4 days agoFriday News Roundup — March 24, 2023Greetings from Washington, D.C., where the week’s news focused on the continued uncertainty around the nation’s mid-sized and regional banks; hearings on TikTok; and the legal rumors surrounding former President Trump and a grand jury indictment in New York City. While the Federal Reserve was clear in moving ahead with…News17 min readNews17 min read
Mar 17Friday News Roundup — March 17, 2023Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all of us at CSPC. While today is about wearing green, both the markets and policymakers are seeing red after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and concerns of wider weakness in the banking system. …News17 min readNews17 min read
Mar 10Friday News Roundup — March 10, 2023Friday greetings on what has been a busy, news-filled week, in Washington and around the world. In the District, we’ve been tracking President Biden’s proposed budget, and a range of Congressional hearings on global threats, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and what the Fed will do next. …China22 min readChina22 min read
Mar 3Friday News Roundup — March 3, 2023Friday greetings to you from Washington. While there was not one story that dominated the headlines, a lot is still going on. At the Supreme Court, the Justices heard arguments over the Biden administration’s plan to relieve student debt. Conservative justices expressed skepticism over the action, though technical questions over…Nato22 min readNato22 min read
Feb 24Friday News Roundup — February 24, 2023Today, on the one year anniversary of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, we celebrate the fact that Kiev stands free and independent and we salute the courage and resolve of the Ukrainian people. We also reflect on the tragedy of this unnecessary war; the tens of thousands who have been…Russia18 min readRussia18 min read
Feb 17Friday News Roundup — February 17, 2023What’s the limit? That is our question of the week. In theory, every person has a limit. Certainly, every system has one. The U.S. government reached its debt limit ($31.4 trillion) on January 19. Since then, the U.S. Department of Treasury has been using “extraordinary measures” to keep expenditures under…Tech19 min readTech19 min read
Feb 10Friday News Roundup — February 10, 2023Friday greetings from Washington, D.C., where a burst of early warmth has it feeling more like April than February — but maybe we are just feeling the heated responses at the State of the Union. This week’s political focus has been on the president’s annual address, the stagecraft, and tour…Japan18 min readJapan18 min read
Feb 3Friday News Roundup — February 3, 2023The big headlines in Washington this week focused on searches. In meetings in Washington, President Biden and Speaker McCarty searched for a debt ceiling compromise. The FBI moved to search the homes of President Biden and former Vice President Pence as investigations continue into mishandled classified materials. Market traders searched…China17 min readChina17 min read
Jan 27Friday News Roundup — January 27, 2023In the view from Washington this week, the news has had three drivers: first, the controversies and investigations over classified documents have expanded with the discovery of classified materials at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence. The former Vice President is cooperating with authorities on the matter…Ukraine22 min readUkraine22 min read
Jan 20Friday News Roundup — January 20, 2023Two stories dominated the headlines in Washington this week. First, the continued fallout from the discovery of classified materials at a Biden-led think tank in Washington and the president’s private home in Delaware has the president facing a major scandal. House committees are readying their investigations. Second, we are on…UN16 min readUN16 min read
