Author: Max Boddy

No reset in sight for U.S.-China relations, economist says

Hope is fading for a significant change in U.S.-China relations under President-elect Joe Biden, Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Natixis’ chief economist for Asia-Pacific, said on Thursday. Relations between the U.S. and China have spiraled downward under President Donald Trump’s administration in the last four years. Ahead of the election, Natixis economists had hoped the two countries could return…
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What impending recession? New survey shows most people think they will be better off this year

Economists are beginning to predict a near-term economic future that, until recently, would have been considered inconceivable, or at the very least implausible: The idea that the more than decade-old bull market still has room to run. A new survey from the National Association for Business Economics found that economic experts think there is less…
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China says no ‘time limit’ on trade deal

China echoed comments from President Donald Trump Wednesday (Dec 4), saying there was no deadline for signing a US-China trade deal, as tensions spiked between the two countries over human rights issues. On Tuesday, Trump warned that efforts to resolve the spat between the world’s top two economies could continue until after next November’s US…
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Report: Facebook Seeks BitLicense From New York State Regulator

Social media giant Facebook has applied for a cryptocurrency business license to use its announced virtual currency Libra in New York, according to a report by Reuters on June 28 New York requires a special license for crypto operations called the BitLicense, which is a product of the state’s finance regulator, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).  According to the report, Facebook has…
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