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Shifting Winds By Isaac Cohen*

 The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index increased 12 percent since President Donald Trump’s election in November and the first days of March. There was hope that the incoming President’s three point agenda, of tax reform, less regulation and more infrastructure spending, would ignite more vigorous economic growth, beyond the 2 percent average of the last seven years of slow economic ...

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Economic Team By Isaac Cohen

It is taking a while to appoint all the members of President Donald Trump’s economic team. However, last Monday, the Senate approved the appointment of Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary, the team’s highest ranking position. Mr. Mnuchin and the head of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn are Goldman Sachs veterans. Therefore, since the White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. ...

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