Wall Street has made its peace with a Joe Biden victory, taking comfort in his decades-long political career in which moderation is a prevailing trait. But it’s nervous about his more liberal allies.
7 min read7 Nov 2020The tribute marked the presumed end of a long public life that put Biden in the orbit of the Oval Office for 45 years — yet, through a combination of family and personal tragedy, his own political missteps and sheer bad timing, had never allowed him to sit behind the Resolute Desk himself
6 min read7 Nov 2020Few presidents arrive at the White House as well qualified by experience and temperament, but the challenges will still be brutal.
4 min read7 Nov 2020Biden managed to pull together a winning electoral coalition to end Trump’s presidency The future president has promised to make the pandemic his top priority, with a vast expansion of surveillance testing for the virus
6 min read7 Nov 2020His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania
5 min read7 Nov 2020Harris has been a rising star in Democratic politics for much of the last two decades Born to Jamaican father and an Indian mother, Harris is a former attorney general of California
2 min read7 Nov 2020Markets can act strangely sometimes. They have surged even when presidential candidate Joe Biden, considered to be less business-friendly, is leading in the US elections. One reason for this could be that investors don’t like uncertainty. Mint explores
2 min read6 Nov 2020Investors had expected improving U.S. activity would lead to better European growth
2 min read6 Nov 2020President’s campaign suffered legal defeats in Michigan and Georgia but won victories in Pennsylvania, while opening a new front in Nevada
6 min read6 Nov 2020Powell steered away from any discussion of politics, saying the economy, not the election, was the focus of the 2-day meeting of the Fed's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee The recent spike in Covid-19 cases is 'particularly concerning' for the US economy, Powell said
3 min read6 Nov 2020The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared