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Lowe’s had some more bad news about the American consumer. CEO Marvin Ellison said “This has been the most difficult housing market that I have faced in this business since the financial crisis.” Lowe’s is hardly alone. Walmart said higher income shoppers are still trading down while lower income Americans are, well, they’re running out of their tax refund money. And then there is Kroger. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about Augusta Precious Metals and what they have to offer - including physical gold for IRA accounts - by going to: https://EurodollarGold.com or text EURO to 35052. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Flash PMI signals subdued growth in May amid price surgehttps://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/d7a15ea4f43c4e3493db3814db67ad99Lowe's CEO says this is the 'most difficult housing market' since the financial crisishttps://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/lowes-ceo-says-this-is-the-most-difficult-housing-market-since-the-financial-crisis-170512082.htmlKroger Plans Biggest Price Cuts In Years to Take On Walmart, Costcohttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/kroger-plans-biggest-price-cuts-in-years-to-take-on-walmart-costcohttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Treasury yields have finally made a sizable move upward. The 2-year Treasury has pushed to new multi-month highs. The 10-year got as high as 4.70%. And instantly, the usual question shows up:Is the bond market finally repricing real inflation risk? Or is this another hurricane warning where everyone looks at the headline number, panics for five minutes, and misses what the curve is actually saying? Make that curve-S.Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

China’s downturn just produced a major hit and it has officials stumped. It was the kind of bad that confirms almost everything already showing up in China’s credit data, banking system, property market, and bond market. Retail sales nearly cracked. Worst month since the lockdowns. Fixed asset investment is crashing again. Yes, crashing. Industrial production, which had been one of the few remaining bright spots, suddenly didn’t look so bright. Home prices were down for the twelfth straight time. It was ugly in every direction. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about Augusta Precious Metals and what they have to offer - including physical gold for IRA accounts - by going to: https://EurodollarGold.com or text EURO to 35052. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

The Justice Department is now probing valuations at a BlackRock private credit fund. That sentence should stop everyone cold. Not because BlackRock is about to disappear. It isn’t. Not because one fund valuation probe means anyone has been proven to have done anything wrong. It doesn’t. A probe is not a conviction, and we need to be clear about that. But because the single biggest weakness in private credit has always been valuations.Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis---------------------------------------------------------------------------What is a Eurodollar University membership? It’s where understanding the monetary world isn’t a mystery—it's a method. If you’re serious about your financial education and want clarity in a world of volatility and massive uncertainty, you’re in the right place. Or go even deeper with our Deep Dive Analysis. Get all the tools to fill in the huge gaps you didn't even know were there. Click the link to visit https://eurodollar.university/memberships and join today.---------------------------------------------------------------------------BlackRock Private Credit Fund’s Valuations Are Probed by DOJhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/blackrock-private-credit-fund-s-valuations-being-probed-by-dojBuybacks, Revamps, Deals: Firms Dig Deep to Fix Problem Private Credit Fundshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/private-credit-crisis-has-kkr-apollo-blackrock-tackling-problem-fundsCarlyle BDC Cuts Dividend Even As It Flags Better Credit Markethttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11/carlyle-bdc-cuts-dividend-even-as-it-flags-better-credit-marketBlue Owl Says It Will Be More Selective Making Software Loanshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/blue-owl-bdcs-buy-back-85-million-of-shares-as-loan-values-sinkhttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

While the ECB and other central banks, maybe even the Fed, are likely to overreact to oil prices by raising their policy rates, suddenly that possibility isn’t so straightforward. Even in Europe where policymakers are the most aggressively hawkish, several officials have come forward expressing major doubts on the inflation narrative, focusing instead on what’s already going on with demand especially for workers. And that’s not oil, two of the world’s leading energy agencies just slashed their own demand forecasts to levels you only see in periods like 2020 or 2009. Eurodollar University's conversation w/Steve Van Metre----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

