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Labour has emerged from this summer’s local elections with what appears to be a commanding lead, but this is the time in the electoral cycle when voters go to the polls in local elections to send a message to the government. Next year’s General Election is not a foregone conclusion. We are at an...
Fed Chair Powell will speak at 10 PM EST tonight on "Monetary Policy Normalization and Review" at Stanford University, CA Watch it live here. President and Mrs. Trump will...
President Trump's Schedule (EST):11:00 AM: Meets with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin;11:45 AM: Daily intelligence briefing;12:30 PM: Lunch with Secretary of State...
Tariffs might be politically controversial. But their inadvisability is one of the few things that practically every economist can agree on. Unfortunately, the exceptional...
"Trump Plans to End Key Trade Preferences for India and Turkey." This morning's Bloomberg article leads with: President Donald Trump has announced he plans to end key trade...
"U.S., China Close In on Trade Deal." Sunday afternoon's Wall Street Journal article led with: China and the U.S. are in the final stage of completing a trade deal, with...
After a couple of years that have seen a seemingly endless string of new centrist parties, usually with more Twitter followers than voters, last week finally saw the formation of...
Ultimately, this is a column about Labour, Brexit and the Independent Group. However, first I am afraid we do need to talk about Chris Williamson. For just as the Westminster...
Fed Chair Powell will testify at 10 AM EST before the House Financial Service Committee. Watch the hearing live here. I will forward a transcript as soon as it becomes...
New anti-market movements are emerging. In Britain and America, a revivalist Left is ascendant, winning not only seats in Parliament and Congress, but hearts and minds in...