The Coronavirus Recession and Elections
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – After a rather bad start, President Donald Trump is now doing a...
Tag: Recession
Oil Prices Will Stay Low The Doha talks failed because Iran did not accept to freeze its oil production
WASHINGTON – I am not at all surprised to see that the Doha oil talks aimed at finding an...
Will The Fed Raise Interest Rates? May Be Not New headwinds suggest no action in December
WASHINGTON – Until a couple of days ago, most economists bet that the US Federal Reserve would finally begin to...
If The US Enters A Recession, Clinton In A Tough Spot The most recent GDP numbers indicate a slow down. And the economy may get worse in 2016
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just declared that the Obama administration deserves an “A” when it comes...
Italy’s Bad Growth Numbers Described As Good In the "New Normal" leaders and media proclaim that chronic under performance is totally fine
WASHINGTON – When drastically reduced expectations become the “New Normal” lousy economic numbers in Western countries become acceptable, and...
A Very Weak American Economy While the US economy remains very fragile, the presidential campaign is about "anchor babies"
WASHINGTON – The slow but steady decline of the US economy should be the main theme of this unfolding...
End Of The US Recovery? The slow expansion has been going on for more than 74 months. How long before the next recession?
WASHINGTON – Ultra-contrarian David Stockman (davidstockmanscontracorner.com) is warning us that the tepid economic recovery America has enjoyed so far,...
The Financial Times Paints Rosy Picture Of Spain’s Economic Tragedy A recent story focused on higher economic growth. It deliberately downplays Spain's 24% unemployment rate
WASHINGTON – The Financial Times is read by top executives and business leaders. And this is because supposedly it is...
Is Wall Street Going To Crash? Are sharply lower stock prices just a "healthy correction"? Or is this the beginning of a serious downturn?
WASHINGTON – If you believe that US stocks are priced fairly, then the current sharp dip experienced by Wall...
Have Zero Interest Rates Created Another Wall Street Bubble? Stock market valuation inflated by artificially low interest rates. Investors have no other place to go
WASHINGTON – The real threat against America may not be terror attacks against the homeland engineered by ISIL, after...