The Biden economy is still doing okay, but there was a notable deterioration from April to May in the Yahoo Finance Bidenomics Report Card. President Biden’s grade on the economy dropped from A- in April to B in May, because of the tumbling stock market and a dip in wages. Yahoo Finance uses data provided by Moody’s Analytics to measure the president’s performance on the economy in six areas, compared with seven prior presidents at the same point in their term, going back to Jimmy… Source link
Read More »Longtime Putin nemesis Bill Browder’s grade on Western sanctions on Russia: ‘9.5 out of 10’
Bill Browder has pondered how best to put the squeeze on Vladimir Putin and Russia for nearly 20 years now. The financier and head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign has been targeted by Putin for over a decade now and, in a new interview with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer, offered up his grade of where things stand on sanctions so far. Those sanctions got a failing grade from Browder early on. Before the invasion, he gave the West just a two out of 10 and said the actions… Source link
Read More »Biden’s grade on the economy rises to A-
President Biden has an enviable problem: The economy under his watch is doing a lot better than voters give him credit for. In the latest update of the Yahoo Finance Bidenomics Report Card, Biden’s grade on the economy rose from B+ to A-. This isn’t our opinion. It’s what the numbers tell us. We developed this methodology at the beginning of the Trump administration, with the help of Moody’s Analytics, and we’ve kept it in place for Biden. We determine each president’s grade by… Source link
Read More »Yandex N : Announces Investment Grade Credit Rating
Moscow, Amsterdam, December 30, 2021 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that Fitch Ratings has assigned Yandex a first-time Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘BBB’ with a Stable Outlook. According to Fitch’s published report, the key rating drivers included, among others, Yandex’s strong leadership position in many consumer segments in Russia (including… Source link
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