By Jasmine Harris | April 05, 2019 As millions of people tune in to watch the Final Four, much of their focus will be on the numbers on the scoreboard. But a March 2019 report from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, calls attention to numbers of a different sort. The report –… Read More »
By Martin Hahn | March 21, 2018 Social security is one of the successes gotten by the Americans. The program provides a foundation of economics security for more than 47 million Americans and their families. The reason for the built in protections, we have come close to eliminating poverty among seniors. It also helps in the provision of… Read More »
By Christopher Foster and Shamel Azmeh |March 15, 2019 At the heart of the current US trade war with China is tariffs on imports like steel, sorghum and silicon chips. But, with the growing role of data and digital technology in the world economy, a new arena of digital trade conflict is on the cards. Rapid… Read More »
By Ross Guest | March 13, 2019 The great British economist John Maynard Keynes said he longed for the day when economics could be thought of as a “matter for specialists – like dentistry”. It’s easier to become an economist than a dentist, or a doctor or a lawyer. For those and other professions you… Read More »
By Thomas Adam | March 13, 2019 Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit on denuclearization. At Hanoi’s posh Metropole Hotel, Trump hoped to convince Kim to abandon nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting U.S. sanctions against… Read More »
By Michael Plouffe | March 12, 2019 The US has published its objectives for a proposed trade agreement with the UK – and its thinking highlights just how weak Britain’s bargaining position will be in the post-Brexit global economy. The US trade representative outlines many of the usual ways to increase trade between the two… Read More »
By Jimmie Lenz | March 11, 2019 New findings from the New York Federal Reserve reveal that millennials have now racked up over US$1 trillion of debt. This troubling amount of debt, an increase of over 22 percent in just five years, is more than any other generation in history. This situation may leave you… Read More »
By Giovanni Di Lieto | February 28, 2019 It’s hard to tell if Donald Trump’s trumpeting of “substantial progress” in trade talks, leading to a cosy weekend at Mar-a-Lago to sign a deal with Chinese president Xi Jingping, represents reality. Most observers, though, will be relieved by his decision to again defer his threat to… Read More »
By Carmen Raluca Stoian | February 22, 2019 Ever since the EU referendum of 2016, well-known companies have announced decisions to relocate outside of the UK. Electronic giant Panasonic has gone to Amsterdam, where Sony will soon follow. Ferry company P&O will shift registration of its vessels to Cyprus, while the engineering firm Dyson is moving… Read More »
William D. Lastrapes | February 14, 2019 The U.S. federal government’s debt load hit another milestone this month: It’s now a record US$22 trillion in nominal terms. That’s $67,000 for every man, woman and child living in the U.S., and it’s up $2 trillion since President Donald Trump took office in 2017. For comparison, U.S.… Read More »