U.S. ECONOMY IS DANGEROUSLY DEPENDENT ON WALL STREET WHIMS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

US economy is dangerously dependent on Wall Street whims The Federal Reserve faces pressure to keep cutting rates to keep asset prices hig...

IS A STRONG ECONOMY ENOUGH TO RE-ELECT TRUMP? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Is a Strong Economy Enough to Re-Elect Trump? The odds of an economic downturn in the US this year remain low, which means that US Preside...

ON LEADERSHIP, VIRTUE AND VICE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

On Leadership, Virtue and Vice By: George Friedman Editor’s note: George is preparing for a book tour for his new book “The Storm Bef...

MINING SECTOR FACES ENERGY TRANSITION CONUNDRUM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Mining sector faces energy transition conundrum Can the industry balance decarbonisation, ESG rules and mining asset investments? Julian...

THE APPEAL, AND THE FLAWS, OF CASH-BASED ACCOUNTING / THE ECONOMIST

Buttonwood The appeal, and the flaws, of cash-based accounting Earnings are fiction and cash is supposedly fact. But what is the truth? ...

DON´T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WHEN AMERICA´S CORONAVIRUS ICEBERG EMERGES / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Don’t Jump to Conclusions When America’s Coronavirus Iceberg Emerges As testing expands, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases will h...

CORONAVIRUS VS. THE FLU. INFLUENZA KILLS MORE PEOPLE SO EVERYONE IS OVERREACTING, RIGHT? WRONG -- AND HERE IS WHY / MARKETWATCH

‘We’re going to have more deaths.’ Coronavirus vs. the flu. Influenza kills more people so everyone is overreacting, right? Wrong — and h...

SHELTON THE CHARLATAN / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Shelton the Charlatan Like most of US President Donald Trump's earlier picks for the US Federal Reserve Board, Judy Shelton has no bus...

ERDOGAN TALKS TOUGH BUT PROCEEDS WITH CAUTION / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Erdogan Talks Tough but Proceeds With Caution By: Hilal Khashan Shortly after Recep Tayyip Erdogan became prime minister of Turkey in ...

THE MODERN-DAY BANK RUN / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

The Modern-Day Bank Run Doug Nolan Pondering the shallowness of the analysis being espoused by the vast majority of market pundits, I...

BLACK MONDAY: HOW MARKET PANIC CAN FEED BACK TO THE WORLD ECONOMY / THE ECONOMIST

Black Monday How market panic can feed back to the world economy In short: via tighter credit for companies already at risk FINANCIA...