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This Is What Actually Determines the Price of A Gallon of Gas
Gas prices are central to everything these days. Biden's approval rating seems to move inverse with the price of gasoline. The entire market started …
3 years, 7 months ago
This Is the Case for Building a More Robust Power Grid
Thanks to surging energy costs and extreme weather events, there's a greater urgency to decarbonize the electricity grid. However, it's not enough ju…
3 years, 7 months ago
Just How Bad Will the Energy Crisis Be in Europe This Winter?
As everyone knows, electricity prices in Europe have soared, due to a combination of factors, most prominently Russia's war in Ukraine and the curtai…
3 years, 7 months ago
Pimco's Dan Ivascyn on the State of Markets Right Now
Markets have staged an impressive bounce since the middle of June. Stocks are way up. Credit spreads have come in. Mortgage rates have tightened agai…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jan Hatzius on the Narrow Path to Avoid a Hard Landing
The multi-trillion dollar question for the US economy is “Can inflation drop to the Federal Reserve’s target without a substantial jump in the unempl…
3 years, 8 months ago
Anna Stansbury on How to Boost Worker Bargaining Power
Labor markets are considered to be "tight" right now, but wage growth continues to lag inflation. For decades, in fact, we've seen a steady decline i…
3 years, 8 months ago
Benn Eifert On The Mania That Was Even Bigger Than Meme Stocks
When people think about the market mania we recently experienced, the most glaring thing that comes to mind is the meme stocks. In early 2021, the hu…
3 years, 8 months ago
What So Many People Get Wrong About The Energy Transition
With energy prices booming, heatwaves ravaging Europe, and Russia going to war against Ukraine, there's an increased focus on the so-called energy tr…
3 years, 8 months ago
A New Chilean Constitution Could Mean Big Changes to Copper and Lithium Mining
In theory, a big shift towards renewable sources of energy (like wind and solar and electric vehicles) mean less money and power for Russia, and the …
3 years, 8 months ago
What the Fed's Big Balance Sheet Unwind Means for Markets
The Federal Reserve recently began shrinking its massive balance sheet, unwinding trillions of dollars worth of bond purchases that it started making…
3 years, 8 months ago