3 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: How the Fed Destroyed Its Own Independence

This week saw a series of unprecedented events that may signal the end of the form of central bank independence as we have known it for more than a century. The post Breitbart Business Digest: How the Fed Destroyed Its Own Independence appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Lisa Cook Makes Her Bid to Cling to the Fed

Lisa Cook, who was confirmed as a Governor of the Federal Reserve in 2022, wants a federal judge to do something no court has attempted in the Fed’s 112-year history: define what “for cause” means when a president tries to fire a Fed governor. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Lisa Cook Makes Her Bid to Cling to the Fed appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: When Congress Wrote the Fed Rules, Courts Weren't Invited

Measured against the history, the text, and the institutional logic, the legal ground in the Lisa Cook dispute tilts toward presidential discretion, not judicial oversight of central bank staffing. The post Breitbart Business Digest: When Congress Wrote the Fed Rules, Courts Weren’t Invited appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s attempt to overturn her removal faces long odds. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Intel Investment Isn't Socialism

The Trump administration's decision to take a ten percent stake in Intel is not socialism. It’s a financing innovation designed to overcome Wall Street’s allergy to capital investment. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Intel Investment Isn’t Socialism appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: Harvard Economist Says Lazy Dads Are Holding Down Fertility

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin opened the Fed's Jackson Hole symposium with a paper linking low fertility in advanced economies to men who don't do their share of housework. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Harvard Economist Says Lazy Dads Are Holding Down Fertility appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Inflation Mirage Meets the PMI Reality

America’s factories are humming, demand is solid, and prices are rising alongside precautionary inventories. The Fed’s theory inflation "lag theory" doesn’t explain this. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Inflation Mirage Meets the PMI Reality appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Family Feud Comes to the Tetons

By the time Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell climbs the stage at Jackson Hole this Friday, the familiar choreography will be missing one element: consensus. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Family Feud Comes to the Tetons appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: What if We Had Listened to Pat Buchanan?

A new working paper asks what would have happened if the country had heeded Pat Buchanan’s warnings about unchecked globalization and adopted his trade policies sooner. The post Breitbart Business Digest: What if We Had Listened to Pat Buchanan? appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Tariff Policy Is About Bricks Not Bonds

President Donald Trump’s tariff policy is about a lot more than raising import duties. This is the new “deal economy”—less about rates, more about commitments. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Tariff Policy Is About Bricks Not Bonds appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: What a New Math Breakthrough Means for Economics

Economics has always wrestled with the limits of what can be known. The recent disproof of a famous mathematical conjecture has made those limits even sharper. The post Breitbart Business Digest: What a New Math Breakthrough Means for Economics appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Modern Trade Theory Backs Trump’s Tariff Playbook

When, if ever, should a country impose tariffs? A working paper by economists Oleg Itskhoki and Dmitry Mukhin provides an answer that is both surprising and vindicating of the Trump administration’s trade agenda. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Modern Trade Theory Backs Trump’s Tariff Playbook appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump's Tariff Power Should Win in the Courts

The legal case for Trump’s use of tariffs under IEEPA isn’t some novelty. It’s an originalist argument grounded in history, precedent, and the plain structure of constitutional power. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump’s Tariff Power Should Win in the Courts appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s New Chip Tariff Push Finds Support in Surprising Place

President Donald Trump this week said he is planning to impose a 100 percent tariff on imported computer chips unless manufacturers are also investing in U.S. production. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s New Chip Tariff Push Finds Support in Surprising Place appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Scott Bessent Might Still Become Fed Chair

The Fed needs someone at the helm who understands how growth happens, where policy fails, and why incentives matter more than slogans. That’s Scott Bessent. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Scott Bessent Might Still Become Fed Chair appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump Won the Trade War Before the First Shot Was Fired

The rest of the world understands what many economists still don’t: the U.S. economy is keystone of the global trading system. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump Won the Trade War Before the First Shot Was Fired appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The MADness of the Jobs Revisions

The May and June jobs revisions weren’t just large. They were historically large by any standard, representing statistical anomalies so far outside the bounds of normal variation that they are akin to black swans. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The MADness of the Jobs Revisions appeared first on Breitbart.

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