by Neil Irwin | Jun 10, 2017 | Business
New York – President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord — and his broader unwillingness to fight climate change — will have broad economic consequences. Exactly what those consequences will be, though, depends on many things. It’s not just the...
by Neil Irwin | Apr 15, 2017 | Business
As Congress and the Trump administration turn their sights on overhauling the tax code, it’s a good time to think about the great three-dimensional brain twister of the 1980s, the Rubik’s Cube. That’s partly because the first and last time there was a comprehensive...
by Neil Irwin | Feb 18, 2017 | Business
New York- House Republicans have an ambitious plan for overhauling the way American businesses are taxed. A short list of the plan’s potential benefits looks awesome: It would give companies more incentive to keep jobs in the United States, less to overextend...
by Neil Irwin | Jul 30, 2016 | Business
For years, central banks have been doing everything they can think of to try to get higher inflation and stronger growth. The next step just may be a metaphorical helicopter, high above Tokyo. The Bank of Japan met Friday to decide on the next steps in its long battle...
by Neil Irwin | Jul 15, 2016 | Business
The financial media tend to report breathlessly about what the stock market did yesterday. But savvy economic analysts have always known the bond market is the place to look for a real sense of where the economy is going, or at least where the smart money thinks it is...
