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Too early to write off president who never learnt the rules, 2020 US presidential elections and the global economy
Tuesday 28 July 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.31.2
Commentary: Too early to write off president who never learnt the rules
By Meghnad Desai in London.
Donald Trump’s rumbustious presidency has been more or less the mix of confusion, contradiction, banality and confrontation Desai predicted four years ago, in a July 2016 report ‘The Political Economy of Donald Trump’. The economic buoyancy accompanying his journey into the White House, which continued, tax cut-propelled, for the first three years of office, is now seriously threatened. The probability of a Trump defeat in against Joe Biden November has risen, but it is by no means certain.
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Meeting: 2020 US presidential elections and the global economy
The US economy tends to fare better in election years, but the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is set to end that trend. The US is facing other challenges too, all of which make the outcome of the 2020 presidential election difficult to predict. OMFIF and the CFA Society Singapore convene a panel to discuss the potential scenarios, their impact on global financial markets and the effect on the US-China relationship. Speakers include Sitao Xu of Deloitte, Taimur Baig of DBS, Elliot Hentov of State Street Global Advisors and Meghnad Desai of OMFIF.
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