The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.02 percent to 99.241 at 19:00 GMT. In late New York trading, the euro was unchanged at 1.1612 dollars from the previous session, while the British pound rose to 1.3446 dollars from 1.3426 dollars […]
May 20In the only poll to show an improvement in Trump’s standings this week, the president’s approval rating increased four points, to 37%, from a second-term record low of 33% in mid-April in the latest Associated Press-NORC poll conducted May 14-18 (the survey of 1,117 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3.8). His […]
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The assistant professor of sport management spoke about what really drives the economic impact of major sporting events. Share: Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X (formerly Twitter) Share this page on LinkedIn Email this page to a friend Print this page Alex Traugutt, assistant professor of sport management Elon University Assistant […]
The U.S. dollar firmed on Thursday after Reuters reported that Iran’s supreme leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, potentially complicating talks on ending the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The dollar tends to rise when tensions flare in the Middle East, as higher oil prices weigh on […]
The U.S. war on Iran has upended energy markets and gut-punched the global economy, especially countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. But the United States is not nearly as immune to the economic fallout from the war as U.S. President Donald Trump seems to think—and it is starting to show. There is […]
If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit produces a sustained Sino-American trade truce and a path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, that will give the world economy something it has lacked for the past year and half: a reduction in tail risks. In a year when so much has gone wrong, that is […]
A difference-in-difference, quasi-experimental design was used to estimate a “treatment effect” (PEPFAR), based on comparison to a control group (the counterfactual). The difference-in-difference design compares the before and after change in outcomes for the treatment group to the before and after change in outcomes for the comparison group. The outcomes of interest, their definitions and […]
May 20, 2026 The United Arab Emirates, long marketed as a secure destination for international commerce in the Middle East, is now confronting unprecedented challenges to its economic foundation. According to an Associated Press report, the nation has faced more missile and drone attacks from Iran than any other country during the ongoing war, and […]
