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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon nattered to the Times of India earlier this week about the dangers of central-bank interest-rate... Read More

Tomorrow, the Federal Housing Finance Agency will release its much-anticipated report on the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). The... Read More

In capital markets, one of the most dependable long-term trades has been long duration treasury bonds. However, that dependability is now... Read More

Concentrated positions carry big risks. Read More

While Cordell Hull served FDR as his secretary of state, he was most valuable then and after for his clarity about what advances peaceful... Read More

A lapse in funding would delay data on unemployment and inflation as policymakers try to avoid a recession. Read More

Facing pressure from his right and his left, the president makes a high-profile gesture of solidarity. Read More

Trump is exaggerating his union support. Read More

Credit has been a part of our lives almost since the beginning. After all, it has always been very difficult to afford large items—be... Read More

Ouch: Now Florida has passed the Empire State to become the second-most valuable US housing market, $3.8 trillion to $3.7 trillion. Where... Read More

The Barbie movie is more than a bit of good fun. It also teaches an economics lesson about lemons—the old slang term for defective... Read More

The FTC attacks Amazon.  Read More

Investors, customers, and employees are increasingly interested in evaluating firms’ environmental impact. This is good news. We are... Read More

Bad ideas sometimes, but better at politics.  Read More

You know what they say about when you have “friends” like these. Trading across the oil market this week is one for the books, if... Read More

Steve Forbes details the recent provocative actions and aggressions demonstrated by China that, should the U.S. not be careful, lead to a... Read More

Tech prowess and military might are at stake -- and the chips are in Taiwan's hands. Read More

In pursuit of Khan’s white whale, the FTC is bringing a case it cannot win, potentially resulting in great harm to consumers. Read More

And that means what?  Read More

The UAW strike has revealed something very important about the state of today's Democratic Party. Joe Biden has pitted the labor wing of his... Read More

As UAW strike continues, Donald Trump seeks to woo workers with Detroit speech during GOP debate. His actions as president tell a different... Read More

Striking autoworkers are demanding an end to the 40-hour week. It’s a change that would be good for everyone else, too. Read More

For the past few years, American tech companies have seemingly taken up residence in the minds of bureaucratic regulators rent-free,... Read More

Here’s what’s coming in the WGA’s new contract. Read More

The Congressional Budget Office has released its monthly budget review which shows that the federal budget deficit is on track to double this... Read More

Oil prices look unlikely to fuel big Energy outperformance. Read More

The toleration of riots and looters in 2020, along with the recent push in liberal cities to elect pro-criminal district attorneys, led to a... Read More

"Interest rate and liquidity data point to the same conclusion: monetary policy is sufficiently tight. Further tightening could cause a... Read More

The massive autoworkers strike, the resumption of student loan payments and a possible government shutdown will mean less money for millions. Read More

It’s hard not to pull for Zelensky; everyone in that room, I am told, would like to play a role in rebuilding the country. I am also told... Read More

China’s Evergrande has been staring bankruptcy in the face since 2021. More recently, media members have fingered Country Garden as yet... Read More