Search

Claudia Sahm

By concentrating on the issues facing small, young businesses – as opposed to large, well-established corporations with a lot of lobbyists – the incoming administration could foster innovation and support business formation.

Economic advice for Trump and Powell: First, do no harm

US job gains for the past 12 months ending in March showed there were 818,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in the largest downward revision since 2009.

The jobs numbers went down, but trust in them shouldn’t

The US hiring rate is now back down to its 2014 levels, when the unemployment rate was 6 per cent.

My recession rule was meant to be broken

Shoppers at Macy's store in Herald Square, New York, in December. The early readings on US consumers' holiday spending are encouraging.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Labour will bolster the US economy in 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: A Costumer visits the store on early morning Black Friday Sales at Macy's herald square on November 24, 2023 in New York City. The National Retail Federation projects that an estimated 182 million are planning to shop in-store and online through the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

THE BOTTOM LINE

Economists may have been flying blind all along

A hiring sign outside an In-N-Out restaurant in Mill Valley, California. The US unemployment rate inched up to an almost two-year high of 3.9 per cent in October, from 3.8 per cent.

Why my recession rule could go wrong this time

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest News Latest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds News Latest COE Certificate of Entitlement News

Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ News Latest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance News Latest STI Straits Times Index News Latest SGX Dividends, Share Price News Latest Bonds Market News Latest Singapore Stocks To Buy News Latest Singapore Economy News

View More