Finance Trump Puts Federal Reserve Independence Under Increasing Threat by internationalbanker November 4, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s efforts to influence the Federal Reserve—from lodging complaints against Chair Jerome Powell to demanding Governor Lisa … Continue Reading November 4, 2025 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance World Economy to Slow Sharply in Wake of US Tariff Shock by internationalbanker August 25, 2025 Agencies such as Fitch Ratings have trimmed their forecasts for global economic growth in 2025 and 2026 following the White … Continue Reading August 25, 2025 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Tariff War Prompts Analysts to Sharply Raise Their Expectations of an Incoming US Recession by internationalbanker May 14, 2025 The recent tariff battles instigated by the White House against numerous countries have caused economists to hike their expectations of … Continue Reading May 14, 2025 4 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Bidenomics and Its Discontents by internationalbanker April 26, 2024 President Joe Biden’s heralding of “Bidenomics” has all but ceased since he coined the word less than a year ago. … Continue Reading April 26, 2024 5 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Can the Federal Reserve Successfully Engineer a Soft Landing for the US Economy? by internationalbanker February 13, 2024 With US inflation rates trending downward toward the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent, how will the central bank respond? … Continue Reading February 13, 2024 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance The Dollar Still Dominates, but De-dollarization Is Unstoppable by internationalbanker January 2, 2024 The United States enjoys a special advantage because of the preeminent status of its dollar as the world’s leading reserve … Continue Reading January 2, 2024 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Approaching a Crossroads? by internationalbanker December 18, 2023 Markets waiting for the ending of tight monetary policy in response to inflation rates may or may not see it … Continue Reading December 18, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Desperately Seeking Normal by internationalbanker December 7, 2023 Though inflation has not yet been defeated, financial markets already yearn for a return to loose monetary conditions. Policymakers, in … Continue Reading December 7, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking The Triple Punch of Monetary Tightening on US Mortgage Rates by internationalbanker August 28, 2023 The Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening in response to high inflation rates has passed through to mortgage rates with unusual speed, … Continue Reading August 28, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance How Fragile Is the US Housing Market Right Now? by internationalbanker August 7, 2023 The US housing market took a hit in 2022 as the Federal Reserve’s relentless interest-rate rises made borrowing more expensive. … Continue Reading August 7, 2023 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail