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The JuniorTrader desk follows the main stories in major news outlets and takes its facts from primary sources (central banks, statistics agencies, regulators and exchanges) and reputable reporting. Stories are written with AI assistance from those sources only: the desk may not add a figure the sources don’t give, and every story links the sources it used.

Views are paraphrased and attributed only where a source shows who holds them, and quotes are never invented. When sources disagree, the official figure wins or both are given. Levels recorded during the day say when they were recorded.

The desk rates each story from 1 to 5 for its likely effect on markets. Stories rated 4 or 5 are marked Major and lead the front page; within the same rating, newer stories come first.

Prices on the tape and the Data page are delayed and come from free public feeds (Yahoo Finance and Stooq) and, for government bond yields, the official publishers (US Treasury, Bank of England, Bundesbank and Japan’s Ministry of Finance). Prediction-market odds come from Polymarket and are the only figures labelled live. Data can be late or wrong; check a primary source before relying on it.

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