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Let’s Pretend
You’ve probably heard the well-known joke from back in the U.S.S.R. days: “We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us.” Communist dictatorships depend on lies, and China is no different. They like to wrap themselves in the cloak of Marx and Mao while simultaneously appearing to be successful businessmen. The data, fudged as it is, was looking pretty dreadful. Their solution? STOP reporting it immediately! It saves you the bother of lying if you simply stay mute.

US Dollar Index Hanging Tough
The DXY updated……..
I and NFTRH subscribers have been keeping well aware of the implications of a) USD following its daily chart downtrend, or b) painting the July plunge as a bear trap and going bullish again. We’ll leave the detailed implications aside in this post and simply note that the process is still evolving.
From this NFTRH+ video update (now public), that projected the up move on July 19:
USD can break through it [clear resistance at the time, now support] and test the SMA 50 and still remain in a downtrend.
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