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ARTICLES BY AARON BACK

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has instituted tax cuts.. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

Why Japan’s stock market can keep rising

3 min read . 23 Dec 2025

Long valued as a safe-haven asset, silver is also a crucial material for high-growth industries. (AI-generated representative image)

Missed the gold rally? Go for silver

2 min read . 24 Apr 2025

US President-elect Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump’s own plans stand in the way of repeating his economic success

4 min read . 17 Jan 2025

US President-elect Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump isn’t president yet. He’s already spooking the Fed.

2 min read . 19 Dec 2024

President-elect Donald Trump gestures with Jerome Powell. Markets are betting that the gradual slowdown in hiring over the past few months makes the Fed still comfortable with some additional easing. (File Photo: Reuters)

Investors shouldn’t count on much help from the Fed next year

2 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The Fed cut interest rates the second time this year, cutting its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point. (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

The Fed’s next moves are now anyone’s guess

2 min read . 08 Nov 2024

People taking the drugs do indeed eat less—especially indulgent treats. (Image: Pexel)

Big food is learning to love weight-loss drugs

5 min read . 25 Oct 2024

The U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs in September, well above estimates for 150,000. (Bloomberg)

How long can the US economy’s ‘Goldilocks’ moment last?

2 min read . 05 Oct 2024

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, in an aggressive start to a policy shift aimed at bolstering the US labour market. (Photo: Bloomberg)

The Fed aims to repeat Greenspan’s 1990s masterpiece

3 min read . 19 Sept 2024

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Investors still face fog of uncertainty on economy, Fed

2 min read . 15 Aug 2024

In a still-healthy economy, the real-estate sector could take off if the Fed starts cutting interest rates. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Fed is behind the curve. There’s still no need to panic.

2 min read . 03 Aug 2024

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaking at a news conference Wednesday following the central bank’s policy meeting. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News

Why the Fed risks falling behind

3 min read . 01 Aug 2024

US Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell. (Getty Images via AFP)

It’s time for the Fed to end the waiting game

2 min read . 12 Jul 2024

Kimberly-Clark offers value-tier brands such as Scott toilet paper but also competes in high-end product categories. PHOTO: ASA FEATHERSTONE IV FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Why cheap toilet paper sets off alarm bells among some investors

4 min read . 01 Jul 2024

The Federal Reserve last year raised its benchmark rate to its highest level since 2001 and has kept it there since. PHOTO: VALERIE PLESCH/BLOOMBERG NEWS

The Fed might soon have to worry about more than just inflation

2 min read . 01 Jun 2024

The CPI report is consistent with a two steps forward, one step back progression back to the Fed’s inflation target, wrote Comerica Chief Economist Bill Adams in a report. (Image: Pixabay)

America is still headed for a soft landing

2 min read . 17 May 2024

The modern history of gold as an investible asset class essentially began in 1971 when the US officially ended the US dollar’s link to gold at a fixed $35/ounce. (Image: Pixabay)

Gold is rallying. It isn’t about inflation this time.

5 min read . 19 Apr 2024

U.S. retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in February, below economists’ expectations. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

Suspense builds for Fed as growth downshifts and inflation lingers

2 min read . 16 Mar 2024

Contrary to the recent lived experience of many on Wall Street, it is possible to have a strong economy and decent stock market returns in a rate environment that looks relatively high by the standards of the last decade and a half or so.

It’s a Higher-for-Longer World for Rates, and That’s OK

2 min read . 13 Mar 2024

The latest gauge of consumer prices came in stronger than expected. PHOTO: SAUL LOEB/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Rate Cuts Might Be Delayed. That’s No Reason to Panic.

2 min read . 14 Feb 2024