There is no global mechanism to stop countries from entering a competitive devaluation drive, and a US-China currency war could wreck the global economy.
While tight labour markets globally and the recent shift by central banks should provide a cushion, economists are starting to war game for how a recession could happen.
India can convert the tariff turmoil into an opportunity to position itself as the world’s go-to trade partner. It has the scale and heft, but needs the boldness.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency. A store of value for central bankers. America’s twin deficits are financed by the rest of the world. Should the dollar begin to wobble, the US government will find it difficult borrow at 1.5%. President Trump is going against the sane advice of his senior most colleagues and advisers. The decision to levy tariffs on the remaining $ 300 billion of Chinese exports was tweeted even as a meeting with the Treasury Secretary was on and he was urging that this not be done. 2. Some import tariffs have been deferred to December, to afford relief to Christmas shoppers. A 3.1% fall on Wall Street in a single day was another cost Trump recognises. Plus the fear that a recession would harm his reelection prospects. The worst may not come to pass. We can pray that there is still some method to the great man’s madness.
The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency. A store of value for central bankers. America’s twin deficits are financed by the rest of the world. Should the dollar begin to wobble, the US government will find it difficult borrow at 1.5%. President Trump is going against the sane advice of his senior most colleagues and advisers. The decision to levy tariffs on the remaining $ 300 billion of Chinese exports was tweeted even as a meeting with the Treasury Secretary was on and he was urging that this not be done. 2. Some import tariffs have been deferred to December, to afford relief to Christmas shoppers. A 3.1% fall on Wall Street in a single day was another cost Trump recognises. Plus the fear that a recession would harm his reelection prospects. The worst may not come to pass. We can pray that there is still some method to the great man’s madness.