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Mr. Abe’s ‘Third Arrow’MarketMinder's View: Fiscal and monetary stimulus gave Japan a boost in Q1, but sustained growth likely requires deep structural reform—and this piece highlights many of the most glaring ... See More >>  17 May US Demand Is Alive and WellMarketMinder's View: Our latest for The Street, on the underappreciated health of US demand. 17 May Leading Economic Indicators Hint at Underlying StrengthMarketMinder's View: While LEI’s not a perfect gauge of economic direction, a high and rising LEI is one more sign of the US’s underappreciated economic strength. ... See More >> 17 May There May Be No Halting This Tax JuggernautMarketMinder's View: “As this week’s dismal GDP figures demonstrate, Europe desperately needs some kind of deregulatory growth agenda, and yet it seems determined only on the reverse. To be ... See More >> 17 May Japan Considering Tariff Rate Cuts on Australian BeefMarketMinder's View: Though both nations would likely be better off if Japan scrapped the beef tariff altogether, reducing it from 38% to 30% could help them get past one of the remaining ... See More >> 17 May Does Solar Energy Actually Make Massachusetts Safer?MarketMinder's View: Here’s an interesting look at the economic inefficiencies of solar energy. In our view, if an industry can’t profit without massive taxpayer subsidies, its time likely ... See More >> 17 May US May Strip Bangladesh of Tariff BreaksMarketMinder's View: Removing Bangladesh’s preferential market access may seem like an obvious policy response to deplorable working conditions in the nation’s garment factories, but as this ... See More >> 17 May Taiwan, Singapore Conclude Trade Pact NegotiationsMarketMinder's View: Absent official diplomatic relations with most of the world, these economic cooperation agreements are about as close to free trade as Taiwan can get with anyone other ... See More >> 17 May Germany: Central Banks Can’t Solve All ProblemsMarketMinder's View: “Monetary policy can't solve the problems that have to be solved by financial and economic policy, structural policy.” We agree—in fact, excessive quantitative ... See More >> 16 May UK Shale Gas Programme to ‘Accelerate,’ Say MinistersMarketMinder's View: And if it does, expanding shale gas exploration likely benefits the UK’s economy—promoting increased industry, jobs and domestic and foreign investment and potentially ... See More >> 16 May |
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