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Trump plans to name Larry Kudlow his top economic advisor, replacing Gary Cohn: Sources

A delicious basket of lovely goodies is presented in this article but sadly these are only the wrappers. In the USA there are very, very many interventions in the US market places which defy any analytical logic drawn from best practice economics ...

Gains from Trade

I am not applying. I was hoping to do the job during my annual vacation but I only have 4 weeks.

The race to replace Gary Cohn as Trump's top economic adviser is heating up -- and 2 big names...

Neither country is perfect but China has a much more realistic view than the USA. The USA looks for faults externally not internally sharing this fault with Russia. USA has a huge savings shortfall, must borrow from abroad. China talks beyond Cold ...

China says no to US trade war, but vows to defend interests

Populist leaders just keep on behaving in the same way which got them here in the first place and so it does look like another 3 years (2 years 10 months) of similar behavior. Republican unity will become weaker and weaker as the fiscal deficit ...

11 Countries Sign Pacific Trade Deal

The WTO is already the avenue for such complaints. Attempts to short cut the WTO processes have several negative consequences even if the USA see advantages. In fact the large developed countries since WW2 have front loaded protectionist trade, lets ...

China Warns of 'Justified and Necessary Response' to Trade War

Still, much better than expected.- though December was much worse. Net, net looks like the beginnings of something better, about time.

Australia just recorded a massive trade surplus

8 to 9 years on we are still a long distance from normal either in US or world terms so this is what amazes me about such comments - that there is a foggy debate about why there is no inflation yet there is somewhat stronger growth and falling ...

Rational Irrational Exuberance?

Harder to move than Janet Yellen.

The fate of 'Fearless Girl' will be decided next week

Move in, move up, move out

Hope Hicks is resigning from the White House

Not much change then

Changing of the Guard

USA is a full partipating member of the WTO. Bilateral agreements allow the larger more powerful countries to strike favourable agreements and we have watched this happen for the last 70 years. Multi lateral negotiations are tougher for the most ...

Trump, Australia's Turnbull seek common ground on trade, China

Talk the talk, while China is walking the walk. The West (?) appears to be still stuck in the 1950s with a vision too much shaped by War. China is no saint but it is offering a vision shaped by peace and open trade and investment. The US ...

Australia, U.S., India and Japan in talks to establish Belt and Road alternative: report

Yes and in the Dunblane case the perpetrator was also known to the authorities as a threat. I'm sure that the monitoring potential threats also improved as well as the tightening of rules. Well done, UK!!!

Dozens Of Victims After Shooting At Florida High School, Shooter Still At Large

It is neither absolutely one thing - mental illness - nor another one thing - ease of acquiring weapons for mass killings. Its both together. To get on top of a problem you need to deal to the reality which is both ease of access to killing machines ...

Dozens Of Victims After Shooting At Florida High School, Shooter Still At Large

Again this is populist inspired argument and not based on intelligent analysis. WTO processes allow for member states to hear cases of abuse. Developed countries have long been the laggards of reform because of the sheer difference in size and ...

Trump threatens 'tax' on countries that exploit US trade

So there was no need for a change was there? Change for the sake of change is becoming an indentifier for this administration's policy programme. It also squares with populist ideas not analytical best practice. The USA is treading water during one ...

Powell: We will remain alert to any financial stability risks

Disappointing article. Nothing new nor interesting. With politics overemphasised vs economics forex markets range from scary to treacherous. Markets react quite violently to political shocks esp if recent dominance has been political. Avoid USD ...

We’re back to currency wars, and here’s why that is bad for markets

The blame game. Let's see some re-runs of Paul Ryan's diatribes in 2012/13. Excessive debt blah, blah, blah, public sector too big, must cut entitlements blah, blah, blah. Economy was coming into better shape back then than it is now but 4 years ...

Shutdown to enter a third day as Senate plans to vote Monday after failing to reach deal

The fact that we are here yet again with Government Shutdown in the USA coupled with another fact that the President is increasingly isolated from the rest of government institutions suggests to me that 2018 will not play out as kindly as 2013 did. ...

Pound Sterling Could get a Boost vs. Euro, Dollar Monday on Macron Brexit Comments, US...