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A Goldilocks Economy?
Calafia Beach Pundit 57.16K Followers The M2 money supply is well-behaved - the excesses of the Covid era have been absorbed - and it is once again growing at a rate that in the past has been consistent with relatively low inflation. Interest rates…
Care economy is a fundamental economic growth strategy
What if one of Asia's biggest barriers to economic growth is something that barely appears in the national accounts? Across Asia, millions of women are unable to take up a job, work longer hours or pursue a career because someone must care for a…
Macroscope | Bond market revolt signals fading confidence in US economic leadership
Two years ago, the prospect of a trade war between the United States and Canada, two of the world's most closely integrated economies, would have been unthinkable. However, US President Donald Trump's recklessness and capriciousness know no bounds.
Op-Ed: AI has reconfigured the gig economy and the rot is spreading
The whole basis of the workforce used to be skills. Those skills were already being devalued by a cheapskate and extremely neurotic, hostile workplace environment. The gig economy was worse. As you might expect, a lot of the gig work is being…
Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast
On Aug. 5, I wrote a column entitled 'Scott Bessent's Money Ammo.' When I wrote that column, the secretary of Treasury had already fired several powerful economic rounds aimed at Iran's Islamic terrorist regime. But the tough guys in the Islamic…
America's Nostalgia Problem Is Becoming an Economic Problem
What that view lacks is not merely perspective, but gratitude. Consider the refrigerator. Older Americans often insist that the refrigerator from their youth was superior to anything available today. It never broke, never needed replacement, and…
Timber Was Gold in the South-Until a Market Collapse Crushed the Forest Economy
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Bill Howard's family has earned a living from the piney woods of southeast Georgia since 1898, when his great-grandfather and seven great-great uncles started cutting lumber with a portable sawmill. Over four generations, the…
Republicans divided over pre-election stimulus push as economy slows
Republicans on Capitol Hill are divided over whether to make a last-ditch push to enact legislation to stimulate the economy and cheer up voters before Election Day as the latest federal data shows the economy is slowing and inflation remains a…
Economy is resilient, but risks remain
Leading economic indicators indicate that the country's underlying economic growth momentum has held up in the first quarter and beyond. This view has been reinforced in the State of the Economy report prepared by economists at the RBI as well as…
S&P Global Affirms India's 'BBB' Sovereign Rating: Economic Growth & Policy Predictability
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed India's 'BBB' sovereign credit rating with a stable outlook, underscoring the nation's dynamic and fast-growing economy, robust external balance sheet, and predictable policy environment. S&P Global Ratings has…
Davidson to lead provincewide economic development agency
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How the AI Investment Craze Is Keeping the Global Economy Afloat
TOKYO—In the past few weeks, Canada and the U.S. have launched a bitter trade war, President Trump has escalated his campaign against Iran and bond yields have surged, kindling fears over higher borrowing costs around the world. The global…
US counters China as Beijing's 'shock wave' hits African economies
A top State Department official has hit out at China for what analysts are calling ‘the China shock wave' effect now crippling African economies. African manufacturing is reportedly being battered by a surge of Chinese imports. It's a triple…
The economy looks stable. The Chicago Fed president isn't relaxing
The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most overt political pressure in its modern history. Ahead of the central bank's…
AI Is Nearly The Only Thing Keeping The U.S. Economy Afloat
Current market valuations rival the late 1990s but lack broad economic support beyond AI infrastructure spending. Housing and job markets are weak, with housing activity moribund and job growth anemic compared to 1999. Consumer sentiment is near…
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