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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Some incomplete comments on the current US economic environment

Edward Harrison Feb 16, 2017

This is going to be a quick hit post to get some thoughts down on paper because a few threads are coalescing for me that I want to give some coherence to. The essence of the threads revolves around the tension at the Fed between normalizing…

Political Economy

Europe’s delusional economic policies

Edward Harrison Feb 14, 2017

Yesterday three big things happened in three different eurozone economies that I think are interrelated. And I am going to tell you what I believe they mean for the European political economy by tying them together in this post under the…

Markets

If foreigners are dumping Treasuries, how should you respond as an investor?

Edward Harrison Feb 13, 2017

One of the lead stories at Bloomberg this morning is an article about foreigners shying away from “financing the US government”. And the conclusion of this article is that it could mean higher interest rates in the US. Is this conclusion…

Political Economy

If Donald Trump remains a cultural warrior, he will fail

Edward Harrison Feb 8, 2017

Early on in President Trump’s new administration, too much of his energy is being placed on divisive ‘cultural’ issues and not enough attention is being paid to economic policies. To the degree Trump has turned to the economy, much of his…

Political Economy

Trump is dead wrong on Germany. It won’t matter though

Edward Harrison Jan 31, 2017

The FT is reporting that US President Donald Trump sees Germany as a ‘currency manipulator’ of sorts, a view bound to have negative consequences on bilateral relations. What’s more, according to the Financial Times, Trump’s top trade…

Economy

Germany is the biggest loser in 2017

Edward Harrison Jan 30, 2017

As Donald Trump attempts to make wholesale shifts in American domestic and foreign policy, there are bound to be winners and losers economically and politically. Leading German government representatives from Sigmar Gabriel to Frank Walter…

Markets

The Trump Rally is over

Edward Harrison Jan 30, 2017

A lot of people are saying the rally in shares since early November that took the Dow over 20,000 is exhausted. That may be the case. However, short of a 1987-style crash, we’re going to have see a recession before shares retreat…

Economy

More on why Britain might not leave the EU and how a second referendum could happen

Edward Harrison Jan 24, 2017

I have long suspected that an act of Parliament would be necessary to formally trigger Article 50. In an 8-3 verdict today, the UK Supreme Court affirmed this suspicion. Theresa May cannot invoke royal prerogative for the simple reason that…

Political Economy

Why Canada is the country to watch on Trump’s trade policy

Edward Harrison Jan 23, 2017

If you want to know whwere Trump is headed on trade, don’t look at China or Mexico. Don’t even look at the UK. Canada is the country to watch for a number of reasons. First of all, Canada has an existing deal with the US and Mexico under…

Political Economy

A Q&A With Prime Economics’ Jeremy Smith on Brexit, Immigration and Democracy

Edward Harrison Jan 19, 2017

On Monday, UK Prime Minister Theresa unveiled her vision for Britain’s exit from the European Union. The Prime Minister couched her outlook in positive terms, speaking of Britain leaving the EU but remaining in Europe. She spoke of EU…

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