Thomas J. Sargent

Jan 16, 2025 | news.com.au | Ally Feiam |Joanne Williamson |Thomas J. Sargent

Wild winds have caused havoc across Sydney, with a church being smashed after a massive gum tree was uprooted and people were hit by a falling tree in the city on Friday. One person was injured after a corrugated metal roof was blown off a shop and onto one of the city’s busiest roads, while trains were delayed after debris hit tracks. Multiple cars were trapped underneath the roof, causing closures on Victoria Road in Drummoyne during peak hour on Friday afternoon.

Dec 1, 2024 | skynews.com.au | Ally Feiam |Thomas J. Sargent

Woolworths has been unable to reopen a critical distribution centre in Melbourne to improve stock levels for Victorian customers as the ongoing industrial action strips supermarket shelves in the lead-up to Christmas. Unionists from the United Workers Union (UWU) have held their picket lines on Monday morning to block major Woolworths distribution centres.

May 20, 2024 | hoover.org | Thomas J. Sargent

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Sep 1, 2023 | hoover.org | Thomas J. Sargent |William Silber

Articles The Fed Thinks Its Job Will Be Done At 2% Inflation. Its Policies Promised Even Lower. With inflation running hot, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has promised to “keep at it until the job is done.” Powell and many in the markets believe that will be when inflation returns to 2%. But the Fed’s own policies promise an even lower goal: 1%. Friday, September 1, 2023 0 min read By:

Sep 1, 2023 | msn.com | Thomas J. Sargent |William Silber

About the authors: Thomas J. Sargent is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a professor of economics at NYU and a 2011 Nobel laureate in economics. William L. Silber is the author of Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence, and most recently, The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business.