The main indicator of an impending recession worked in the USA. What are we from this? Photo from the official account of the US Embassy on Facebook This year, the number of requests in Google by the phrase “Inversion of the profitability curve” beat all records , and not in vain. Today, what everyone had been waiting for so long happened: the profitability of the two -year treasury bonds of the United States exceeded the profitability of ten -year bonds.

The largest in the history of "Alrosa" pink diamond "Phantom of the Rose" can become one of the most expensive gems in the world, writes Bloomberg. A unique 28-carat diamond (1 carat corresponds to 0.2 grams) was mined in 2017 at the Anabar Mines and cut in Moscow. The preliminary estimate of the resulting 14.83-carat diamond is from $60 to $65 million.

with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday Andrey Kostin, head of Russia's second state bank, met and assured him that mortgages and consumer lending are "feeling good" and that the "boiling point" has not yet been reached. Thus, Kostin entered into an absentee dispute between the Central Bank and the Ministry of Economic Development on the side of the Central Bank. Quote. "We no longer issue loans, perhaps to the most problematic borrowers.

As early as next week, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is preparing to sell the entire National Basketball Association (NBA) Brooklyn Nets club to Taiwanese businessman and Alibaba Group vice president Joseph Tsai, the New York Post reports , citing sources. According to the publication's sources, the entire club will cost Tsai $2.35 billion. Last year, Tsai bought 49% of Brooklyn Nets shares from Prokhorov for $1 billion, and is now buying the remaining 51% of the club's shares.

Today, the yield on US short bonds (two-year Treasury bonds) exceeded the yield on long ones (ten-year Treasury bonds) by 1.7 basis points, writes Reuters. What's happening. The difference in the yields of securities by terms sharply and consistently decreased and finally turned into an inversion. Back in early August, the difference was 16 basis points in favor of long government bonds. On Monday, August 12, it decreased to 6 points, on Tuesday - to 3 points. Why is it important.

Pobeda, the fourth airline in Russia, should leave the Aeroflot group: the head of the FAS, Igor Artemyev, in a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov and Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich, advises to privatize the low-cost airline, RBC reports . President Putin asked not to allow an unreasonable increase in air ticket prices, and Pobeda contributes to this, FAS believes. Pobeda develops international flights at the expense of domestic ones, the antimonopoly service explains.

There is a new high-profile sex scandal in the world: 9 women - eight singers and one dancer - accused Spanish opera singer and director of the Los Angeles Opera Placido Domingo of harassment. Two of them admitted that they succumbed to the harassment, deciding not to risk their careers. Seven say they fought back and professionally it hurt them.

The ex-wife of the Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, Natalya, registers the brands of the same name - Rotenberg and Rotenberg - through N.S. Rotenberg IP, RBC learned . These brands will be able to produce perfumes, clothes, shoes, food, alcohol, and even programs for TV stores. True, there are no decisions from Rospatent on trademarks yet. Business. So far, Natalia Rotenberg has only one real new project - this is The World of ARISTOCRATKA confectionery line, the resource claims.

From July 2018 to June 2019, Russians bought 4.3% less meat than a year earlier, RBC writes , citing GfK data. Sales of all categories of meat products decreased, from poultry and pork to sausages and frankfurters. First of all, this is due to the rise in the price of meat: over the year, prices for all its types increased by at least 3%. Meat rose in price both in retail and in wholesale. Chicken, the cheapest meat, went up the most (by 12%).

The total rating of parliamentary parties dropped to 51%: only 28% of Russians are confidently ready to vote for United Russia, 11% for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 10% for the Liberal Democratic Party, and only 2% of respondents for A Just Russia, follows from the results of the survey. Levada Center. about him Vedomosti talks . What's happening.

The State Duma figured out how to increase sales of cars, the market of which collapsed in May and is unlikely to recover before the end of the year: you can simply ban the operation of the oldest cars, Kommersant writes . The deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Economic Policy and Industry, Alfiya Kogogina, was instructed to work out the issue, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Transport, which, however, did not show much enthusiasm, should deal with it.

On Tuesday, Match TV canceled the broadcast of the UEFA Champions League football match between the Portuguese Porto and the Russian Krasnodar a minute before the start. “The broadcast will not take place for reasons beyond the control of the channel,” the channel said . The fans did not see how the Russian team, playing in the Champions League for the first time, beat the opponent with a score of 3:2.

On August 13, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced former Ak Bars bank trader Artem Lyulinsky to 2.5 years in prison on probation under an article on market manipulation on an especially large scale (part 2 of article 185.3 of the Criminal Code), Vedomosti . writes He was also banned from trading securities for three years. This is the first time that this article has been sentenced. Scheme.

The main topic for disputes in the government for the next six months is how to spend proper oil and gas revenues accumulated in the Federal Tax Service so that the economy is in growth. There are many options and those who want to get to the trillions of the FNB. But, as The Bell found out, the first contender for state financing has actually decided - this is the Gazprom project and the partner of Arkady Rotenberg.

The Bell found out which project has every chance to get to FBN money first Arkady Rotenberg at the opening of the Crimean bridge. Photo from the Kremlin website The main topic for disputes in the government for the next six months is how to spend proper oil and gas revenues accumulated in the Federal Tax Service so that the economy is in growth. There are many options and those who want to get to the trillions of the FNB.