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Biden's Coronavirus Relief Package Has Almost Nothing To Do With The Coronavirus Authored by Peter Suderman via reason.com (emphasis ours), Over and over again, President Joe...
Rising yields spook investors Jerome Powell’s appearances in Congress next week may come at the perfect time. Rising yields have made investors nervous and the Fed...
Developing a national disaster response plan for the pandemic was only step one.
A resumption of the surge in global bond yields is starting to worry some traders. Despite a firm Fed commitment that monetary policy will remain supportive...
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2020 — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we switched up our usual content to bring viewers...
Debates between various schools of economic thought keep playing out in the public policy sphere. We saw this in 2008-09 within economics, as debates raged about...
Another 1.4 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 861,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 516,000 who applied for...
A survey of the impact of the first few rounds of coronavirus aid shows that most of those who lost jobs or wages due to the...
The idea that Washington, DC is paralyzed by gridlock rests on half-truths about the legislative process and a basic misunderstanding of how contemporary policymaking works.
The Canadian dollar is trading lower for a second consecutive day. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2730, down 0.33% on the day. Canada inflation edges higher...
The British pound is trading in negative territory in Wednesday trade. Currently, GDP/USD is trading at 1.3846, down 0.41% on the day. UK inflation rises Inflation...
Just about the entire world economy is in the grips of reflation. What's reflation? My definition of reflation is when economic activity and prices are all...
With Impeachment Over, Democrats Forge Ahead On $1.9 Trillion Stimulus With yet another failed impeachment conviction under their belts, House Democrats have refocused their efforts, and...
A number of factors are coming together in the market picture, and indicate a possible change in conditions in the mid-term. These include increases in commodity...
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What Sort Of Inflation Is "Troubling" To The Fed? The Fed seems to be raising the bar for what constitutes ‘troubling’ inflation, and as Standard Chartered's...
Why Stimulus Doesn't Lead To Organic Growth Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, There is a growing consensus in Washington the only way to fix the...
Minutes and PMIs eyed Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week’s PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central...
Everyone is waiting for the third round of stimulus checks, but as of now, there is no clear timeline for it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, however,...
Below are a few of the most critical legal and non-legal updates to U.S. employment laws and regulations that arose during the pandemic, updates which would...
Taking a break Stock markets have turned negative after quite a flat week that has been light on newsflow and economic events. Holiday’s in parts of...
There is a growing consensus in Washington the only way to fix the worst economic downturn in more than 70 years is by giving out more...
The Canadian dollar has posted considerable losses in the Friday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2746, up 0.34% on the day. US dollar flexes muscles...
House Panel Advances Stimulus: Approves $1,400 Payments, Personal Tax Credits, Loans For Insolvent Pensions On Thursday we noted that the biggest winners from the upcoming $1.9...
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...
8 Million More Living In Poverty, 9 Million Small Businesses In Danger Of Closing, 10 Million Behind On Rent... Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic...
US stocks are mixed as investors head for the sidelines and brace for a few weeks of hard stimulus negotiations. A fast-track to a stimulus deal...
Another 1.1 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 793,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 335,000 who applied for...
In the US, reflation on the back of fiscal stimulus and the exit from lockdowns should lead to modestly higher inflation expectations and nominal bond yields....