January 21, 2020 United States: Trump Legacy at Risk as Senate Impeachment Trial Opens Today “President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial formally opens in the Senate on Tuesday, promising to shape his legacy, deepen the country’s political divisions and influence control of power in the nation’s capital for years to come. While the president faces little

January 20, 2020 United States: Trump’s Former Economic Chief Gary Cohn Predicts No Recession “Former White House economic director Gary Cohn said he sees no recession on the horizon and predicted that the economy will continue to grow as the U.S. heads into this year’s presidential election. The ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. president, appearing on CBS’s

January 17 ,2020 United States: U.S. Passes Global Growth Baton to Rest of World, For Now “America’s days as pace-setter for the world economy may be coming to an end. With the International Monetary Fund releasing new forecasts on Monday, a rising number of economists are predicting that the U.S.’s momentum will fall behind that of the rest

January 16, 2020 United States: Trump’s Senate Trial Kicks Off With GOP Moderates Under Pressure “Donald Trump’s impeachment moves to the GOP-controlled Senate where the president and Democrats will battle over a small group of Republicans whose votes will determine the course of a trial on whether he should be removed from office. The Senate

January 14, 2020 United States: Trump Trade Deal Raises Issue of Trusting China to Deliver "After three years of tweets and tariffs, President Donald Trump has arrived at his China moment. The phase-one deal to be signed Wednesday is expected to include China’s commitments to respect American intellectual property and not manipulate its currency. U.S.

United States: Trump’s Impeachment Trial Gives Upper Hand to McConnell, GOP “Democrats set the rules for their impeachment of Donald Trump, but once House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicks the process over to the Senate for a trial the advantage and leverage will be with the president and Republicans. Three years of political and legal drama,

January 10, 2020 United States: U.S. Hiring at 2019 Finish Line Seen Right Around Decade Average “The final jobs report for 2019 is projected to show payrolls growth capped the year with a gain almost exactly in line with the average of the decade-long economic expansion, and continuing to moderate from the 2018 pace. The

January 09, 2020 United States: A Great Year for U.S. Jobs Is Also Likely to Be Worst Since 2011 “It was both a great year for the U.S. jobs market, and the worst in almost a decade. The final jobs report for the year, due Friday, is forecast to show employers added 160,000 jobs in

January 08, 2020 United States: The U.S. Trade Deficit Is Narrowing for Reasons That Aren’t All Good "On the surface, the latest numbers show President Donald Trump may be poised to deliver on one of his biggest economic promises: reducing the annual U.S. trade deficit with China and the world. Dive into the numbers, though,

January 07, 2020 United States: Connecticut Home Prices Remain 17% Below July 2006 Peak "Home prices in 10 U.S. states are still valued below the peaks reached before the Great Recession, according to a new report by CoreLogic, a real estate analytics company. Connecticut leads all states with a 17% equity decrease since its July 2006 price