Uncertainty, a stumbling labor market and major structural problems are all weighing down the economy. And Fed rate cuts may not help much.
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The US central bank is aiming for its soft landing that avoids recession, but the data and competing policy choices will make it difficult.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter-point during its September meeting.
The US is moving away from a laissez-faire version of capitalism and toward a state-directed form.
As Trump works to undermine US economic institutions, some Wall Street traders are making money from private data sources that pre-empt official statistics.
Households and economists are holding their breath.
Business leaders once flirted with activism. Under Trump, neutrality is back in style.
Borrowing is more expensive. Investors are holding back.
The timing of Israel’s air strikes suggest to some that the US influence over Benjamin Netanyahu has weakened.
Former Harvard president Larry Summers says a ban on foreign students would cause damage not just to the university but to the US’s image globally.
Oil money from the Middle East often goes straight to the US.
Currencies are built on trust, and US policy is quickly eroding the dollar’s image as a safe haven.
Whatever you think of his personality or politics, it’s impossible to deny the success of Donald Trump as a brand. Supporters and detractors across the world are transfixed by his second term as US president…
The 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon highlighted Vietnam’s emergence as a key economic player in the region.
Student visa holders face high levels of vetting and monitoring. Escalating those protocols will redirect students to other countries and weaken US global leadership, a scholar argues.
There could be more trouble ahead for Trump if he can’t keep his supporters on board.
Polling shows approval ratings for the US president has shifted with the introduction of new tariffs.
Joining us from Washington DC is Warwick McKibbin, an internationally renowned economic modeller from the ANU whose services are now in high demand.
European members of Nato are scrambling to find a solution to the problem of the US wanting to be less involved.
The only way to win a trade war is to avoid it in the first place.
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