PEOPLE´S INFLATION EXPECTATIONS ARE RISING -- AND WILL BE HARD TO BRING DOWN / THE ECONOMIST

People’s inflation expectations are rising—and will be hard to bring down No one listens to central banks Consumer prices across the rich wo...

CHINA´S ONCE-SIZZLING PROPERTY MARKET HAS STARTED TO COOL / THE NEW YORK TIMES

China’s Once-Sizzling Property Market Has Started to Cool New home prices in China have fallen, and would-be buyers are thinking twice. That...

FED STOPS DILLYDALLYING, SO MAYBE NO SOFT LANDING AND MARKETS ARE ON THEIR OWN / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Fed stops dillydallying, so maybe no soft landing and markets are on their own BY DAVID HAGGITH This is fast moving now, but the Fed is stil...

A NEW, OLD GLOBAL REALITY / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

A New, Old Global Reality By: George Friedman The United States recently said that it would defend Taiwan in the event China invades it.  Mo...

RETAILERS ARE GETTING PINCHED MORE THAN CONSUMERS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Retailers Are Getting Pinched More Than Consumers Americans have the wherewithal to keep spending, but they will be doing less of it at stor...

HOW THE EU MUST CHANGE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

How the EU Must Change For many decades after World War II, the European order rested on the belief that shared institutions, common markets...