Fiscal Vs Monetary: Trump's Economy Grows Despite Fed's BS Contraction; Dems Could Alter that in '19
The mid-term elections next month take on additional significance because a Democratic majority in the House will alter the fiscal arithmetic,...
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Trump and the GOP: Weighing the Seating of Kavanaugh Vs the Near-Term Electoral Damage
President Trump remains strongly behind his second nominee to the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS), Brett Kavanaugh, but has also admitted that his...
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Fiscally-Fuelled Economy Stays Red Hot, but Trump's Dysfunctional White House Is the GOP's Undoing
The ISM manufacturing index and non-farm payrolls blew past expectations in August 2018, making a 25bp rate hike at the next FOMC meeting (25-26...
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With the Inflation Target Breached, Can the Fed Postpone Signalling Faster Rate Hikes?
FOMC is likely to be concerned by the clear upward spurt in core inflation. The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) is meeting hot on the heels of...
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Volatility's Return and the Rising Risk of Policy Error
With the US now set to have fiscal deficits in excess of 5% of GDP annually over the next 12 years, at a time when the public debt/GDP ratio is...
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