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Janet Nguyen

Digital Reporter

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Would China weaponize its U.S. debt as a trade war tactic?

Oct 17, 2018
China owns more U.S. debt than any other country. Selling its current supply of U.S. treasury bonds to mess with the American economy would be an aggressive move that China would not undertake unless provoked further, according to one expert.
A vendor picks up a 100 yuan note above a newspaper featuring a photo of Donald Trump, at a news stand in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2016. 
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How a company’s value is determined

Oct 16, 2018
Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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How a company’s value is determined

Oct 16, 2018
Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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When mortgages hit the roof

Oct 12, 2018
In the early 1980s, the Fed combated inflation by hiking interest rates to over 18 percent.
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The Trump administration has a habit of renaming government groups

Oct 10, 2018
Case in point: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
President Donald Trump hands his pen to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney (front-L), after signing an executive order beside members of his cabinet in the Oval Office of the White House on March 17, 2017.
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Monopsony: When there's only one employer in town

Oct 2, 2018
Economists have raised concerns that big retail companies like Amazon are suppressing wages.
Some of McDonald's former franchise rules could be considered a form of "monopsony power."
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The winners and losers of NAFTA 2.0

Oct 1, 2018
U.S. dairy farmers make gains in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
President Donald Trump discusses a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday in Washington, D.C.
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