Economy and Politics

She has now won three of the first four presidential contests and looks strong for Super Tuesday

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Warren Buffett says politicians bashing America’s economic prospects have it all wrong.

Speculation that Donald Trump would pick Chris Christie as his vice president if the New York billionaire wins the Republican presidential nomination exploded Friday after the New Jersey governor endorsed Trump’s White House bid.

Financial market conditions over the past year and a half are equivalent to 75 basis points of tighter monetary policy, said Fed Gov. Lael Brainard on Friday.

Former Fed Governor Jeremy Stein said the economy would be better off if the Fed paid less attention to the bond market.

Chris Christie now says Donald Trump is a tough-minded fighter who’s better prepared than any remaining Republican to beat Hillary Clinton and clean up Washington. But that’s not what he was saying just a few weeks ago.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump’s bid for president on Friday, the first major endorsement for the Republican front-runner, saying Trump is the GOP’s best hope for defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in November.

A panel wants the Fed to focus less on a policy timeline and more on shifting conditions, plus communicate that change

Chris Christie endorsed fellow Republican Donald Trump for president on Friday, giving the New York billionaire one of his highest-profile endorsements yet. Christie said Trump is the best person to beat Hillary Clinton, who is leading polls for the Democratic nomination. Christie, the governor of New Jersey, ended his own bid for the presidency earlier this campaign season.

Foreign central banks purchased billions of U.S. Treasuries between 2003 and 2013, a program Carmen Reinhart terms QE Zero. They are now selling some of those holdings

Marco Rubio came out swinging at Donald Trump for the second day in a row on Friday morning, blasting the billionaire businessman for employing foreign workers and even spelling mistakes on his Twitter account.

The longer-term rate of inflation doubled in January to 1.3%, closing in on the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and potentially raising the odds of another interest-rate increase soon.

U.S. consumer sentiment was at a three-month low in February, the final reading of the gauge released Friday showed.

The annual pace of economic growth in the U.S. was marked up in the fourth quarter to 1% from 0.7%, mostly because of a bigger stockpiling of inventories.

Markets are too pessimistic about Japan’s economic fundamentals following the introduction of negative interest rates to combat deflation, writes Koichi Hamada.

How would the election of Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton impact the global economy? Michael J. Boskin warns about a trade war, or government that’s too big.

The U.S. trade deficit for goods widened in January to the largest level since June, as Americans firms struggled to export amid a rising dollar and a languid global economy.

Once the attacks begin, the Republican front-runner will have to fend off criticism of his various party affiliations and past liberal views, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth.

A key Supreme Court decision may have unleased cash into the electoral sphere, but it’s turned out quite different than imagined, writes Paul Brandus.