Archive for December, 2017

The GOP Tax Bills

Dec 28, 2017 No Comments

As of this writing, the house and Senate have crafted their respective versions of the GOP tax proposals. After the Thanksgiving holiday, the two sides will race to reconcile and present President Trump with something tangible to sign so that they can declare “Mission Accomplished” before the calendar year expires. The proposals are each hundreds […]

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Outgoing Fed Chair Warns of “Boom-Bust Cycle”

Dec 07, 2017 No Comments

In an ironic twist, Janet Yellen—who officially will not have her term renewed as Fed chair— gave a recent talk at New York University in which she warned that the U.S. central bank would need to be careful with its interest rate policy in the coming years.

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