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Articles by Veronique de Rugy (opens the original)
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Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. Her primary research interests include the U.S. economy, the federal budget, homeland security, taxation, tax competition, and financial privacy. Her popular weekly charts, published by the Mercatus Center, address economic issues ranging from lessons on creating sustainable economic growth to the implications of government tax and fiscal policies. She has testif
'When Will Markets React to Debt?' Is the Wrong Question (opens the original)
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The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. Is the federal government's history of enormous deficits proof that it can keep up the borrowing? Some people think so, and legislators sure act that way. Federal debt held by the public now equals the size of the annual economy — and is growing. Yet investors continue buying Treasury securities. No government bond sale has really failed, no one has suddenly refused to finance Washingto
As Trump and Xi meet, can we get some clarity on trade policy? (opens the original)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House’s East Room. Most of that chichi was just foreplay before Thursday’s negotiations to extend the one-year trade war truce between the nations that’s set to run out in November. It’s quite the welcome for a leader of a country the admini
As Trump and Xi Meet, Can We Get Some Clarity on Trade Policy? – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics (opens the original)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House’s East Room. Most of that chichi was just foreplay before Thursday’s negotiations to extend the one-year trade war truce between the nations that’s set to run out in November. It’s quite the welcome for a leader of a country the admini
Congress is letting the Fed take the fall for inflation (opens the original)
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Inflation hasn’t gone away—it’s going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off, that’s a problem for the president and Congress. Voters hate inflation. They don’t much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, is one. The second part is overlooked and in the hands of Congress. Indeed, the Fed can’t bring inflation down for good unless lawmakers show they will back the debt with future fiscal surpluses. That means becomin
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