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It's crunch time for Kevin Warsh: Here's how he might try to begin selling the idea of rate cuts'it requires some complex economic gymnastics
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (351+ words) So how might Warsh justify a dovish stance on the base rate without seeming to disregard the Fed's priorities in favor of appeasing the White House? One potential argument is, you zoom out. You remember the Fed doesn't have a…...
Warren Buffett's favorite market indicator is flashing a warning
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (470+ words) Good morning. A closely watched valuation gauge championed by Warren Buffett is signaling potential trouble in today's market. "The concepts Buffett presented a quarter-century ago are timeless, and they're especially relevant today because the yardstick he tagged as pointing to…...
The explosion of U. S. debt is wiping out the 'safety premium' of Treasury bonds, and time is running out for an orderly fiscal solution, IMF warns
19+ hour, 4+ min ago (556+ words) Soaring U. S. debt is causing Treasury bonds to lose their risk advantage over other securities, making it more expensive to borrow money, the International Monetary Fund warned. Treasuries have long enjoyed the status as the world's top safe haven asset. But…...
Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity'and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (619+ words) Newfangled computers were actually at times producing too much information, generating agonizingly detailed reports and printing them on reams of paper. What had promised to be a boom to workplace productivity was for several years a bust. This unexpected outcome…...
The economist who was terrified of AI just found a rare reason for hope
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (467+ words) My first reaction was to be very scared," Imas told Fortune. I needed to work things out carefully in order to be less scared'not to convince myself not to be scared, just to look at history and look at people's…...
The U. S. has a $282 billion trade surplus you've never heard of " and it's at risk
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (210+ words) Josh Kallmer is Chief Global Affairs Officer'at Zoom'Communications Inc. and formerly Deputy Assistant U. S. Trade Representative for Investment. Last December, U. S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declared 2025 the "Year of the Tariff." His continued leadership can make 2026 the "Year of Digital Trade." There…...
The one metric Warren Buffett says can crash the stock market just hit a dizzying new high
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (878+ words) The "Buffett Indicator" has been a closely watched stock market valuation gauge ever since the legendary investor explained his reasoning in a 2001 article in Fortune. The one metric Warren Buffett says can crash the stock market just hit a dizzying…...
Trump's big housing market solution is dead on arrival, UBS says'its model is Texas from 25 years ago
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (359+ words) The Trump administration's grand plan to fix America's housing affordability crisis leans heavily on deregulation, and Wall Street is increasingly unified in its skepticism that it will actually work. To prove the concept is achievable, the White House pointed to…...
Most of you are rejecting AI. The data shows you're running out of time
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (393+ words) The resistance is measurable, the anxiety is real'and neither will slow down what's coming. Both numbers come from the same moment in time. That is the paradox of the AI moment in 2026: The backlash and the inevitability are not competing…...
Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh is worth more than $100 million and has stakes in Space X and Polymarket
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (348+ words) Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick for the next Federal Reserve chair, is'worth more than $100 million, according to a financial disclosure report released by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on Tuesday.' Warsh will testify before the Senate at a…...