Editorial
If the US economy is robust, why is the yield curve still inverted?
BY MOST accounts, the US economy is chugging along nicely and has, at the very least, avoided falling into a recession. If so, then why has the US Treasury yield curve been inverted for almost two yea...
Far from thawing, the US-China economic war could see a new front opening up
The US is concerned about competition in cars and renewables
Time to study broadening of private market access
THE very wealthy are getting wealthier, even after adjusting for their rapidly rising cost of living. Access to private markets might be helping them cement this lead.
In AI-copyright battle, an existential crisis emerges
WHEN our artificial intelligence (AI) overlords finally subjugate the human race and start generating self-aggrandising paeans to the robot regime, mankind might at least get some songwriting credit. ...
Trade warriors’ real fears about Beijing’s industrial overcapacity
US TREASURY Secretary Janet Yellen was frank about the purpose of her four-day visit to China last week: to persuade Beijing to stop investment in more factories for making electric vehicles (EVs), so...
Quarterly monetary decisions are valuable even if – or precisely when – they bring no change
THIS year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) moved to a quarterly schedule for its monetary policy decisions, adding two more scheduled meetings in January and July, on top of its existing mee...
Stock market trading – faster and cheaper is not necessarily better
BETWEEN 1992 and 1999 US space agency Nasa adopted the mission paradigm of “faster, better, cheaper’’ (FBC) for its unmanned missions. Sceptics pointed out that FBC was too ambitious and that perhaps ...
DJT: Will common cause trump common stock?
IN THE Wild West of Trumpland, 2024 has featured enough close-ups of eyes and holsters to satisfy Sergio Leone, with Donald Trump in multiple stand-offs against legal and money woes. Fittingly, Trump’...
In Washington, they’re all economic nationalists now
FOR much of his time in office, Democratic critics lashed out at president Donald Trump for being an economic nationalist, ready to launch trade battles against America’s partners abroad and disregard...
Don’t expect social media to save the news industry
WHEN Australia set up its arrangement in 2021 to have social media giant Meta pay for news content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, it was seen as a lifeline for struggling local publishers. A...
