With the national debt topping $40 trillion, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to talk long-term borrowing costs lower. David Bahnsen explains why the bond market didn’t go along, what the debt milestone does—and doesn’t—mean, and what Fed chair Kevin Warsh may signal at Jackson Hole.
David Bahnsen on the populist right and the socialist left’s shared distrust of markets, legal risk and the sale of abortion drugs, and Wall Street’s retreat from the climate agenda.
Wages have technically outpaced prices, but financial analyst David Bahnsen says that statistic hides a messier reality for young people as high housing costs, thin job experience and more all play a part. WORLD's Lauren Smyth talks with Bahnsen about what the data leaves out, and why he still sees more good news than bad.
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David Bahnsen on Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s case for holding rates steady while markets, why fewer Fed meetings could reduce speculation, and what AI-heavy imports obscure about growth.
David Bahnsen shows how the components of the 10-year Treasury yield offer a read on the economy’s underlying strength, and then he assesses the Trump tariff reset and the labor market.
A growing number of car owners owe more than their vehicles are worth, creating a trade-in trap that makes the next purchase even harder to afford. WORLD’s Lauren Smyth reports.
David Bahnsen on why “invested in AI” is the wrong question, what stubborn long-term unemployment does—and doesn’t—signal, and America’s surprising entrepreneurial revival.
David Bahnsen on Congress’s attempt to boost housing supply, whether government-funded investment accounts strengthen an ownership society, and why stronger families—not bigger government—provide the real foundation for free markets.
President Trump’s financial dealings may be legal, but David Bahnsen argues the appearance of conflict erodes public trust. Also: Able-bodied men leave the workforce, and a trade strategy works against itself.
