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| | :"It’s true. Half the token usage is from Chinese models like [[Deepseek]] and Z-AI. Deepseek is by far the most used model, dwarfing Google, Anthropic and Open AI. The Chinese are achieving this with much less capex. [https://x.com/philippilk/status/2086669889830318304] | | :"It’s true. Half the token usage is from Chinese models like [[Deepseek]] and Z-AI. Deepseek is by far the most used model, dwarfing Google, Anthropic and Open AI. The Chinese are achieving this with much less capex. [https://x.com/philippilk/status/2086669889830318304] |
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| | + | *''[[Financial Times]]'': [https://www.ft.com/content/fd40a98d-2a7f-4246-a296-73e956bf03c0 Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll]. |
| | + | :Good job, [[User:Conservative]], [[subverting]] [[Trump]]'s pledge to end the [[Ukraine war]] in 24 hrs and not start any new [[forever war]]s. |
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| | ===Bond market=== | | ===Bond market=== |
| | *[https://youtu.be/Ae80klmIvaM The Next Crash Starts in Bonds | Alasdair Macleod] | | *[https://youtu.be/Ae80klmIvaM The Next Crash Starts in Bonds | Alasdair Macleod] |
| | *[[Alastair Crooke]]: "Ultimately the big picture about [[Iran]] is that this whole issue now hangs on the [[bond market]], the [[debt market]]. [[Japan]] is a potential trigger for something much bigger because the prospects of keeping the Japanese [[yen]] afloat are not looking good. The rescue is going on. [[Bessent]] has spent I think $90 billion, not of his money. Some of it was he sold off [[euro]]s in order to buy yen, but large amounts. And the yen keeps devaluing. And as it devalues, [[interest rate]]s go up, [[inflation]] goes up, all of the problems become much more exacerbated."[https://youtu.be/rbopXjaKbC8?t=2463] August 12, 2026. | | *[[Alastair Crooke]]: "Ultimately the big picture about [[Iran]] is that this whole issue now hangs on the [[bond market]], the [[debt market]]. [[Japan]] is a potential trigger for something much bigger because the prospects of keeping the Japanese [[yen]] afloat are not looking good. The rescue is going on. [[Bessent]] has spent I think $90 billion, not of his money. Some of it was he sold off [[euro]]s in order to buy yen, but large amounts. And the yen keeps devaluing. And as it devalues, [[interest rate]]s go up, [[inflation]] goes up, all of the problems become much more exacerbated."[https://youtu.be/rbopXjaKbC8?t=2463] August 12, 2026. |
| − | :[https://youtu.be/ngGQrWxNdV4 Dollar dominance in crisis: Why USA bailed out Japan]. | + | :*[https://youtu.be/ngGQrWxNdV4 Dollar dominance in crisis: Why USA bailed out Japan]. |
| − | :[https://youtu.be/xCGJp4O8vD8 Demand Destruction: The Real Energy Crisis Hitting Europe and Japan]. | + | :*[https://youtu.be/xCGJp4O8vD8 Demand Destruction: The Real Energy Crisis Hitting Europe and Japan]. |
| | *[[Alex Krainer]]: [https://youtu.be/k2yR6DJpSCg “Bond Armageddon Is Coming” — The Western Financial System Is Breaking.] | | *[[Alex Krainer]]: [https://youtu.be/k2yR6DJpSCg “Bond Armageddon Is Coming” — The Western Financial System Is Breaking.] |
| − | *''[[Financial Times]]'': [https://www.ft.com/content/fd40a98d-2a7f-4246-a296-73e956bf03c0 Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll].
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| − | :Good job, [[User:Conservative]], [[subverting]] [[Trump]]'s pledge to end the [[Ukraine war]] in 24 hrs and not start any new [[forever war]]s.
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| | *'''[[Bond market]] update:''' BREAKING 🇨🇳 CHINA TO HOLD AN URGENT ECONOMY MEETING TODAY AT 10:00 PM ET, RIGHT BEFORE THEIR MARKET OPENS! INSIDERS REPORT THAT THEY'LL OFFICIALLY LIQUIDATE ALL U.S. TREASURIES TO PREVENT THEIR LOCAL MARKET FROM CRASHING. [https://x.com/CryptoNobler/status/2089046570037584064] | | *'''[[Bond market]] update:''' BREAKING 🇨🇳 CHINA TO HOLD AN URGENT ECONOMY MEETING TODAY AT 10:00 PM ET, RIGHT BEFORE THEIR MARKET OPENS! INSIDERS REPORT THAT THEY'LL OFFICIALLY LIQUIDATE ALL U.S. TREASURIES TO PREVENT THEIR LOCAL MARKET FROM CRASHING. [https://x.com/CryptoNobler/status/2089046570037584064] |
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