Trump’s Brazil Barrage: Tariffs, Tantrums, and a Tropical Witch Hunt
Donald Trump has once again lobbed a diplomatic grenade, this time in the direction of Brasília. His threat to impose a whopping 50% tariff on...
Tariff Tensions and Fed Headaches: Monetary Policy in the Age of Trumpian Chaos
The budding rift among Federal Reserve officials over the trajectory of interest rates hinges on diverging views over the inflationary magic of Donald Trump’s tariffs....
Trump’s Copper Crusade: Making Inflation Great Again
President Donald Trump has once again sent commodity markets into a tailspin, this time with an offhand remark to reporters declaring that the United States...
Beijing’s Silent Symphony: Undermining the Dollar, One Bond at a Time
While Washington busies itself with tax theatrics and tariff tantrums under Trump 2.0, Beijing is quietly tuning its instruments for a more strategic performance: the...
Trump’s Second Term: A High-Speed Gamble with Hazardous Consequences
Donald Trump’s second presidency is quickly becoming an exhilarating journey, one that promises a record-setting outcome, as long as it encounters no major setbacks along...
Greece, The Price of Redemption
In the summer of 2015, Greece was the economic basket case of Europe, teetering on the edge of default, capital controls, and an unceremonious exit...
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: A Tax Cut, a Spending Spree, and a Warning Sign for the Dollar
The U.S. House of Representatives is barreling toward approval of President Donald Trump’s flagship tax and spending plan, a colossal, hastily assembled legislative cocktail that...
The Euro Rallie and the ECB Quietly Panics
European Central Bank officials are beginning—reluctantly—to voice concern that the euro’s rapid appreciation may well derail their carefully choreographed attempt to anchor inflation at that...
Trump Eyes Powell’s Replacement, But Powell Might Outstay the Drama
As Donald Trump and his advisers begin circling for a new Federal Reserve chair, they face an awkward little detail: Jerome Powell might not be...