As if the victory on Tuesday of the latest neophyte progressive to land in the public eye and scare the crap out of rational folks wasn’t enough, older Democrat ne’er do wells are feeling the urge to seek their moment in the sun, regardless of the own track record. One such miserable example is the...
People and businesses in the US have faced a whirlwind of policy change in recent months. But one thing has remained fixed: borrowing costs set by the US central bank. The Federal Reserve stuck with that strategy on Wednesday, voting to leave its key interest rate unchanged. The decision marked the fourth in a row...
Today the NY Times published a lengthy article about the high rate of suicide among police officers. American policing has paid much attention to the dangers faced in the line of duty, from shootouts to ambushes, but it has long neglected a greater threat to officers: themselves. More cops kill themselves every year than are...
US President Donald Trump says he has “no intention of firing” Jerome Powell after repeatedly criticising the head of the Federal Reserve. But he added that he would like Powell to be “a little more active” when it comes to cutting interest rates. Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump also said he is...
Getty Images US stocks and the dollar plunged again as President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on US central bank boss calling him “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates. In a social media post, Trump called on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates “pre-emptively” to help boost the economy, saying...
Donald Trump has attacked the head of the US central bank for not cutting interest rates, stating that Jerome Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough!”. The US president took to social media to renew his criticism of Powell ahead of the third interest rate cut this year by European Central Bank (ECB). On Thursday, it...