US economy

Trump's war on numbers he doesn't like is driving some to source the quality public data they relied on elsewhere - but that will then give them an economic advantage to the detriment of good public policy

Trump's war on numbers he doesn't like is driving some to source the quality public data they relied on elsewhere - but that will then give them an economic advantage to the detriment of good public policy

Jim O'Neill points out that all the US president's latest pronouncements are undermining the greenback's standing

Jim O'Neill points out that all the US president's latest pronouncements are undermining the greenback's standing

Jim O'Neill considers what other economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare

Jim O'Neill considers what other economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare

Jim O'Neill explains why the US currency has been declining despite widespread expectations to the contrary

Jim O'Neill explains why the US currency has been declining despite widespread expectations to the contrary

A bully in a China shop?

A bully in a China shop?

Capital Economics says the resulting surge in US inflation from the announced tariffs is going to 'come faster and be larger than we initially expected'

Capital Economics says the resulting surge in US inflation from the announced tariffs is going to 'come faster and be larger than we initially expected'

Brian Easton wonders whether we can trust the Trump cabinet to act in the public interest

Brian Easton wonders whether we can trust the Trump cabinet to act in the public interest

Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics probes how and why President Trump could fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics probes how and why President Trump could fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Jen​ée Tibshraeny talks to S&P's US Chief Economist about the US being strong enough to weather a trade war, but vulnerable to fiscal stimulus creating more inflation than productivity

Jen​ée Tibshraeny talks to S&P's US Chief Economist about the US being strong enough to weather a trade war, but vulnerable to fiscal stimulus creating more inflation than productivity

A rebound in US jobs growth cools talk of a US economic slowdown, raises talk of more Fed hikes in 2016. Wage growth slipped however

A rebound in US jobs growth cools talk of a US economic slowdown, raises talk of more Fed hikes in 2016. Wage growth slipped however

US needs to avoid falling off the fiscal cliff after the Presidential elections

US needs to avoid falling off the fiscal cliff after the Presidential elections