Government Seeks to Avert Banking Crisis
Administration officials spent the week trying to reassure global markets and stop the spread of a banking contagion after the…
Category: Economic Policy
Biden Touts Strong Jobs Report, but Recession Fears Persist
The U.S. Labor Department released its monthly jobs report Friday and stunned many experts with news that 517,000 jobs had…
Biden Faces Myriad Challenges as Third Year Begins
Joe Biden began the third year of his presidency facing an impending threat to the nation’s full faith and credit…
World Leaders Converge in Indonesia for G20 Summit
Leaders representing three-fifths of the planet’s population and fourth-fifths of global gross domestic product are meeting in Bali, Indonesia for…
Protesters Take to the Streets in Peru Calling on the President to Resign
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets throughout Peru calling on President Pedro Castillo to resign. The embattled Peruvian…
Netanyahu Poised to Return to Power
On November 1 voters in Israel went to the polls for the fifth time in less than 48 months. In…
Nigeria Experiences Historic Flood
Over the last several weeks Nigeria has been inundated by precipitation which has resulted in the country’s worst flood in…
Xi Jinping Consolidates Power
On October 16, delegates in China will meet in the country’s capital, Beijing, for the 20th Communist Party congress. It…