Is China is surpassing the U.S. as an economic and financial power? The answer is a qualified "no."
The first mistake would be to declare “victory” over the virus prematurely.
The outbreak may herald the end of the era when steadily rising global trade buttressed global peace and prosperity.
The deeper the hole, the longer it takes to climb out.
Whereas winners tend to outnumber losers when trade is liberalized, raising tariffs normally has the opposite result.
It's better than an end to free trade in North America, but the USMCA is no improvement over the status quo.
Whatever the immediate trigger of the next U.S. recession, the consequences are likely to be severe.
Everyone—not just those who hold stocks—should be concerned about a major stock-market plunge.
Only two of the Trump administration's five apparent candidates to chair the US Federal Reserve fit the bill.
Trouble inevitably follows when investors assume that economic conditions are more stable than they are.