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“The new predictions marked a significant change from the Federal Open Market Committee’s last “dot plot” in March, when officials signalled three cuts this year — and showed lingering concerns that inflation remains above the Fed’s 2 per cent target.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Claire Jones and Kate Duguid Link: Fed officials signal just one […]

“Generally speaking, people don’t feel bad about their financial situation. Survey after survey, including the just-released annual Federal Reserve survey of economic well-being, finds most Americans say that they are doing OK. Many are positive about their local economies — that is, what they can see personally. Yet they insist that the national economy is […]

“Over the past four years, we’ve conducted interviews and surveys with hundreds of young Americans about their attitudes toward having children. These conversations revealed that the success narratives of modern liberal life leave little room for having a family. Women who want kids often come to that realization belatedly, at some point in their early […]

“Macron could argue that in France’s vertical political system, where the president holds most of the power, an RN government would not do much damage to the country or to the EU. To many people in France and elsewhere in the EU, it looks like a desperate throw of the dice.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: […]

“Non posso preoccuparmi di quale partito sia al potere, il nostro compito è lavorare con tutti. Ma non c’è dubbio che il populismo sia inflazionistico. Il populismo riguarda l’oggi, non il domani. Invece, a BlackRock ci preoccupiamo del futuro e della crescita a lungo termine. Sono stato a Milano per la prima volta nel 1971. […]

“So, what have the past few years taught us? We have learnt that people in high-income democracies still really dislike inflation, so this monetary regime appears to have considerable political legitimacy. There is a parallel here with the “end of history” argument made about liberal democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: […]

“Trump has delayed and avoided judicial proceedings for much of his career. Surely part of the impetus behind the sudden widespread use of the word “felon” is to take Trump down a peg, to label him as no better than a common criminal. And that is the problem.” Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Carroll Bogert […]

“Some who have worked with him, however, including Democrats and some who have known him back to his time as vice president, described a president who appears slower now, someone who has both good moments and bad ones.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: Annie Linskey and Siobhan Hughes Link: Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows […]

“What happens when two of the most influential and insufferable people in the universe join forces? Looks like we’re about to find out. Rumour has it that Elon Musk is cosying up to convicted felon, adjudicated fraudster and presidential hopeful Donald Trump, in the hopes of securing a job in the White House.” Fonte: The […]

“Franz kafka was not a social person: he spent much of his time alone, trying, and often failing, to write. But on social media he is a hit. #Kafka posts on TikTok have been viewed around 2bn times.” Fonte: The Economist Link: A century after his death Franz Kafka is still in the zeitgeist