Over the last several months, we have seen repeated employment reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that crushed economists’ estimates and seemed to defy logic. Such is particularly the case when you read commentary about…
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen — who testified against the ex-president in the fraud trial that ended Friday with a stiff $355 million fine — said that even if Trump sold all his New York real estate assets, he’d…
Business & FinanceTechnology02 February 2024, 1:58 pm 1 minute
Reuters was first to report that Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group (9988.HK), is looking to sell a number of…
Growth remains on track to soften in the first quarter, based on the median nowcast for a set of estimates compiled by CapitalSpectator.com.
Although recession risk is still low, output looks set to downshift for a second straight…
Thank you to Columbia University and the organizers for the opportunity to speak today.1 It has been nearly a year since the sudden failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and…
The current crop of African leaders has done a lot to fight corruption and those efforts should be commended while the assertion by US Government that Africa is getting more and more corrupt should be dismissed with the contempt it…
Thank you to the Global Interdependence Center for the invitation to speak to you today.1 My subject is the U.S. dollar's primacy in global finance and the global economy,…
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