President Trump’s ‘Project Vault’ echoes strategic concerns that gave rise to the National Defense Stockpile during the Cold War era, but this new US critical mineral stockpiling effort must navigate a profoundly different policy context and global market.

The GENIUS Act reshapes stablecoin regulation by creating a clear, federally regulated environment that balances innovation and risk management, unlocking broader crypto use in the corporate sector, and exposing risks investors must understand.

This week we examine some concerning job numbers in the US economy, a new round of Trump tariffs, and new evidence of a hardening line on Russia from President Trump.

The Trump administration is actively undermining the conditions that allowed American industry—and American markets—to dominate for so long.

A broad sell-off of US bonds is believed to have stayed Trump’s hand on the latest round of tariffs. This fracturing confidence in what was once considered a save-haven asset provides a possible glimpse of things to come.

An in-depth look at how the US manufacturing boom envisioned by the Trump tariffs brings new economic risks, namely via trade retaliation, economic disruptions, and long-term fiscal strain.

Taken to their logical conclusion, the Trump tariffs represent a potential paradigm shift in the global economy – and not one that the Trump administration would welcome.

The US consumer is key in delineating the political limits of any trade war, and signs abound that high debt and sagging confidence have left them unprepared for what’s in store.

Sovereign wealth funds are transforming into vehicles for industrial policy, economic warfare, political patronage, and strategic alliance-building – and the Trump administration is now looking to join the club.

Examining how the 2025 Trump tariffs are reshaping global trade, driving up inflation, and redefining US trade policy.

For clues as to how the latest Trump steel and aluminum tariffs may play out, one need only look to recent history.

Minor though tenacious pockets of inflation risk an enduring political headache for the second Trump administration.

Four policy areas are coalescing in the platforms of both US presidential candidates: housing, immigration, food prices, and tariffs. Yet none of these plans can address the fundamental weaknesses of the US economy.  

With a recession looming on the horizon, the COVID-era grace period of cheap money has nearly run its course.

Expect the Fed’s recent 75-basis-point hike to reverberate in central banks around the world, with particularly high stakes for emerging markets.

The greenback’s position as premier reserve currency continues to erode, albeit slowly.

CPI data in the United States added to fears that the global economic recovery could be derailed by runaway inflation.

The Biden administration has proposed a bold – and expensive – stimulus package to reinvigorate the US economy, and its legislative path will say a lot about how US politics will operate over the next two years.

How big of a problem is US student debt, and what can we expect the Biden administration to do about it?

Recounting the latest economic disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak.