The policy world is aghast, but President Trump’s desires for monetary affairs aren’t as crazy as conventional wisdom portrays. I see three broad desires: Interest rates should be lower, in part to ...

THE FEDERAL RESERVE is usually run by technocratic consensus. Today it has become a battleground. On September 17th the Fed cut interest rates for the first time since December, by a quarter of a ...

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...

Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Few words spark more anxiety in public ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Domitrovic is a historian of supply-side economics Feb 08, 2025, 10:49am EST The NYSE got going in 1792—no kidding? First ...

Fed policy report flags solid economy, uncertain policy outlook Fed notes stabilized and strong job market Report flags elevated financial valuation levels Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank on Friday loosened its monetary policy, the first such move since 2020, saying it expects inflation and growth to be slower than it initially ...

WHY IS HOUSING so expensive? Explanations have tended to fall into two camps. One emphasises a gummed-up supply side: a range of restrictions on land use and NIMBY campaigners have stymied ...

Faced with a faltering economy and falling prices, the Politburo loosened the policy approach of China’s central bank and called for “extraordinary” measures. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Shanghai ...

Inflation is all over the news and commentary today, particularly after a presidential election that was allegedly all about it. The problem remains that few who utter the word grasp its singular ...