The agreement represents a gigantic advance in free trade, especially given the significant non-tariff barriers that the United Kingdom had raised

China’s capital controls are an insurmountable burden that prevents the yuan from becoming a global reserve contender

The Fed’s mistake of keeping rates untouched is a direct attack on the productive sector.

Tariffs are a last resort and aggressive measure to force a negotiation that levels the trade playing field

Businesses can negotiate and must demand that their governments address and eliminate the enormous trade barriers that have plagued companies in the past twenty years

Trump tariffs are designed as negotiation tools to eliminate the burdens imposed on the US exporters. The impact may be lower than what international bodies estimate

By delaying normalisation and keeping rates untouched, the Fed is passing again the entire burden of monetary policy impact to the private sector, especially families

Trump may have arrived when the bubble burst, but he did not create it

Investing in defence and infrastructure is fine, but only if the enormous amount of unproductive spending that condemns the European Union to irrelevance is slashed

European companies don't need protection from American ones. They need protection from European bureaucracy

Weaponising the euro and seizing frozen assets could lead investors to look at other alternatives like gold or the Chinese banking system and currency

Developed nations’ government debt is gradually losing its place as a reserve asset for global central banks

“Poor pitiful me, lord have mercy on me”, Warren Zevon.

Gold will remain a solid investment and a crucial safeguard against monetary repression

Tariffs are not a threat to free trade. The BRICS are the threat

Welcome to the new Davos if it becomes a forum for freedom and serious debate, not for interventionist mantras

The rising global demand for gold, spearheaded by central banks, represents a significant shift in the international financial landscape

The year 2025 represents a critical juncture for emerging market debt

Argentina is not living an experiment with Milei. It is living the return to sanity

Reducing expenditure, debt, and deficit is not just a logical priority; it is urgent if the U.S. wants to remain as the world leader with the most desired currency

"Circumstance has forced my hand to be a cut price person in a low budget land", Ray Davies.

France is on the path to a debt crisis. Politicians continue to impose the same policies that have failed for decades: high government spending and confiscatory taxes

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A closer examination of the jobs report reveals why Americans remain frustrated and unhappy, even in the face of an allegedly tight labor market

Vivimos un trampantojo del empleo, que ni es sólido, ni de calidad, ni las estadísticas son comparables

If Mexico wants prosperity, it will negotiate tariffs, eliminate its barriers, and act decisively against drug trafficking and human smuggling

Si el Gobierno mexicano pone su sectarismo e inacción ante el narcotráfico y el tráfico de emigrantes por encima de los intereses de sus ciudadanos, va a tener aranceles de Estados Unidos

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YouTube video by Daniel Lacalle

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“Nobody sees the same way I do, I need direction to get through” Gerard Love.

El caso Koldo rebasó ayer ampliamente los límites del asesor ministerial que le dio nombre y del ministro ya imputado para extenderse al presidente del Gobierno, a seis miembros...

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El comisionista del 'caso Koldo' reconoce pagos de 650.000 euros a Ábalos y 300.000 a su exasesor o 15.000 euros a Santos Cerdán, entre otras mordidas. En un momento dado, Aldama ha afirmado que le di...

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Hicieron falta ocho horas de comisión, dos recesos y varios cargadores de móvil para soportar una jornada agónica en el Congreso. Más información: María Jesús Montero enfada a los socios del PSOE...

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