Business and market developments driven by political decisions: tax bills, tariff schedules, agency appointments, subsidy programs and procurement changes. Items identify the industries exposed and the timing of any effect. Read by corporate affairs teams, investors and analysts pricing political risk.
Before most major regulations take effect, a small White House office runs the cost-benefit arithmetic — and the resulting analyses, not the press releases, are where business should read the risk.
Asha Venkataswamy · February 27, 2026
The FOMC voted unanimously January 28 to keep the reserve-balance rate at 3.65 percent, while a separate statutory deadline put stablecoin supervision questions on bank regulators' January calendar.
Asha Venkataswamy · February 4, 2026
The borrowing cap does not authorize new spending — it authorizes payment for spending Congress already passed, and the race between extraordinary measures and the X-date is what markets price.
Asha Venkataswamy · January 13, 2026