Jerome Powell can stay on the Federal Reserve board. He cannot stay as chairman. And on that question, the law does not give him the choice. | Economy Powell’s Term as Fed Chair Has an Expiration Date...
Saint Patrick’s Day is a $7.7 billion consumer event that is driven by consumption in the most literal sense: eating, drinking, dressing up, and going out. | Economy Saint Patrick’s Day Is a $7.7 Bill...
We have argued since the opening days of Operation Epic Fury that the economic consequences of the Iran war depend less on the price of oil this week than on one question: how long does this last? | E...
The establishment case against tariffs got a polished restatement this week. It is worth examining carefully because it gets the problem wrong, gets the causation wrong, and offers wishes in place of ...
This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap of business and economic news, where we strive to increase output despite no increases in our newsletter’s payroll. | Economy The Weekly Wrap: T...
Randolph Bourne said war is the health of the state. Fine. Then let’s say the other part out loud: war is a disease in the economy. | Economy Iran and the Economy: The Danger Isn’t the Shock. It’s the...
The market is doing the only honest thing it can do in the fog of war: trying to price the duration of the conflict. | Economy The Market Tries to Price the War’s Duration On Tuesday morning, the mark...
Financial markets on Monday indicated that any damage to the U.S. economy from the military conflict between the U.S. and Iran is likely to be minimal. | Economy We Have Nothing to Fear Except Fed Fea...
This week President Trump reminded us that the state of our union is great again, the economists spilled nerd blood over the definition of a balance of payments problem, and AI came for the technology...
The Trump administration’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose temporary tariffs has drawn sharp criticism from a gaggle of anti-Trump economists and self-styled trade experts. | Eco...
