We’ve reported extensively on Russia’s accumulation of gold, their development efforts at a private internet and cryptocurrency to control communications and money and actions the they’ve taken to defeat U.S. economic sanctions. Where is all of this leading? This article provides some of the answers. At a meeting of Russian students and professors at Russia’s Diplomatic Academy,
A few weeks ago, I unveiled my first forecast on the outcome of the 2020 presidential race. My estimate was that Trump had a 60% chance of winning. I was also careful to explain that my forecasting model includes constant updating (using what’s called Bayes’ rule) and would no doubt change between now and Election
When President Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017, he inherited two vacant seats on the seven-person board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. Holders of those two seats are also members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the group that sets U.S. interest rates and monetary policies. President Obama also had
