I recently had a talk with one of our Danish subscribers regarding President Trump’s interest in Greenland as well as his likely end goal for European tariffs. While President Trump’s public comments caused some concern in Denmark, the population there quickly calmed down and realized the US isn’t about to start a war with a … Read more
Overview: Today, we got the January Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 3.0% for the last year and 0.5% for the month (annualizes to 6.2%). That’s above last month’s 2.9% and above the prior month’s 2.7%. The annual number was 0.1% above expectations. The monthly was a large 0.2% above … Read more
President Trump and his team are energetically remaking both the Federal government and our trade relationships. The pace of change has been incredible, and depending on your political preferences, you’re either thrilled or appalled. As always, we’ll try to bring you a clear view on policy and leave the politics to others. As I write … Read more
This week’s news was dominated by two things. President Trump made financial news on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by banning them. DKI and liberty-minded readers cheered this! He also used tariffs to compel Colombian cooperation although the situation with Mexico and Canada is cloudy as of this writing. (That’s more troubling.) The Bank of … Read more
I’m getting a lot of questions and seeing a lot of discussion about why President Trump is about to enact 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada early next week. Government officials from both countries say that at this point, they aren’t completely sure what they’d need to do to be in compliance with the wishes … Read more
