My fear is that ordinary Americans are not experiencing the firing of an experienced, non-partisan, leader of a statistical agency as the major earthquake for the United States that it is.

While the US is in for some serious reflection, the risk for Beijing is that a burst of geopolitical cockiness will blind its leadership to the gathering economic storm on its own shores. wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-glrhdky-… Signup link to our award-winning newsletter wsj.com/newsletters/ws…

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The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington D.C., a U.S. official tells Reuters

BREAKING: China urges firms to NOT use Nvidia’s, $NVDA, H20 chip just hours after the 15% revenue share agreement with Trump was made, per Bloomberg.

Authorities have summoned domestic companies like Tencent and ByteDance over their purchases of Nvidia's H20 chips, asking them to explain their reasons and expressed concerns over information risks. reuters.com/world/china/ch…

US tariffs update: Imported goods cost 5% more, domestic goods 3% more than pre-tariff trends predicted. Data now runs through Aug 8 — and we push the history back to Jan 1, 2024 (Appendix), showing a full year of stability before tariffs broke the trend. pricinglab.org/tariff-tracker

With strained India-U.S. ties over President Donald Trump's steep tariffs, an American delegation's planned visit to New Delhi in late August for trade negotiations has been "postponed." s.nikkei.com/3HECNlT

The last CDC wastewater update reported the steepest week-over-week increase in SARS-CoV-2 transmission of any summer day since the onset of the Delta wave in July 2021. These steps followed: 1) Data updates halted. 2) Vaccinations limited. 3) CDC Director pushed out.

PM Narendra Modi Holds Bilateral Meeting With Chinese President Xi Jinping In Tianjin

Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.

Number of job openings per unemployed individuals slipped below 1 in July for first time since April 2021

Nvidia Stock Drops After China Says It Broke Monopoly Laws. What It Means for the Chip Maker. trib.al/fUgq5h7

President Trump plans to add a $100,000 fee to applications for H1-B visas, which are used to bring in highly skilled workers wsj.com/politics/polic…

Former Fed Chairs and Treasury Secretaries Tell Supreme Court: Don’t Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook barrons.com/articles/trump… via Barron's

The percentage of young adults living with their parents is highest since the Great Depression. 😮

Veteran Stockpicker Sees Risks for AI, Big Tech. Why It Could Be Worse Than Dot-Com Bust. barrons.com/articles/rajiv… via @BarronsOnline

Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom? Billionaires, Tech Firms, and Crypto Bros. barrons.com/articles/white… via @BarronsOnline

President Trump said he is terminating trade negotiations with Canada, contending the country ran an advertisement featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs wsj.com/politics/polic…

The U.S. and China Are Piling Up Trouble for Companies. Xi-Trump Talks Might Not Help. - Barron's barrons.com/articles/us-ch…