India is now doing what governments do when the dollar problem starts getting too close to the bone: it is looking for imports it can cut, restrict, tax, license, delay, or possibly even ban. And right at the top of that list sits gold and silver. That might sound like a metals story. It isn’t. Not entirely. It’s a dollar story, though with a key twist for precious metals. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about Augusta Precious Metals and what they have to offer - including physical gold for IRA accounts - by going to: https://EurodollarGold.com or text EURO to 35052. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUEurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysishttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

Everyone is talking about the Trump-Xi summit as if this is going to be some decisive turning point for China, global trade, maybe even the whole world economy. And, sure, politically, it’s a huge deal. Markets love the idea of the two leaders in the same room because everyone wants to believe a handshake can undo tariffs, trade wars, supply chain chaos, and years of deteriorating relations.But the latest bank lending data out of China says something VERY different. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b7ub5T4fYkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pang-t16vNwhttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

Two of the oldest political parties are in danger of being completely wiped out in the UK. Rate of change in the economy goes down, rate of change in politics goes way up. Both the Labor and Tories are on the ropes right now, especially labor after the latest local election results were a bloodbath for them. An entirely new UK system is right now emerging from the aftermath – but aftermath of what? A huge warning. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis---------------------------------------------------------------------------What is a Eurodollar University membership? It’s where understanding the monetary world isn’t a mystery—it's a method. If you’re serious about your financial education and want clarity in a world of volatility and massive uncertainty, you’re in the right place. Or go even deeper with our Deep Dive Analysis. Get all the tools to fill in the huge gaps you didn't even know were there. Click the link to visit https://eurodollar.university/memberships and join today.---------------------------------------------------------------------------French Jobless Rate Jumps Above 8% for First Time Since 2021https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/french-unemployment-jumps-above-8-for-first-time-in-five-yearsFarage’s Reform UK wins big in local elections, splintering two-party system and piling pressure on Starmerhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/uk/uk-local-election-reform-farage-starmer-intlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1428pev1n0thttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

The stock market was going to boom either way. Payrolls could have been plus 200 or minus 200, indexes were going to soar no matter what. Either the economy is robust or the other would mean the Fed will be forced to cut a lot of rates. But what the jobs data actually showed, no one was looking for. Complete shock yet again. Sure, the payroll number did what the payroll number always does, it was everything else. Eurodollar University's conversation w/Steve Van Metre--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about Augusta Precious Metals and what they have to offer - including physical gold for IRA accounts - by going to https://EurodollarGold.com or text EURO to 35052. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU

Five major developments in the credit crisis/bust. BlackRock, JP Morgan, Blue Owl, Apollo and another big run on a big fund. Private credit didn't go anywhere, the situation keeps escalating and each one of these represents more significant confirmation of the shift toward toxic waste status. From asset valuations to more losses at big names, the behavior has radically changed. Eurodollar University Money & Macro AnalysisGundlach Warns Investors Will Lose Money on Private Credithttps://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/gundlach-warns-investors-lose-money-200041360.htmlBlackRock Private Credit Fund Cuts Asset Value on Markdownshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/blackrock-private-debt-fund-cuts-asset-value-on-loan-markdownsJPMorgan-Led Group Eyes $500 Million Loss on Qualtrics Debthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/jpmorgan-led-group-eyes-500-million-loss-on-qualtrics-debtBlue Owl adviser sued over allegedly inflating fund values, charging excessive feeshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/blue-owl-adviser-sued-over-allegedly-inflating-fund-values-charging-excessive-2026-04-28/Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams ‘egregious’ practices at rival insurershttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/apollo-ceo-rowan-market-correction-rival-insurers.htmlApollo to Give Investors Daily Pricing on Private Credit By Septemberhttps://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/apollo-to-give-investors-daily-pricing-on-private-credit-by-september-44a2c84b$10 Billion Golub Fund Caps Outflows After Requests for 8.5%https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/-10-billion-golub-fund-caps-outflows-after-requests-for-8-5