For a period last spring and summer, it seemed that some semblance of stability had returned to the US policy environment. And in that lull, an index I created with Stanford University’s Scott R.

Trade tensions have helped drive global policy–related uncertainty to new highs, according to Chicago Booth’s Steven J. Davis. “Trade policy under the Trump administration also has a capricious, ...

Please consider the Kansas City Fed Policy Rate Uncertainty measure. The Kansas City Fed’s Measure of Policy Rate Uncertainty ...

Expect uncertainty over U.S. economic policy to remain high as long as policy gyrations continue, says economist Steven Davis It had become something of a cliché to say that investors hate uncertainty ...

If we tallied up the most common words we’ve used on this show over the last handful of years, “uncertainty” would rank high on the list. We’ve used it to describe what’s happening in the housing ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Policy uncertainty, including on global trade and central bank independence, and overall geopolitical risk topped the list of financial stability concerns in a new Federal ...

Recent surges in trade policy uncertainty highlight the fragility of global supply chains, prompting businesses to consider reshoring—moving production from abroad to domestic locations. Reshoring can ...

C-suite leaders, including hospital executives, are struggling to keep up with policy volatility as the federal government under the Trump administration rapidly reimagines economic and regulatory ...

For the week, the equity markets continued their 2024 trends, with the S&P 500 notching a new record high on Thursday (tech led the way). The table shows a strong weekly gain in each of the major ...

Although much progress has been made in identifying important correlations between uncertainty and economic activity, concerns about causal identification remain. However, new empirical measures of ...

Climate investment in the U.S. is facing an unexpected roadblock at the moment, and it’s not technological, financial, or market-driven. It’s political uncertainty, which is causing investors to keep ...