by Andrew Moran | Dec 4, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
In Washington, the clarion call to resolve America’s fiscal deterioration has been to raise taxes on everyone. Even if politicians claim they do not want to confiscate wealth from low- and middle-income households, they still do so every time the Treasury...
by Dave Patterson | Nov 22, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Joe Biden administration’s Treasury Department has taken an anaemic step to deter Iran proxies from attacking US outposts and bases in Syria and Iraq. The president’s tool for dissuading Tehran surrogates from sending rockets and explosive drones to harm and...
by Andrew Moran | Jul 6, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will pay a three-day visit to China beginning July 6 as the two superpowers grapple with geopolitical turmoil, a bilateral trade dispute, and political distrust. Yellen’s trip to the world’s second-largest economy comes...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 21, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
Well, that was fast! The national debt has reached a milestone, or should it be described as a millstone? President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) marketed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) as a terrific plan to suspend the debt limit and tackle...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 18, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently issued her first semi-annual foreign exchange report, a document that labels countries as currency manipulators or places nations on a watchlist. What does Yellen’s report tell us? First, she is not her predecessor,...