Trump Era A New Challenge For the IMF

In its 70-year history, the International Monetary Fund has been no stranger to financial crises and policy disputes but now faces a new challenge: a US administration fundamentally opposed to some of its most important positions. With the Fund’s 189 members due to stage a semi-annual meeting in Washington this week, there has been no … Read more

Strong US Dollar A Threat To Trump Campaign Pledges

President Donald Trump takes credit for revitalizing the US economy even though he has not yet been in office for 100 days. But the new president’s boasts of breathing life into the world’s biggest markets may come with an unwelcome corollary: a rising dollar and the Trump campaign promises it threatens. Trump acknowledged as much … Read more