Dear Readers, have you wondered what it is like to be the mayor of an international gateway city in these unusual and politically fraught times? Francis Suarez, the Mayor of Miami, was my special guest at Leen’s Lodge in Maine. He agreed to a short interview with me at lunch on Long Lake near…

We thank Jake Hanley and his company colleagues at Teucrium for permission to share this excellent commentary with our readers. Teucrium (https://teucrium.com) is in the ETF business and specializes in grains.

“The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1] Dàshǔ (大暑), Taisho, Daeseo, or Đại thử (Chinese and Japanese:

The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and pressures and challenges arising from response to those shocks include shutdowns, substantial stimulus, an accommodative Fed, an uptick in virtual work and shopping, supply chain disruptions, relocations, social concerns such as rent affordability, hiring…

On the heels of a surprise 50-basis-point increase in the ECB’s target rate — despite evidence of a slowing of economic activity — the FOMC will likely make good on another 75-basis-point increase in its target federal funds range.

We think the oil/energy price spike from Putin’s war may be plateauing. Here’s why.

On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the Global Interdependence Center and the Solve Long Covid Initiative offered a one-day conference, “Long Covid: Research, Policy and Economic Impact” (

The next FOMC meeting is scheduled for July 26 & 27. The Committee will be faced with the challenge of assessing whether growth in the second quarter is likely to be negative, triggering the declaration of a recession, or whether growth has persisted.

The fourth program in the Ukraine: What’s Next? series, held at USF Sarasota-Manatee on May 24, 2022, focused on diplomatic and humanitarian aspects of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The program featured seven experts who were able to speak to different dimensions of the crisis, some of them offering…