NEW YORK — Countries around the world are confronting the same confluence of shocks. The continued breakdown of the global trading system, owing to a volatile United States tariff policy, is now accompanied by the risk of disruptions to trade routes and oil production from military conflicts in the Middle East. Moreover, concerns about the […]
The world economy is like a supercomputer that churns through trillions of calculations of prices and quantities, and spits out information on incomes, wealth, profits, and jobs. This is effectively how capitalism works—as a highly efficient information-processing system. To do that job, like any computer, capitalism runs on both hardware and software. The hardware is […]
JEFFERSON — Ashtabula County economic development representatives spoke at the Ashtabula County Convention Facilities Authority meeting Friday morning to detail how cooperative projects can be improved by participation of multiple agencies. Representatives of Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County, the Ashtabula County Port Authority, and the 503 Corporation provided detailed descriptions of each of their roles […]
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The European Union plans to hit US imports, including Boeing (BA) planes, with retaliatory tariffs if President Trump sticks with a 10% baseline levy on EU goods, as many expect. Brussels says it’s ready to respond if trade talks fail to deliver a fair deal. EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne said the bloc will need […]
Bhansali noted that the market is concerned about the independence of the Fed, which could affect confidence in US monetary policy. Powell’s cautious stance on monetary policy, due to Trump’s tariff plans posing a risk to inflation, was criticised by Trump for not lowering interest rates sharply. In the stock market, Nasdaq moved up yesterday, […]
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered similar statements, on different continents, about the state of the U.S. economy – with only their conclusions differing (to say the least). Speaking in Washington, Powell said the state of the U.S. economy was strong and inflation was under control, sentiments echoed […]
