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If businesses aren’t willing or able to pay the additional fees to bring skilled workers to the U.S., then those candidates may look for opportunities elsewhere. Considering the vital role high-skilled immigrants play in driving innovation, if other countries can…


With downside risks to employment judged to have risen, the Federal Open Market Committee’s goal now is to offset labor market weakness. Futures markets are pricing in a quarter-point cut for the Oct. 28-29 meeting and in December, and two…


After decades of serving as global reserve currencies, investors may be positioning themselves against fiat currencies and the risk of excessive government borrowing and money creation, or political interference with central bank independence. Some see bitcoin, like gold, as a…

“The South took its stand against the protective system with a promptness and decision characteristic of the political history of the slave states. The opposition of Southern members to the tariff bill of 1820 is significant of the change in…

Chinese private portfolio equity outflows, though small compared to other Chinese outflows, are growing rapidly because of capital account liberalization and capital flight. Using granular stock-holding data on Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) mutual funds, we identify a nascent financial…
