Obviously, there will be many ups and downs in 2025 and no one chart or indicator can be relied upon 100% to help guide us throughout the year. But some key and very influential areas of the market do meet crossroads from time to time and it seems like one very important industry group is “on the clock” and should ...
Ryan Bourne In a New York Times essay just before Christmas, American Compass’s Oren Cass once again blasted economists for refusing to cheerlead Donald Trump’s tariffs. It’s the same tune he’s been humming for years: the trade deficit is a calamity (it isn’t), globalization alone sparked “deaths of despair” (not the case), trade with China is unremittingly awful for US workers (nope), ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a hopeful tone on Thursday during a televised interview and said he believes President-elect Donald Trump could be ‘decisive’ in ending the war as Kyiv stares down the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. ‘Trump can be decisive. For us, this is the most important thing,’ Zelenskyy said according to a Reuters report. ‘His qualities are indeed there. ‘He can be decisive in this ...
Andy Craig As we head into a second Trump presidency, there’s no shortage of speculation about potential constitutional crises. One scenario getting attention is the possibility that Congress could fail to complete the formal counting of electoral votes on January 6, 2025, particularly if the new House of Representatives hasn’t managed to elect a speaker after they convene at noon ...
Walter Olson The federal Voting Rights Act can be viewed, in part, as implementing the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on denying or abridging the right to vote based on race. But in practice, the law goes much further than that, which is one reason it remains controversial. VRA lawsuits pursuing the logic of “disparate impact” often force localities to discontinue old ...
House prices in some of London’s most exclusive postcodes are tipped to fall as Labour’s decision to apply VAT on private school fees forces more families to reconsider their housing choices. Property experts predict that homeowners grappling with steeper tuition bills will either downsize, relocate to more affordable areas, or choose state schools, weakening demand in prime residential areas such ...
Retailers and hospitality firms are staring at an unprecedented rise in staff tax bills this year, triggered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to increase employer National Insurance contributions alongside an above-inflation hike to the minimum wage. New figures compiled by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) show that the annual cost of employing one full-time minimum wage worker will jump ...
Train travellers face up to five months of disruption on the West Coast Main Line, as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union launches a series of Sunday strikes from 12 January to 25 May. The action follows the rejection of Avanti West Coast’s latest pay offer, with more than four-fifths of train managers voting against it in a recent ...
Scott Lincicome Today, President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel on the grounds that “there is credible evidence” the Japanese steelmaker “might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States.” What “credible evidence” might push the president of the United States to block a multi-billion dollar investment in an ailing American steel ...
Salesbots are programs designed to generate sales and at the same time serve as many people as possible. They are essential tools in the modern era since today’s new generations prefer to manage their purchases online, and it is better if they have efficient technology that gives them confidence in each process. In addition, automating the entire sales process generates ...