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Jobs, Inflation, The Dollar: All Sources of Worry
The durability of the American economic superstructure rests on three pillars: full employment; declining inflation; the dollar as reserve currency.
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Irwin Stelzer
Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy When It Comes To Interest Rates
Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell says “the economy is in a solid position … the unemployment rate remains low … inflation has come down a…
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Irwin Stelzer
Check the Data, Unleash the Octopus
First comes the narrative.
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Cashing In On Some Sleeping Assets
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is worth $381 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, perhaps a little less since he tangled with the…
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Irwin Stelzer
The World After Trump
On January 20, 2029, the 48th President of the United States seated himself in the Oval Office and took the elegant official White House A.T.
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Irwin Stelzer

May 2025

The Evil Trump Does And Attempts, The Good Trump Does, The Balance Yet To Be Determined
Enough about tariffs, a diversion from the main event – threats by both parties to replace market capitalism with Trumpism, Leftism or some other form…
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Irwin Stelzer
Trade Deals And The Economy: For Every “Yes” A “But”
One way to cut through the fog of conflicting information is to apply the tool of “Yes, but.” Here’s how it works.
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Pay To Play; A Sort-Of-Deal With The UK; The Fed’s Mission Creep; A Meeting With China
Pay To Play In The USA.
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Uncertainty: Friend Of The President, Enemy of Businesses and Consumers
Gone are the animal spirits rampaging to Make America Great Again.
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Irwin Stelzer

April 2025

Problems But No Recession Unless Uncertainty Creates One
So Trump’s tariffs will not produce a meltdown after all.
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A Global Trade War Isn’t Enough For Trump, So He Opens One With The Fed
“You’re fired”.
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Life With Trump Has Its Ups And Downs
Trump thrives on uncertainty, whim as policy.
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Irwin Stelzer
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