Tag: Finance & economics
Crypto’s big bang will revolutionise finance
Among the strait-laced denizens of Wall Street, crypto’s “use cases” are often discussed with a smirk. Veterans have seen it all before. Digital...
Why 24/7 trading is a bad idea
Stock exchanges are the quaintest corners of modern finance. At other financial institutions, the typical trading floor features people in t-shirts sat at...
Want higher pay? Stay in your job
For years, America’s job market has rewarded the footloose. The surest route to a higher salary, the usual advice goes, is to string...
Want higher pay? Don’t change jobs
For years, America’s job market has rewarded the footloose. The surest route to a higher salary, the usual advice goes, is to string...
How far off is dollar doom?
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, American investors have received one shock after another—so it really takes something to get them...
Has Trump damaged the dollar?
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, American investors have received one shock after another—so it really takes something to get them...
Why is AI so slow to spread? Economics can explain
Businesses are ignoring the street of hundred-dollar bills
Trump’s real threat: industry-specific tariffs
When Donald Trump’s tariffs are mentioned, you might recall his “Liberation Day” duties on uninhabited islands, his on-again, off-again threats against Canada, or...
Americans can still get a 2% mortgage
WHEN ADNAN SABIC began looking for a home in 2023, he was shocked. The hotel executive, whose wife had just given birth to...
Stablecoins might cut America’s debt payments. But at what cost?
A TRILLION DOLLARS. That number may keep Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, up at night. Next year his government’s net interest payments will...
