RTHK Radio Money Talk May 25, 2021 Host Peter Lewis leads a discussion of President Biden’s proposed tax increases and infrastructure spending with Barry, Stewart Aldcroft and Dickie Wong. Barry argues that a global minimum corporate tax is likely but that big fiscal and trade deficits threaten the dollar. Listen Continue reading Infrastructure, Raising Taxes and the Dollar

RTHK Hong Kong Radio May 24, 2021 In his weekly commentary with host Mike Weeks, Barry discusses distortions in the US economy–massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, a bad employment report amid significant labor shortages, the stock market near record highs, and Democrats and Republicans far apart on infrastructure spending. Is inflation transitory despite prices rising 3.6% over the past year? Listen Continue reading The Great Inflation Debate

Cleveland Plain Dealer May 12, 2021 When a defeated Britain ceded the Northwest Territory to America in 1783, it opened Ohio to settlement by Revolutionary War soldiers and their familes. https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/05/when-ohio-was-the-promised-land-for-revolutionary-war-veterans-barry-d-wood.html Continue reading Ohio Was a Promised Land for Revolutionary War Veterans

RTHK Hong Kong Money Talk May 11, 2021 With the monetary and fiscal spigots wide open, it’s no surprise that commodity price rises are signaling US inflation well in excess of the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. With Hong Kong analysts Stewart Aldcroft and Andrew Freris, Barry argues there is growing evidence that the US economy is over stimulated. Listen here Continue reading Inflation is Coming to the USA