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US economic policymaking

Opinion & Features

Is the US dollar’s era of exorbitant privilege ending?

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Opinion & Features

Envisioning the Mar-a-Lago Accord

A dose of humility will help the Jerome Powell-led Fed reduce the risk of another bout of slippages in analysis, forecasts, communication and policy design.
Opinion & Features

The Fed must resist repeating past mistakes

"Store Closing" signs at a Forever 21 store in New York, US, on Friday, March, 21, 2025. After filing for bankruptcy, Forever 21 plans on closing its last remaining stores in the US as the brand pursues a model that is similar to its online competitors. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

The coming US recession will be self-inflicted

FILE PHOTO: A Ford F-150 pickup truck is seen on the assembly line at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Opinion & Features

Ford is as American as apple pie. Or is that Honda?

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Opinion & Features

Is Trump engineering the decline and fall of the US dollar?

A rest stop along the Martin Goodman Trail, which hugs Lake Ontario in Toronto. Canada should be working to link resource-rich parts of its economy to Europe and China.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Rescuing America’s economy from Trump

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Stephen Miran's vision of a Mar-a-Lago accord includes a possible US debt restructuring, which would force some holders of Treasuries to swap them for perpetual bonds.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Tariffs on goods may be a prelude to tariffs on money

By midday on Friday (Mar 7) in the US, the S&P 500 had given up all of its post-presidential election gains.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Is this dotcom bust 2.0?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK—MARCH 05: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands on Wall Street on March 05, 2025, in New York City. Following two days of dramatic losses in the stock market after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada, stocks were up in morning trading. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Opinion & Features

The US economy is heading for recession

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