When Donald Trump vowed to dismantle Washington’s bureaucracy, few expected Elon Musk to lead the charge. Yet, Musk now heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a White House task…
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Introduction The new USA government is about to introduce fresh elements into developments regarding monetary policy, banking and finance. New tariffs and a ring of security measures will make an…
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his proposed trade policies threaten to unleash economic chaos that could devastate American consumers, businesses and the global economic order.…
Vice President Kamala Harris recently unveiled her “Opportunity Economy” plan, a mix of populist and regulatory measures that intends to address the economic challenges that disproportionately affect middle-and low-income families.…
While campaigning in Flint (MI), former President Donald Trump was asked how he would tackle rising food prices. In response, he suggested that import tariffs would do the job, and…
Economic indicators are confused – but a ‘soft landing’ looks less likely than a few months ago
Introduction Governments and central banks have pinned a lot of their credibility on returning the world economy, after the Pandemic and the inflation shock, to an orderly picture of inflation…
Introduction Financial regulators and governments have made much of their success in restoring the global financial system to a state of stability after the Global Financial Crisis and the Eurozone…
On Oct 30, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order on AI, requiring AI developers and cloud providers to share safety tests and other crucial information with the government. It…
On December 13, 2022, delegates from forty-nine African countries and the African Union traveled to the United States to attend the US-Africa Leaders Summit. Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, and Sudan…