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ARTICLES BY JONATHAN LEVIN

The Treasury’s attempt to lower borrowing costs is problematic. (REUTERS)

Bond buybacks: the US Treasury’s tactics are beginning to look desperate

3 min read . 23 Aug 2026

Today’s economic circumstances differ from the Greenspan era’s.

Alan Greenspan’s stumbles at the US Fed hold lessons for its new chair

2 min read . 24 Jun 2026

Warsh sounded like he was leaning somewhat hawkish but willing to remain intellectually humble about how the economy would evolve. (REUTERS)

Kevin Warsh just passed his first test as the US Fed’s new chair

4 min read . 19 Jun 2026

Buffett’s success has largely been about resisting irrational waves.

Warren Buffett’s successor may not have the luxury of investor patience

3 min read . 06 May 2026

The Iran war is not like Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff shock. (AP)

War shock: Is the ‘TACO’ era of US equities nearing its end?

3 min read . 25 Mar 2026

Data on US jobs will make it hard for the Fed under Kevin Warsh to cut rates

4 min read . 13 Feb 2026

Public servants such as Powell have been willing to stand up to Trump’s misguided bullying. (REUTERS)

Why the US Federal Reserve needs Powell to stay on now more than ever

3 min read . 13 Jan 2026

A productivity boom seems to have begun but the role of AI remains unclear. (AFP)

America’s productivity surge risks warping the Fed’s monetary policy calculus

3 min read . 12 Jan 2026

Voters notice when prices of frequently purchased items go up. (Reuters )

Trump’s tariff retreat on groceries exposes the flaws of his trade strategy

3 min read . 20 Nov 2025

In an ill-advised effort to get his way, US President Donald Trump exerting extraordinary public pressure on the independent central bank and its outgoing chair, Jerome Powell. (REUTERS)

The US dollar is behaving strangely: The Fed had better wait and watch

5 min read . 25 Jul 2025

As Powell alluded to, it’s largely trade policy that has put us all in this bind. (Getty Images via AFP)

Equally at sea: The US Federal Reserve has no more clarity than we do

3 min read . 20 Jun 2025

Monetary policymakers must not fall into an overconfidence trap again. (AFP)

The US Fed’s policy framework must aim to minimize its scope for error

3 min read . 19 May 2025

Powell was clear about the bind that tariffs put the Fed in. (Image: Reuters)

Powell versus Trump: Why Fed independence matters in times of turmoil

4 min read . 18 Apr 2025

Fed chair Jerome Powell must avert another ‘transitory inflation’ mishap. (Getty Images via AFP)

Watch out! The US Fed seems to be driving blindfolded

3 min read . 24 Mar 2025

The US Fed must contend with divergent inflation expectations (AFP)

Jonathan Levin: Trump fanned the inflation fears that haunt his presidency now

3 min read . 13 Feb 2025

Donald Trump's threat to impose sweeping tariffs on US trade partners could mechanically increase price levels. (Getty Images via AFP)

The US Fed seems as clueless as markets about its policy path from here on

4 min read . 19 Dec 2024

Theories have swirled about ways that the new president could push out or try to undermine Powell before his term ends.

Long shot or not, Trump must make peace with Fed Chair Powell

3 min read . 12 Nov 2024

Policymakers thought that ‘neutral’ was around 2.5% (or 0.5% in ‘real’ terms, adjusting for inflation held at 2%). (Pixabay)

The US Fed’s uncertainty over a neutral rate is bad for bonds

3 min read . 22 Sept 2024

Longer-term rate expectations stem from a highly academic debate of the neutral rate of interest.

Powell ignored the elephant in the Fed’s Jackson Hole lodge

4 min read . 25 Aug 2024

In an economy in which labour market weakness tends to snowball, Fed policymakers surely must be on high alert after the latest statistics. (AP)

Market mayhem: America’s job market slump calls for a big rate cut by the Fed

4 min read . 06 Aug 2024