November 19, 2019 United States: Trump’s Dollar Angst Overlooks Trade as a Bigger Factory Concern “President Donald Trump’s complaints that a strong dollar is hurting manufacturing overlook a far bigger concern at America’s factories: his trade policies. At a meeting Monday with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, “I protested fact that our Fed Rate is
Date: November 18, 2019 United States: U.S., China Trade Negotiators Discuss Concerns of Phase One “U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators held “constructive discussions” in a phone call on Saturday to address each side’s core concerns of phase one of the trade deal. China’s Vice Premier Liu He, the country’s key negotiator in the trade talks
November 15, 2019 United States: U.S. Official Says First-Phase China Trade Talks in Final Stages “White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said negotiations over the first phase of a trade agreement with China were coming down to the final stages, with the two sides in close, regular contact including a call planned for Friday. Speaking
November 14, 2019 United States: Powell Satisfied With Current Fed Interest Rates But Flags Risks “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stuck to his view that interest rates are probably on hold after three straight reductions, while signaling that the U.S. central bank could resume cutting if the growth outlook falters. “We see the current stance
November 13, 2019 United States: Trump Threatens Substantially More Tariffs If No China Deal “President Donald Trump said the U.S. will increase tariffs on China in case the first step of a broader agreement isn’t reached. “If we don’t make a deal, we’re going to substantially raise those tariffs,” he said Tuesday in a speech
November 12, 2019 United States: Fed Likely to Defy History With Rates Steady Through Elections “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is likely to signal again this week that monetary policy is on hold, buttressing the belief that he may steer clear of action through 2020. Surprisingly, that would be an historic anomaly for a U.S.
November 11, 2019 United States: Trade War’s Forgotten Farmers Get Crushed in U.S. Cotton Country “American cotton farmers are having such a difficult year that even a potential trade deal between the U.S. and China is likely to offer them little comfort. That would have been unthinkable just a few months ago for Jeremy Brown, a fourth-generation
Date: November 08, 2019 United States: U.S. Says Phase-One China Deal Would Include Tariff Rollback The U.S. and China have agreed to roll back tariffs on each other’s goods in stages as negotiations continue over resolving the more than yearlong trade war, officials on both sides said. “In the past two weeks, top negotiators had
November 7, 2019 United States: Fed’s Evans Says Rate Cuts Leave U.S. Economy in Good Place “Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the central bank’s three interest-rate cuts this year have left the U.S. economy in a good place. “We’ve made a nice adjustment that takes account of risk management concerns,” Evans
November 5, 2019 United States: Trump Dealt Loss With Democratic Gains in Deep-Red States “Republicans suffered setbacks in two states in off-year elections Tuesday, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to rally supporters to the defense of GOP candidates down the ballot as the 2020 race heats up. A staunchly pro-Trump Republican governor in Kentucky faced
