China's Economic Coercion Of Australia A "Wake-Up Call" To World: UK Minister By Alexander Zhang of Epoch Times The Chinese regime’s economic coercion of Australia has...
We enter 2022 with trepidation. The COVID-19 pandemic is having another surge, thanks to the omicron variant, setting record-high infection rates. Civil wars and conflict have...
As a new year dawns, the Biden administration remains fixated on illogical, counterproductive “big is bad” nostrums. Noted economist and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers...
New York Fed researchers tackled a wide array of topics on Liberty Street Economics (LSE) over the past year, with the myriad effects of the pandemic—on...
Some of it – but some indications are that it’s not the majority. Let’s define the trade balance in NIPA terms, so we look at “net...
Some of it – but some indications are that it’s not the majority. Let’s define the trade balance in NIPA terms, so we look at “net...
Five industrial automation stocks to buy in response to wage inflation are outperforming their peers amid labor shortages caused by COVID-19. Rising wages and reduced availability...
China’s exchange rate policy favours a stable renminbi. However, the positive factors that have boosted the Chinese currency are turning negative, leading to views that the...
Futures Drift Lower In Illiquid Session As Virus Fears Resurface After three days of torrid gains, US futures and European markets fell as concerns about economic...
The US Census Bureau today reported that US imports of goods and services reached a record monthly high of $290.7 billion in October 2021. Just goods...
Quid iPhone Pro Quo: Apple Signed Secret $275 Billion Deal With Chinese Government Investors and journalists have been openly questioning whether Apple CEO Tim Cook, once...
On September 1, 2016, Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket burst into flames under mysterious circumstances. Musk called it “the most difficult and complex failure we had...
A Liberty Street Economics post from last summer by Matthew Higgins and Thomas Klitgaard contained an assessment of the Phase One trade agreement between the United...
The prices of U.S. imported goods, excluding fuel, have increased by 6 percent since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020. Around half of...
Inflation - Will It Or Won't It? Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “Inflation is like toothpaste – once you got it out, you can’t get...
Ferguson: Omicron Sounds The Death Knell For Globalization 2.0 Authored by Niall Ferguson, op-ed via Bloomberg.com, On top of an intensifying cold war between the U.S....
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) shares continue to trade above $35 support after the US and the European Union ended a dispute on steel and aluminum tariffs....
The new covid variant and quick imposition of travel restrictions on several countries in southern Africa have injected a new dynamic into the mix. It may...
Many vulnerable people are unable to engage with their energy usage online, leading to higher bills and even debt and illness.
A renewed push to liberalize trade can invigorate durable growth and minimize post-pandemic scarring.
As has been noted, the surge in goods demand is part of the story for why shortages and price pressures have mounted. Here’s another illustration. Figure...
"No Major Surprises" - Five Main Takeaways From The Xi-Biden Virtual Meeting As noted earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden held a...
A New Era Of Stagflation? Authored by David Goldman via The American Institute for Economic Research, The US inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price...
China Trade Surplus Hits Record Just As US Trade Deficit Rises To All-Time High Amid widespread power shortages, a sudden surge in new covid cases and...
Futures Meltup To New All Time High As November Begins With A Bang US futures and European stocks rose to a new record high to start...
Yellen Says Dems Should Pass Debt Limit Alone If Needed Breaking from months of Democratic strategy in recent months which sought to pass a debt ceiling...
US, EU Near Last-Minute Deal To Roll Trump-Era Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum Nobody ever said 'Free Trade' was easy. As it happens, it isn't particularly...
Lumber prices are back up; raising concerns over the possibility over the commodity surging to levels observed earlier in the year. After starting the year at...
The government is preparing to offer some kind of limited bailout to businesses that are struggling because of high electricity and gas prices.
Futures Slide As Soaring Oil Nears $85 While cash bonds may be closed today for Columbus Day, which may or may not be a holiday -...