James G. Rickards is the editor of Strategic Intelligence, the newest newsletter from Port Phillip Publishing. He is an American lawyer, economist, and investment banker with 35 years of experience working in capital markets on Wall Street. He is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Currency Wars and The Death of Money. Jim also serves as Chief Economist for West Shore Group.
Trump has the opportunity to fill more seats on the Fed’s board of Governors than any president since then. His influence goes further than that, however.
China is now embroiled in an internal political struggle around the efforts of President Xi to make himself the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
The tempo of recent crises in 1994, 1998, and 2008 says a crisis is likely soon.
A new global financial panic will be one legacy of the Trump administration.
The Yellen–Trump relationship got off to a rocky start during the presidential campaign when Trump proclaimed he would fire Yellen as Fed Chair if elected president.