Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a bipartisan consensus that the open trade which has been nurtured …
Despite last week’s meltdown in the US stock market and an increase of 4.3% in unemployment, CEO of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, has said that he has not seen …
Sixteen Nobel Prize-winning economists signed a letter on Tuesday warning that the US and world economy will suffer if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in …
Economists are struggling to reconcile their upbeat views on the US economy with the angst of average Americans. The key measures of economic performance – growth, unemployment and inflation – …
Hong Kong stocks gained, bucking the broader downtrend in the region, as investors remained confident about China’s economic recovery and the probability of a soft landing in its crisis-hit property …
If this year’s US presidential election were held today, former president Donald Trump would probably win. While much can happen between now and November 5, things are not looking good …
“The US’ pursuit of anti-globalisation, decoupling and disconnection has resulted in a mismatch of global resources, as well as supply and demand, which will inevitably impose further constraints on the …
Last week, Biden announced a 100 per cent tariff on electric vehicles (EVs) from China, roughly a quadrupling of earlier levies. Tariffs are also surging on solar cells, advanced batteries, …
I am not alone in this view. My former Far Eastern Economic Review colleague Christopher Wood (now the global head of equity strategy at investment bank Jefferies) observed in a …
At the end of 2023, bond markets were pricing in 1.5 percentage points worth of monetary easing this year, with the first reduction expected in March. By the end of …