Matt Levine | Columnist Futures Exchanges Are for TradersFMX, private credit undisintermediation, Trump Media short complaints, index fund bank ownership and buying the customers’ yachts.
Jonathan Levin | Columnist Focus on the Right Inflation Data — Not Nightmare ScenariosTraders were spooked as first-quarter core inflation came in worse than expected. We need to know what happened in March to judge the momentum.
Claudia Sahm | Columnist A Strong Economy Doesn’t Necessarily Make the Fed’s Job HarderThe past year has shown that it is possible to have a rapid decrease in inflation along with low unemployment and robust growth.
Paul J. Davies | Columnist Barclays Investment Bankers Need to Pick Up the PaceThe UK lender is slower to recover than Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and US peers on deals and hitting targets.
Chris Hughes | Columnist BHP May Need to Sweeten Its Offer to Win Over Anglo AmericanThe Australian miner has started a race to buy its London-based peer. Its proposed $40 billion offer isn’t quite as generous as it looks.
Gearoid Reidy | Columnist Japan's Unlikeliest Cheerleader Is an American AmbassadorRahm Emanuel, the outspoken former White House chief of staff, has redefined the role as Washington’s envoy to Tokyo — by amplifying Japan’s message and browbeating Beijing.By Gearoid Reidy