Stifled by Politics, Beijing and Shanghai Fall in Rankings of International Financial Centers
The city skyline, ahead of the annual National People's Congress (NPC), in Shanghai on Feb. 24, 2022. (Aly Song/Reuters) Shanghai...
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US Judge Strikes Down Key ObamaCare Provision
A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2017. (Mike Blake/Reuters)...
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Sen. Ted Cruz, GOP Push Legislation to Defund Sanctuary Cities
Ted Cruz / PHOTO: AP ( Corine Gatti , Headline USA ) Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and a group...
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Biden’s Destructive Russia Sanctions Are Destroying Decades-Long Dominance of Dollar as World’s Reserve Currency
Former Defense Secretary Roberts Gates has famously said on more than one occasion that though he liked Joe Biden personally,...
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Biden Orders Federal Reserve to ‘Explore’ Digital Cash
Democrat President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. Federal Reserve to “explore” the use of a “digital dollar” in place...
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The Moral Hazard Emerging From the Fed’s Response to the Failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
Two large regional banks failed within a period of only two days, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, and...
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FDIC Disguises Bailout as “Purchase” as First Citizens Bank “Buys” Silicon Valley Bank
There's a bit of good news for those who had their money in Silicon Valley Bank. The bad news will...
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World Bank Says Ukraine’s Reconstruction Will Cost $411 Billion and Rising
The World Bank said in a new report that Ukraine’s reconstruction will cost at least $411 billion over the next...
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Fed’s Bullard Calls for Higher Rates as Balance Sheet Jumps $100 Billion, Depositors Pull Funds From Banks
President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard in Washington on Aug. 6, 2019. (Alastair...
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To the 18 Republican Senators Who Voted for the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus: ‘We Haven’t Forgotten’
As some of you know, I’m often quick to pounce on the Democrats, but I never want to get so...
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