Today's data releases brought some real surprises for the market, both good and bad: consumer price inflation in June came in much higher than expected (+0.9%...
President Trump’s protectionist trade measures against China and other external partners have not caused a reduction of the total US trade deficit. The latter actually grew...
Rates, The Dollar, & The Fed's Dis-Inflationary Dilemma Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As we move into the second half of 2021, interest rates and...
As we move into the second half of 2021, interest rates and the dollar continue to shape the outlook. Of course, much of the debate focuses...
Here Is The Most Important Number In The Biden Budget While there was far more than met the eye in Biden's $6 trillion budget (released late...
Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget That Will Raise Federal Spending To Highest Post-WW2 Level US stock futures soared Thursday morning as President Biden unveiled his first...
Why Interest Rate Management Fails Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, This article explains why attempting to achieve economic outcomes by managing interest rates fails. The...
More Americans Now Fear "Illegal Immigration" Than COVID, New Poll Finds Authored by Ben Wilson via SaraACarter.com, A new poll from Pew Research reveals that 48%...
Jerome Powell Admits Federal Budget "Unsustainable" But Assumes We Can Fix It Later Via SchiffGold.com, Through the first six months of fiscal 2021, the US government...
March Deficit Blowout: US Spends 3.5x More Than It Brings In; YTD Deficit Is Biggest Ever The covid crisis may be over (with nearly 60% of...
The Global Debt Problem Authored by Alasdair Macloed via GoldMoney.com, It has been recently estimated that global debts stand at $284 trillion equivalent, representing 355% of...
Futures Spooked By Hottest Chinese Factory Inflation Since 2018 US equity future struggled for direction after hitting an all time high of 4,102 as investors assessed...
At 2.5% for the MSCI AC World index, the rise in global equities in March was close to February’s 2.2%. It wasn’t all smooth running, though,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed more than ever that those who trade freedom for security can’t stand people preferring the former. By ignoring rules they force...
Four major forces shaped the investment climate in the first quarter: the evolution of the virus and the rollout of the vaccine, the rising long-term interest rates...
Those who talk down an independent Scotland's prospects are not factoring in one of its biggest natural resources.
US trading partners can expect an export boom, but that alone will only have muted benefits for them.
As the world looks forward with hope for recovery from the pandemic recession, what are the prospects in Southeast Asia? Will it make a swift return...
Inflation Watch: Beware The Ides Of March Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, President Biden has now had his $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed into law,...
A Grim Look At The Exploding US Budget Deficit Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office paints a sorry picture of US...
CALGARY — Rising oil prices will provide much-needed relief to balance sheets in both the private and public sector in Alberta, but even skyrocketing crude won’t...
HALIFAX – Now that the dust has settled on the Nova Scotia Liberal leadership race, new Premier Iain Rankin and provincial Finance Minister Labi Kousoulis...
The South African rand surged against its US counterpart on Tuesday as emerging market currencies benefited from renewed optimism in the global economic recovery and financial markets. But macroeconomic data painted a mixed...
Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package; Here Are The Differences From House Version Update 1800ET: Goldman is out with a short but handy list of the...
Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package; House Plans Tuesday Vote Update 1337ET: The House plans to vote Tuesday on the Senate-passed bill, according to House Majority...
In two Defining Ideas articles in 2009, “Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits? I Am” and “Furman, Summers, and Taxes,” I criticized Lawrence Summers and Jason Furman,...
"Two Sessions" 2021: 5 Things You Need To Know About China's Biggest Political Gathering Authored by Melissa Zhu via The South China Morning Post, More than...
GOP Senators Counter Democrats With $10 Minimum Wage By 2025 GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (AR) and Mitt Romney (UT) unveiled a proposal to raise the federal...
Dem Rep. Ro Khanna: 'We Don't Want' Small Businesses That Can't Pay $15 Minimum Wage Trying to live the American dream but can't pay $15 an...
CBO Projects A Smaller Budget Deficit This Year... But There Is A Catch According to the latest 10-year economic outlook (for the period 2021-2031) published today...