2019 Outlook: Confidence Rots from the Head Down
Stocks are cheapest since 2013, driven by Trump’s high-risk games with China and Powell.
Democrats are the economy’s worst enemy: Economist
Economist Donald Luskin says that the Democrats are the economy’s worst enemy.
Did Powell Just Cut a Deal?
From firing threat Friday to denials Saturday, Trump may have solved his Powell problem.
It’s Not “Quantitative Tightening” – It’s Powell
He’s gone rogue and lost the market’s confidence. One way or the other, he’s got to go.
President Obama was not good for our economy: Trish Regan
FBN’s Trish Regan, TrendMacro chief investment officer Donald Luskin and former Reagan economic adviser Art Laffer discuss how former President Barack Obama tried to take credit for the booming U.S. economy.
Federal Reserve: No institution in the history of human race with a worse forecasting record, TrendMacro CEO says
TrendMacro CEO Donald Luskin on the outlook for the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes and the Fed's impact on the markets and U.S. economy.
Human Extinction: Hot Again
All of this suggests that the communist who runs China has no interest in embracing freer trade with the United States. But Don Luskin of Trend Macrolytics argues that to avoid an economic calamity and resulting social unrest, Mr. Xi will have to cut a deal with the U.S. In a note to clients this week, Mr. Luskin writes that the arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, is only adding to the pressure on Mr. Xi:
On the December FOMC
The “not-dovish hike” is a scary echo of Yellen’s bull-headed lift-off error in 2015.