#Scotland: Red Wall crumbling with the SNP. @BatchelorShow, Occitane France

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Featured in Jerusalem Post: Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen ranked highly miserable nations - study

Israel fared well in the report with a ranking of 145 among the nearly 160 countries ranked. Read more here.

Iranian Mullah, 

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#France: Macron hesitates on Green. @BatchelorShow

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Forbes.com: Has The Fed Beaten Inflation? Producer Price Index Cooling Fast

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Could it be the Federal Reserve has just won the war on inflation? Its hard to be certain, but the data sure look promising.

The question is does the Fed see what others see? Probably not. Read more here.

BBC Radio 5 Live: Why Sanctions on Russia are a Failure.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

On Tuesday May 9, I was a guest on BBC Radio 5 Live to explain why I think sanctions on Russia have been a failure.

My bit starts at approximately 1:49.00 on the tape -- Listen here.

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#MrMarket: Ninety years ago, the New Deal birth of the SEC. @BatchelorShow WSJ

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WSJ: Financial Flashback 1933 Securities Act Enacted

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Exclusively in the Print Edition of the Wall Street Journal