The start of the "Davos" summit and the important talks that witnessed the interests of the global markets, as world leaders started the meetings of the "Davos" conference organized by the World Economic Forum.
In his speech in "Davos", trade dominated the speech of US President Trump, noting that he "ran for the presidency of the United States in order to get rid of the debris left by previous presidents on trade issues."
Trade deals
He stressed that "the United States is negotiating several trade deals," noting the strength of the economy that has returned the American dream stronger and better.
Trump indicated that "Washington will soon start negotiating the second phase of the trade deal with Beijing."
At a time when the US Treasury Secretary, while attending the Davos conference, stated that "the second stage of the commercial transaction may not drop all tariffs on China".
Trade talks
On the sidelines of "Davos", the US President also held trade talks, which he described as good with the President of the European Commission, but pointed out that if a deal with Europe was not reached, imposing tariffs on cars would be considered.
On the business front, Netflix has surpassed analysts ’earnings and earnings forecasts, with 8.7 million subscribers added.
IBM's earnings and revenues also rose more than analysts' estimates in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Global stocks
US stock indexes fell from record highs at the close of trading, as the Dow Jones lost 150 points.
Whereas, the decline in the primary resources sector pushed European stocks to decline at the close, coinciding with the start of the Davos Summit.
Economic data revealed that investor confidence in the German economy rose to the highest level since 2015, and the employment rate in the UK rose to a new record.
While Hong Kong stocks fell about 3 percent at the close, with concerns from the Chinese virus and the downgrade of credit rating by Moody's. Japanese stock indices also fell, after the bank decided to install monetary policy.
In a separate context, foreign direct investment worldwide declined in 2019 with the retention of the United States Fore.
Oil and gold slipped
Oil prices fell at the settlement for the first time in 3 sessions, with concerns about supply disruptions in the Middle East diminished, and gold prices fell when the settlement anticipated political and trade developments and in conjunction with fears of a "Corona" virus outbreak, while today's data revealed a decline in gold consumption in China About 12.9 percent for the first time in 3 years in 2019. LINK
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Economic Collapse News - Wage Growth and Hours Worked Slows, Industrial Production Contracts. & More
Silver Report Uncut: Jan 23, 2020
Economic collapse news January 23, 2020.
First, we look at Industrial production and it's relentless decline in fact 2019 had negative growth. The main justification for these excessive stock valuations has been the consumer.
If we take a closer look at retail sales for November and December we find this Holiday season was a disappointment for many retailers especially the brick and mortar retailers.
Why if the consumer is so confident then why are they not spending their money, For that, we turn to hours worked and wages because both had a notable decline in the rate of growth.
In fact, this has been the slowest growth in 2.25 years