Walter Hickey

Here, via @markets , are the consensus expectations for tomorrow's US CPI data. These monthly numbers are attracting, and will attract throughout the year, increasing attention--and for good reasons including the extent to which the Fed is betting on the CPI rise being transitory.

Shopper numbers jump 218% as England reopens economy

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The Biden White House media doctrine: Less can be more via @politico 

Government to announce independent probe into Cameron and Greensill

"Total federal taxes grew faster after the tax cut than they did before. That's clear. Poor people, the lowest half of the income stream, for the first time their incomes grew very dramatically," Art Laffer on why he wants President Biden to keep the Trump tax cuts in place.

Huawei to invest $1 billion on researching self-driving and electric-car technologies, accelerating plans to compete with Tesla and Xiaomi

Days after China’s antitrust regulator imposed a record fine, e-commerce giant Alibaba says it will invest in steps to help merchants

Microsoft buys Nuance Communications in $16 billion deal

#Bitcoin nears record while Ether hit fresh ATH before largest US Crypto Exchange listing. Bitcoin climbs past $61,000 though still short of ATH. #Coinbase  is due to go public on the Nasdaq on April 14.