On MS NOW’s Morning Joe today, Steve Rattner shows how June’s good inflation reading may be fleeting as the Iran War keeps pressure on oil prices. Tuesday’s inflation reading came in a bit better than expected, but for individual Americans, the challenge of higher prices remains, in part because the renewed closure of the Strait […]

Today on Morning Joe, Steve Rattner charts how the Trump family turned the presidency into the most profitable business of Donald Trump’s life.  Seemingly with each passing day, more revelations emerge of the extraordinary financial “success” of the Trump family. We shouldn’t be surprised. Donald Trump and his sons have been clear that the […]

Today on Morning Joe, Steve Rattner broke down who profits and who pays under Trump’s Iran deal — and how it compares to Obama’s 2015 nuclear agreement. As the United States anvd Iran arm wrestle toward an agreement to end the war, the current state of play suggests an outcome that will deliver more financial […]

Morning Joe Economic Analyst Steve Rattner breaks down the hawkish outcome of Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting.  President Trump wanted a new Fed chairman who would cut interest rates. He does not appear to have gotten his wish. On Wednesday, Kevin Warsh presided over his first meeting as the new chairman of the Federal […]

Morning Joe Economic Analyst Steve Rattner charts the data on declining savings and rising debt.  By now, the impact of inflation and the weak job market on the “affordability” problem has become well known. What’s perhaps less well known is the deterioration of Americans’ savings and obligations to lenders as they try to maintain […]