USA Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/usa/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:43:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png USA Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/usa/ 32 32 Trump’s Housing Plan Misses the Real Cause of America’s Housing Crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:43:29 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36241 America’s housing market is failing a growing share of households. Prices and rents are at record highs, and homeownership is steadily slipping out of reach for younger generations. In response…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/feed/ 0 The UK’s and EU’s Net Zero policies threaten to destroy their economies in the face of Trump’s oil-led US revival at US$50-per-barrel https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-and-eus-net-zero-policies-threaten-to-destroy-their-economies-in-the-face-of-trumps-oil-led-us-revival-at-us50-per-barrel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-uks-and-eus-net-zero-policies-threaten-to-destroy-their-economies-in-the-face-of-trumps-oil-led-us-revival-at-us50-per-barrel https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-and-eus-net-zero-policies-threaten-to-destroy-their-economies-in-the-face-of-trumps-oil-led-us-revival-at-us50-per-barrel/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:46:48 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36215 Introduction The US is on the move and the geopolitical scenario has moved quickly away from the certainties of the last ten to fifteen years. Oil could come down to…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-and-eus-net-zero-policies-threaten-to-destroy-their-economies-in-the-face-of-trumps-oil-led-us-revival-at-us50-per-barrel/feed/ 0 How America Risks Regulating Itself Out of AI Leadership https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:30:04 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36170 For decades, America’s dominance in technology has rested on a simple but powerful principle: permissionless innovation—the idea that individuals and companies are free to build and experiment without first seeking…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/feed/ 0 Trump’s H-1B Restrictions: A Blow to Innovation and America’s Global Competitiveness https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-h-1b-restrictions-a-blow-to-innovation-and-americas-global-competitiveness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-h-1b-restrictions-a-blow-to-innovation-and-americas-global-competitiveness https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-h-1b-restrictions-a-blow-to-innovation-and-americas-global-competitiveness/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:36:39 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36154 For more than a century, America’s greatest strength has been its ability to attract the world’s most talented people — the scientists, engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs who made the U.S.…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-h-1b-restrictions-a-blow-to-innovation-and-americas-global-competitiveness/feed/ 0 Why Trump’s War on the Fed Is Monetary Populism at Its Worst https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-trumps-war-on-the-fed-is-monetary-populism-at-its-worst/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-trumps-war-on-the-fed-is-monetary-populism-at-its-worst https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-trumps-war-on-the-fed-is-monetary-populism-at-its-worst/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:55:08 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36052 Since returning to office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has made the Federal Reserve a central target of his presidency. At first, there were hints of serious reform, including…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/why-trumps-war-on-the-fed-is-monetary-populism-at-its-worst/feed/ 0 A Fiscal Time Bomb: How the Big Beautiful Bill Threatens the U.S. Economy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/a-fiscal-time-bomb-how-the-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-the-u-s-economy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-fiscal-time-bomb-how-the-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-the-u-s-economy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/a-fiscal-time-bomb-how-the-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-the-u-s-economy/#respond Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:12:56 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36031 On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law—a sweeping package of tax cuts and federal spending presented as a patriotic revival of…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/a-fiscal-time-bomb-how-the-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-the-u-s-economy/feed/ 0 The Art of Tariffs https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-art-of-tariffs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-art-of-tariffs https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-art-of-tariffs/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:30:50 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36021 Upon returning to office in January 2025, President Donald J. Trump swiftly reignited his signature “America First” trade agenda. Central to this strategy was a sweeping overhaul of U.S. tariff…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-art-of-tariffs/feed/ 0 Trump’s Shipbuilding Revival Plan: How His Maritime Vision Is Anchored in Flawed Policy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-shipbuilding-revival-plan-how-his-maritime-vision-is-anchored-in-flawed-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-shipbuilding-revival-plan-how-his-maritime-vision-is-anchored-in-flawed-policy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-shipbuilding-revival-plan-how-his-maritime-vision-is-anchored-in-flawed-policy/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:44:18 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35920 Blaming China for America’s economic woes has become a bipartisan habit, and shipbuilding is the latest target. In 2024, U.S. labor unions filed a Section 301 petition accusing China of…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-shipbuilding-revival-plan-how-his-maritime-vision-is-anchored-in-flawed-policy/feed/ 0 The Chinese educational system has been the key to China’s technological rise. Tariffs will not change the picture https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-chinese-educational-system-has-been-the-key-to-chinas-technological-rise-tariffs-will-not-change-the-picture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-chinese-educational-system-has-been-the-key-to-chinas-technological-rise-tariffs-will-not-change-the-picture https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-chinese-educational-system-has-been-the-key-to-chinas-technological-rise-tariffs-will-not-change-the-picture/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:42:21 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35902 In May, we examined how the quality of Chinese exports—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) developed by Harvard’s Growth Lab—has significantly improved over the past three decades and…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-chinese-educational-system-has-been-the-key-to-chinas-technological-rise-tariffs-will-not-change-the-picture/feed/ 0 The Recent Rise of Minimum Wages Across the U.S.: Who Really Pays the Price? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-recent-rise-of-minimum-wages-across-the-u-s-who-really-pays-the-price/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-recent-rise-of-minimum-wages-across-the-u-s-who-really-pays-the-price https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-recent-rise-of-minimum-wages-across-the-u-s-who-really-pays-the-price/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 03:39:09 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35900 For the first time in over a decade, momentum is building in the United States to raise the federal minimum wage. On April 8, 2025, lawmakers in Congress introduced the…

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