Zhou Shijian, Senior Fellow, Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations
Jan 03, 2020
The economy of the United States appears to be in a slide that will continue through 2020. If he expects to win re-election, the U.S. president must find a way to stop it. Ending the trade war with China is a key step.
Hannah Feldshuh, Analyst
Sep 02, 2019
President Trump’s unorthodox methods of dealing with the trade war are usually the ones making the headlines, but American lawmakers are generally split as to how the US should move forward with its eastern counterpart.
Shang-Jin Wei, Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University
Aug 30, 2019
The recent inversion of the yield curve in the United States – with the interest rate on ten-year US government bonds currently lower than that on short-term bonds – has raised fears of a possible US recession later this year or in 2020. Yet, paradoxically, a downturn in America could help to improve bilateral economic relations with China and cool the two countries’ escalating trade dispute.
May 17, 2019
Over the last month the U.S.-China trade war has boosted the risk of a U.S. recession, say a strong majority of economists polled by Reuters, who now put the chances of that happening in the next two years at 40%.
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, President of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance
Jun 26, 2018
The economic inequality in America is pulling apart its social fabric.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Mar 02, 2018
Are the US economy's fundamentals really that strong?
Hua Xin, PhD, CASS Graduate School
Feb 15, 2018
The world has to prepare itself for a new monetary cycle following rising US interest rates.
Hua Xin, PhD, CASS Graduate School
Feb 06, 2018
How did the US economy do in Trump’s first year?
Hua Xin, PhD, CASS Graduate School
Jan 05, 2018
How will the Republican tax bill affect America? It’s complicated.