Kitco daily macro-economic/business digest - May 11

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"I say to the Republicans out there — congressmen, senators — if they don’t give you massive cuts, you’re going to have to do a default.” — Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, urging his party to take a tough stance in negotiating spending cuts to the federal budget, even if that ultimately brings the country to default.

Proposed EPA rules target power-plant emissions. The proposed new rules would drastically reduce greenhouse gases from coal- and gas-fired power plants — measures that will cost billions of dollars but that officials say will curb emissions that are warming the atmosphere and harming human health. Officials estimate the proposed rules will raise average utility bills by 2% by 2030, declining to less than 1% by 2040.

El Niño is likely to form this summer and reach moderate to potentially strong intensity by the winter, NOAA says, accelerating global warming and altering weather patterns across a broad swath of the world, including the U.S.Equities today: Global stock markets were mostly firmer overnight. U.S. Dow opened down around 150 points and is currently down around 300 points. In Asia, Japan flat. Hong Kong -0.1%. China -0.3%. India -0.1%. In Europe, at midday, London +0.1%. Paris +0.6%.

Treasury reported a budget surplus of $176 billion in April, down from $308 billion one year earlier. That left the deficit through the first seven months of the fiscal year at $925 billion, up from $360 billion a year earlier. Lower-than-expected revenue and rising outlays are contributing to a wider deficit and making it more difficult for the Treasury to stay under the debt ceiling. • Outside markets: The U.S.

• A key Colorado River reservoir is rising by more than a foot a day. A large snowpack is melting into Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona, weeks after its surface sank to an all-time low. The reservoir is expected to deepen by 70 feet by the fall. It offers some relief after a historic drought in the Southwest. But it’s not a permanent fix, and Colorado River water use will still have to be cut drastically. Washington Post.

 

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