Inflation, Interest Rates, and Janet Yellen Andrew Stuttaford
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Yellen’ Fire No, that’s not what really what Treasury secretary Yellen did on Tuesday, but sometimes the lure of a bad pun is too hard to resist.
CNBC had a more sober assessment:
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen conceded Tuesday that interest rates may have to rise to keep a lid on the burgeoning growth of the U.S. economy brought on in part by trillions of dollars in government stimulus spending.
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Biden is the biggest threat to Irish prosperity for 40 years
Dublin had been expecting a special relationship with the US President - not an all-out assault on its economic model with his tax plans
24 April 2021 • 5:00am
They were celebrating in Ballina in County Mayo when Joe Biden was elected as the 46th the President of the United States. The veteran politician seldom misses a chance to ham up his Irish ancestry - his great-great-grandfather Patrick Blewitt sailed for a new life in the United States in 1850 apparently - with some sentimental references to the old country.
It always helps to have a friend in the White House, especially when it is someone as genially liberal as Biden.
Businesses must stand up to Sturgeon’s intolerant nationalists
Most big companies have substantial operations in Scotland – it s time they spoke up about the real consequences of a second referendum
12 April 2021 • 2:54pm
There is still a pandemic raging across the world. We are struggling to emerge from one of the deepest recessions on record. Government debt is spiralling out of control, and mass unemployment is only being held at bay by massive subsidy schemes.
But, hey, maybe it is a good moment for a major constitutional crisis? The Scottish elections in three weeks’ time are turning effectively into a vote on independence, with the Scottish National Party committed to calling for a referendum on splitting up the UK.
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