Tariff Tantrum: Trump’s Trade War Bites Back
The American economy contracted at the start of the year — a predictably charming outcome — as companies scrambled to import goods ahead of Donald...
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President Xi Jinping’s Global Counteroffensive: While Trump Bullies, China Plays the Patient Statesman
Diplomats across the globe have been dispatched with a strikingly clear memo in hand: any nation engaging in trade talks with Donald Trump is, bluntly...
A central Banker will lead Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada has secured a fourth consecutive election victory, with voters entrusting former central banker Mark Carney to manage the country’s response...
China Thinks in Decades, America Barely in Tweets: The Great Miscalculation of Trump’s Trade Tactics
According to a senior adviser to Beijing’s Foreign Ministry, President Donald Trump’s administration, ever the champion of instant gratification, appears to have spectacularly misjudged China’s...
The Trump reality: High Yields, Higher Risks
The great “Sell America” frenzy that gripped markets this month has left what might well be a lasting dent in investors’ appetite for long-term U.S....
Trump’s Tariff Tonic: The Cure Worse Than the Disease?
President Donald Trump’s latest whirlwind of tariffs has been shaking Washington and Wall Street for nearly a month, and now, it seems Main Street is...
Trump Takes Aim at “Too Late” Powell – Again – Stirring Fresh Doubts Over Fed Independence
President Donald Trump, never one to miss a well-timed jab, has once again set his sights on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, suggesting his departure...
Trump’s Trade War and the Dollar, a moment of history?
In a plot twist worthy of a financial soap opera, the US dollar—once the shining beacon of global stability—is starting to look suspiciously like another...
U.S. Treasuries: From Safe Haven to Market Hazard?
The great Treasury selloff is gaining steam—not in a good way. For the third day running, long U.S. government bonds have come under heavy fire,...