RockCreek News
Caroline Atkinson Speaks to Lawrence H. Summers and Laurence Boone About Fiscal Policy Post-Covid
This week, RockCreek’s Senior Economic Advisor, Caroline Atkinson, spoke with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, and the OECD’s lead economist Laurence Boone, about the need for continued fiscal support to underpin demand after Covid-19, equality, jobs, and a new way of viewing
RockCreek Insights: A Conversation with Johara Farhadieh, Executive Director and CIO of ISBI
Johara Farhadieh, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer at the Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI), joins RockCreek Founder and CEO Afsaneh Beschloss for a conversation on investing during a pandemic, opportunities in ESG & Impact, and the importance of diversity
Will They, Won’t They?
Talk of fiscal stimulus has provided an undercurrent of support for US markets for months. For most of the last six months, it was an unrealistic dream. But now the talk may be for real. As we signaled two weeks
Dark Winter Before Dawn
Public health experts agree with President-elect Biden: we face a dark winter. With over 250,000 Americans now dead from Covid-19, a third surge of the pandemic is raging across the US, reaching into the lives of millions. There are two
Whiplash
It is hard to hold two alternative realities in mind. But that’s what we had to do last week, and maybe for some weeks to come. On the two biggest issues shaping the outlook this year — the global pandemic
Bloomberg Wall Street Week: Low Rates and Asset Prices
Afsaneh Beschloss, RockCreek founder and chief executive officer joins David Westin on Bloomberg’s Wall Street Week to discuss the impact of low interest rates on asset pricing.