Business

While the Trump administration has spent considerable energy trying to "fix" its long-term problem with a massive trade deficit as shown on this graphic: …trade data ……Read More

The signing of Phase One of the Trump Administration's trade deal with China on January 15, 2020 as shown here: …suggests that at least some progress ……Read More

As has become apparent, the very concept of global climate change has become one of the most divisive issues of our times.  Those on the ……Read More

At the recent Russian Energy Week meeting held in Moscow from October 2nd to 5th, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin made some very interesting comments about the ……Read More

While Congress is focussing what passes for an important issue, that of the impeachment proceedings againt Donald Trump, they are failing completely when it comes ……Read More

With U.S. sanctions against Russia now well into their fifth year as shown here: …Russia has learned that it must work around the United States dollar-denominated ……Read More

Thanks to this posting at Howmuch.net, we have an idea of how much the Trump tariffs are costing American consumers.  While the tariffs are being imposed ……Read More

Thanks to the Trump Administration's tax reengineering and research done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, we now know how the changes to ……Read More

Donald Trump is proving to be one of the most virulent trade warrior that has occupied the White House in our lifetime.  This should come ……Read More

With Donald Trump tweeting this stream of consciousness about American companies operating in China: …I thought that it would be interesting to look at one of America's ……Read More

While Fed head Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole received most of the media's attention, a speech by the head of another influential central bank ……Read More

This blog has, in the past, posted my thoughts on the looming cashless society.  While I have been distracted by the political theatre that has ……Read More

With projections showing at $4 trillion addition to the national debt over the next decade thanks to the Trump Administration's deficit-financed legislation as shown here: …a ……Read More