Brandon Giella

Last week, one investor wrote on LinkedIn that Fed chair Jerome Powell could be hailed as the “most successful and important central bank governor this country has ever had.”  High praise. Why? If the U.S. economy can attain what pundits are calling a “soft landing,” which is when inflation

“Japan, Japan, Japan,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon once said in an interview. When he was coming up through Harvard Business School in the early 1980s, it seemed to be what everyone was talking about. Now, it seems, everyone is talking about China. Why? The last few decades have witnessed an

At the top of an income statement sits revenue. That income filters through expenses to leave net income, or profit, on the other side. What happens in between is where efficiency plays a crucial role. If a firm can create more net income by lowering its cost of goods sold,

Lawmakers in the United States are debating options for the country’s national debt, or more specifically, the debt ceiling. It goes like this. Imagine you’re in high school and you’re already committed to going to the spring dance. Unfortunately, it costs $50 to go, the money helping

Last week, the Department of Labor released its latest data on unemployment insurance claims. The weekly claims increased by 7,000, which is good news for the Fed: It means their policies are working. However, at around 198,000, jobless claims are still near below the pre-pandemic 2019 average of

Commentary on AI and the four-day work week often underestimates the point made in the famous poem by William Carlos Williams called “The Red Wheelbarrow.” so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens In the latest example I read from an analyst

During a press conference Wednesday, Fed leaders agreed to raise interest rates again. This has been happening for months now, so that’s not news. But what is news is that they implied they may soon stop raising rates. Why? Because high interest rates are destabilizing the financial system and

Writing good takes practice. Does that sentence strike you as odd? Shouldn’t it have been writing well takes practice? Writing is an art and a craft. As such, it, like jazz, combines classic rules with subjectivity and personality. Good writers know to bend the rules to get your attention.

Knowledge workers will increasingly work for themselves and not as an employee for a traditional company. The reasons are legion, but among them are flexibility, focus, and finances. One company making a big bet on this future is A.Team, a marketplace of high-caliber talent tackling big, complex problems for

Some things are more expensive than others, especially the things you want. That’s because other people want those things too. Supply and demand, being what it is, dictates that the price goes up. A higher price sends a signal to the rest of the economy that this thing is