The Newsletter

  • Key swing states

    The more than 90 electoral votes across seven swing states are expected to be deciding in the White House race. In most states this November, the presidential candidate who snags the winner’s share of electoral votes is unlikely to be a surprise. For voters in New York, California, Massachusetts and more than 40 other states,…

  • The Fed needs to act

    The Fed is finally meeting next week to decide about an interest rate cut. It is about time as the economy has already slowed down during the summer. Payrolls rose 142K in August, but downward revisions amounting to 86K fewer jobs over the prior two months took some shine off the increase. Payrolls are now…

  • Is Georgia the next Ukraine?

    There are no Russian tanks rumbling towards Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, or Russian missiles flying over it, both things that happened during a five-day incursion in 2008 when Russia attacked its former vassal. But Georgia is still in mortal peril. The struggle between Soviet past and possible European future has already devastated Ukraine. Now…