Opinion | For a Biden desperate to beat Trump in 2024, it’s still the economy, stupid

In a recent Gallup poll, most Republican voters and 44 per cent of independent voters believe the US was “ doing too much” to help Ukraine. The view is growing even among Democrat voters. Given how much of a coin toss the next election could be, the contrast between the rising American scepticism and Biden’s … Read more

China: Janet Yellen says Trump administration’s China policies left US more vulnerable

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said former President Donald Trump’s policies toward China left America “more vulnerable and more isolated” in the global economy, a rare jab by her at the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Yellen, at a US-China Business Council event Thursday night, said the Trump administration “failed to make investments at home … Read more

Corporate America is testing the limits of its pricing power

Alexander MacKay co-leads the Pricing Lab at Harvard Business School, a research center devoted to studying how companies set prices. Since the pandemic, he has watched how businesses have become more willing to experiment with what they charge their customers. Big companies that had previously pushed through one standard price increase per year are now … Read more