If you listened to certain factions of mainstream media, the tariffs against China might have you fearing that a full-blown recession is coming on the back of an all-out trade war. Apparently, consumer sentiment…
Just as China has more to lose than the United States in a trade war, it has more to potentially lose than the United States if it decides to dump its U.S. Treasury holdings…
Retail sales are often volatile on a monthly reporting basis, and the markets are getting to deal with a fresh round of negative news when it comes to the consumer spending habits of Americans.
If the trade war between China and the United States becomes even larger, huge sections of the American economy will be affected and, in some cases, deeply harmed.
The reputation of the federal government is often rated poorly. Members of Congress get poor grades too. However, the reputations of federal government agencies vary widely. One of the most troubled agencies, financially, recently…
The Chinese sent a message to the world about trade talks with the United States via an op-ed piece in the People's Daily, a government-controlled medium.
A new OECD report on skills development focuses on the need to ensure that adults have the digital skills they need to thrive in the years ahead. The United States scores well in some…
Wednesday's appointment of three new members of the board of directors for the U.S. Export-Import Bank enables the bank to make and guarantee loans of more than $10 million, its first such opportunity in…
It would be silly to predict that a trade war with China would have no impact on the broad economy and the markets at all. It just might not be the end of the…
Economic release by the Federal Reserve, outside of the formal FOMC interest rate changes, may be boring on the surface. The flip-side to that is that the Fed’s economic reports are also very pertinent…