SEC weighs letting stocks trade like crypto: Information

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has emphasized that cryptocurrency regulation is now the agency’s “job one,” as the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) work toward aligning their policies. In a recent roundtable, both regulatory bodies affirmed their commitment to smooth cooperation, aiming for clear ...

Here in Finland, the idea that economics cannot be separated from geopolitics is hardly new. During the early 1990s, as the Soviet Union collapsed, Finland lost more than 10% of its GDP when trade with its eastern neighbour suddenly evaporated. Few countries know better the costs of ignoring geopolitical realities. Today, the rest of Europe is facing a similar reckoning. We find ourselves in a new world – one where policymakers can no longer confine themselves to traditional economic and financial variables. Now, we must factor “geoeconomics” into our analyses. The term was coined in 1990 by Edward Luttwak, who described geoeconomics as “the admixture of the logic of conflict with the methods of commerce”. It is not protectionism in the old sense of sheltering vulnerable industries. Instead, it is trade deployed as a tool of power, a strategy of influence and dominance. MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: POLICY RATE AT 2% GIVES ECB SPACE TO RESPOND IN THE CASE OF SHOCKS OR SHIFTING INFLATION RISKS #christinelagarde #monetarypolicy #ecb #eurozone #monetarypolicy #trade #tariffs #inflation ECB President Lagarde: Inflation risks seen as contained MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: 2-SIDED RANGE OF RISKS TO INFLATION, BALANCED RISKS TO GROWTH HAVE NARROWED SINCE LAST RATE MEETING #christinelagarde #monetarypolicy #ecb #eurozone #monetarypolicy #trade #tariffs #inflation