Chinese banks are now trapped which is why China has finally entered an era of full-blown extend and pretend. It’s been on the edge of it for some time, but recent data and information out of the country show the banking sector has crossed that threshold into the low-rate trap which has squeezed profitability and left banks to bleed cash. So, more grim lending and credit data from China’s central bank just confirms everything including the trap having been sprung.

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Underwater Mortgages Force China’s Banks to Get More Creative
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-06/china-s-housing-crisis-forces-banks-to-confront-underwater-mortgages

China's largest banks' profits virtually flat as property slump continues
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-icbc-worlds-biggest-bank-posts-1-profit-rise-2025-2026-03-27/

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With talks between the US and Iran falling apart, there will be renewed focus this week on the Strait of Hormuz, getting it open and restoring traffic. Nearly all the focus so far as been on the energy part of the trade equation, the amount crude oil being able to transit the bottleneck. But there is another key set of commodities that are likewise being held back, and most people don’t realize just how big this is. Energy shock, yes, there is also a growing food shock.

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Nations Race to Secure Enough Fertilizer and Prevent Food Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Dq0GSd_ck

It’s not just oil and gas. The Strait of Hormuz blockage is rattling another vital commodity
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/fertilizer-price-iran-war-food-security-inflation-urea-potash-nitrogen-farmers.html

FAO Chief Economist warns of severe global food security risks from disruption to Strait of Hormuz trade corridor
https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-chief-economist-warns-of-severe-global-food-security-risks-from-disruption-to-strait-of-hormuz-trade-corridor/en

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Repo fails spiked to more than $415 billion. Treasury bill prices are jumping. Prices. US bank dealers are using their record government bond holdings at the same time foreigners are deploying huge amounts of their reserves of the same instruments. Treasuries bonds are all over the shadows and it has nothing do with interest rates or the Fed, except the Fed is providing a lot of the data. What does it all mean? The answer -a critical part of it - can be found in Nigeria.

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Target is throwing in the towel on its previous losing strategy. Like many businesses, it tried to raise prices only to find its customers going elsewhere, largely to Walmart. Now Target is slashing its prices including on the towel it just threw in. The retail giant simply has no other choice given the sudden change in consumer behavior we’re seeing across the economic landscape.

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Target cuts prices on 3,000 items as stubborn inflation keeps US consumers on edge
https://www.reuters.com/business/target-slashes-prices-more-than-3000-products-2026-03-11/

Fewer Americans Plan to Travel After Surging Fuel Costs Hit Budgets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-02/fuel-price-rise-on-iran-war-has-americans-putting-vacations-on-hold

Numerator Consumers React to Rising Gas Prices
https://www.numerator.com/resources/blog/consumers-react-rising-gas-prices/

FRBNY SURVEY OF CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS
https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/sce#/

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Several countries across Asia are confirming they experienced major dollar funding losses last month amidst a cash crunch on surging demand for money to buy oil. Officials in Taiwan, Indonesia, India and in other places have had to scramble to contain the monetary pressure, causing several of them to expend significant reserves just to keep their currency values from plunging. Or, plunging more than they did.

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Taiwan’s Foreign Reserves Drop Most Since 2011 on Intervention
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/taiwan-s-foreign-reserves-drop-most-since-2011-on-intervention

Bank Indonesia Prioritizes Stability as Rupiah Hits Record Lows
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/bank-indonesia-prioritizes-stability-as-rupiah-hits-record-lows

Indonesia’s FX Reserves Hit Two-Year Low on Rupiah Defense
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/indonesia-fx-reserves-hit-nearly-two-year-low-on-rupiah-defence

India’s Central Bank Holds Rate, Vows to Curb Volatile Rupee
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/india-keeps-key-rate-steady-as-weak-rupee-takes-center-stage

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Airports are canceling flights right now due fuel shortages and fears they will worsen. Airlines are including those in the US are already raising bag fees and other costs trying to pass along the doubling in jet fuel prices to passengers. Meanwhile, the international energy agency’s chief says the current oil crisis is worse than 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined. The thing is, that sounds crazy but sadly it’s not and we’re just now seeing the preliminary effects of Hormuz at the forefront in air travel.

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World losing more barrels of oil each day than in two 1970s crises combined, IEA chief says – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/mar/23/world-losing-more-barrels-of-oil-each-day-than-in-two-1970s-crises-combined-iea-chief-says-video

IEA chief: current oil and gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2022 together
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iea-chief-current-oil-gas-crisis-worse-than-1973-1979-2002-together-2026-04-07/

Korean travelers left stranded as Mideast turmoil pushes airlines to slash routes
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10711811

Jet fuel supply concerns grow as war with Iran drags on, airlines cut flights
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/iran-war-jet-fuel-airlines.html

Italy Sets Jet Fuel Limits at Some Airports on Supply Gap
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-05/italy-sets-jet-fuel-limits-at-some-airports-on-supply-shortage

Delta Increases Checked Bag Charges by Up to $50 After Fuel Costs Rise
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/delta-air-will-boost-fees-on-baggage-amid-surging-oil-prices

United Airlines hikes checked bag fee by $10 as fuel prices continue to climb
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/united-airlines-raises-checked-bag-fees-fuel-prices-climb.html

Jet Fuel Spot Prices Over 60 Days
https://www.airlines.org/dataset/argus-us-jet-fuel-index/

Iran War Fallout: Airlines Slash Thousands Of Flights Amid Global Fuel Shortages
https://simpleflying.com/iran-war-airline-flight-cancellations-fuel-shortage/

FRBNY SCE
https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/sce#/

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Jamie Dimon, the head of the country’s largest bank, wrote his annual shareholder letter accompanying the firm’s annual report. Filled with numerous charts touting the company’s successes and thousands of words reinforcing them, it is a single one that sticks out like a sore thumb and therefore defines the entire effort. And, yes, it is about the private credit situation. Of that, he said “probably.”

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With credit market developments escalating even more, and major market moves accompanying them, we're going to go over where everything stands but also look forward at the potential scenarios coming out of what continues to look like a global bust.

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Recession odds climb on Wall Street as economy shows cracks beneath the surface
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/recession-odds-climb-on-wall-street-as-economy-shows-cracks-beneath-the-surface.html

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Almost four hundred thousand American workers dropped out of the labor force in March, setting yet a new low in labor participation. Why? There are no jobs, a fact confirmed by both the employment estimate plus an utterly dismal hiring rate from JOLTS, one that rivaled January and February 2009. There’s more, too. S&P Global said the services sector contracted for the first time in three years last month and a decline in its employment index, showing how the oil price shock is already starting to sting.

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S&P Global US Services PMI March 2026
https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/cc86952bb550465d9093b048d7bfdeb8

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