The Latest Breaking News from Lawrence Summers

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.42% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index finished nearly flat

Caixin Global · Feb 20, 2024

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 1.56% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.93%

Caixin Global · Feb 19, 2024

Stocks Set to Open Lower as Investors Await FOMC Minutes and U.S. Jobs Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are down -0.36%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are down -0.70% this morning as U.S. Treasury yields climbed at the start of a holiday-shortened week, with market participants looking ahead to the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy…

Barchart · Jan 2, 2024

The Harvard letter, doxxing, and angry clashes: Hamas-Israel war ignites campus free speech crisis

Campus debates about Israel at the elite university have a way of turning into national conversations, where no one feels their rights are being respected, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

Larry Summers ‘sickened’ by Harvard’s silence over Hamas attack on Israel

Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, said he was “sickened” by the institution’s lack of response after some student groups blamed Israel for Hamas’ attack, which has killed more than 900 Israelis, most of them civilians.

The Times of India · Oct 10, 2023

What if Jerome Powell pulled off a soft landing and nobody noticed? It's the economy's Groundhog Day

Economists are seeing shadows.

Fortune · Sep 16, 2023

Larry Summers warns U.S. economy is still ‘very, very hot' with 'pockets of distress' in commercial real estate

The U.S. is "an underlying 4.5-5% inflation country,” said Summers, a few days ahead of Tuesday's inflation report.

Fortune · Jun 12, 2023

Former Treasury Secretary Summers Criticizes IRS Provisions In Debt Ceiling Agreement

Summers opposes IRS funding cuts in debt ceiling deal, warns of future deficits and tax cheats' advantage.

Zenger · May 31, 2023

‘He used people’: Jeffrey Epstein scandal rolls on as new names emerge

The names in legal documents and fresh details of his daily itinerary present a detailed picture of how Epstein tried to rebuild his reputation

The Guardian - US · May 7, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: Love it or hate it, the Silicon Valley Bank bailout won't cost taxpayers a cent

What's the dirtiest word in financial policy?

Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2023