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US States Need Federal Funding to Combat the Pandemic
By: Laura Tyson, RockCreek Senior Advisor This article was originally published in Project Syndicate on May 7, 2020. BERKELEY – The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted federalism to the top of the political agenda in America. Confronted with the glaring lack of leadership from the Trump
Finance Forward Ep. 6: Laurence Boone on post-confinement Europe
The latest episode of Finance Forward features Laurence Boone, Chief Economist of the OECD. She warned early on of the dangers to the global economy from a spread of COVID-19 into Europe and America. You can also listen to her conversation with
Finance Forward Podcast Ep. 5 – What next for investors? Gillian Tett on investments, ethics and morality post COVID-19
Award-winning U.S. Managing Director of the Financial Times and editor at large and founder of Moral Money, Gillian Tett says the global pandemic may prompt a total rethink of how investors and consumers choose to spend their money. Join the conversation with hosts Afsaneh
RockCreek CEO Afsaneh Beschloss talks oil storage capacity on Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power”
RockCreek CEO Afsaneh Beschloss joined Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week” by phone to offer expert insight on unemployment in the United States and the state of oil markets globally. She explains that as oil companies are being paid to keep oil in
Global Oil Market Outlook: Short-Term Relief but Continued High Volatility
By: Mansoor Dailami On Thursday April 9, after much anticipation and market trepidation, Russia and Saudi Arabia ended their month-long spat and agreed to cut oil production by 10 million barrels per day (mb/d). In a historic and extraordinary OPEC and
G20 leaders must answer to COVID-19
By: Caroline Atkinson This article was published in Science on April 10, 2020. Last week, the United Nations declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to be the greatest test the world has faced since World War II. Every day brings news of more