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New AI data centers promise dozens of jobs, hundreds of millions in tax breaks, and one remaining trout in the river, if it survives the cooling cycle.
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Trump’s new sanctions blitz is aimed straight at Tehran’s last big customer. By early 2027, I expect China’s visible imports of Iranian crude to be materially lower than today and far below the pre-war binge, not because Trump defeats Iran, but because Beijing decides this fight is not worth a banking crisis.
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All forecastsIran keeps the Strait of Hormuz on a hair trigger, oil keeps flirting with triple digits, and Kevin Warsh keeps discovering new ways to confuse bond traders. Yet by August 2027, the U.S. is more likely to be limping than officially in an Iran‑oil‑shock recession.
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As Trump revives a 1930 tariff law, Ottawa discovers the one asset Washington cannot tax: weaponized politeness with a side of blockchain.
