Voodoo Economics
I am thrilled to report to you that our economy is the best it has ever been (Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address) This sentence starts one the first…
Philippe Waechter's blog
Uncertainty on trade dynamics takes over from risk
The United States’ unilateral economic policy is generating major uncertainties on world growth and casting severe doubt over institutions and trade. Hefty risk perception was a key feature of 2019, as the White House’s trade war and systematic reprisals from China fueled the prospect of a watershed…
A very relevant column on the new stages of the trade war
This column, “The Case Is Only Growing for an Economic Forever War”, by Shawn Donnan, was posted on the Bloomberg website. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has become…
Impeachment – The future is not written
According to Rolling Stones, 55% of Americans support the possibility of an impeachment of Donald Trump. If this situation is confirmed by other polls, the choices of Republicans in Congress will…
Trump and the Federal Reserve
Donald Trump hit out again recently at the Federal Reserve for its monetary policy management, taking it to task for hiking interest rates, which he claims would hamper US growth.…
Microeconomic impact of the White House’s trade measures
Nails, lobsters, peanut butter or bourbon all these products are suffering from the trade measures taken by the White House. The disruptions they imply are just anecdotal now but this…