Commentary

The rapidly deteriorating position of the United States in international trade is the most important

IS INFLATION ON THE WAY BACK? It is, if you give credence to the leading inflation index compiled by

Canada's financial services industry is about to undergo a sea change that will put it in the forefr

AIRLINES IN THE UNITED STATES are inviting re-regulation. In their determination to meet cut-rate co

OF THE MANY BUZZWORDS connected with trade legislation these days, one in particular carries ominous

THE HEAD OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, John Gaughan, told of the agency's policies and objectives

We should ponder William Cotter's concerns about administration plans to abolish automobile fuel eff

Since the November 1986 election, all the public and private signals comingfrom Washington h

One of Britain's leading banks suffered some horrible publicity a few years ago when an exasperated

GREAT BRITAIN'S SHIPPING INDUSTRY is becoming alarmed at the prospect of a shortage of deck officers

US Does Support Its Merchant FleetRep. Walter B. Jones' article, "Support the U.S. Merchant

As everyone knows the rain does not fall mainly on the plain. Nor does the slush merely flush the un

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP for the Reagan administration. The president's television address, plus the ap

A TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BILL, designed to clean up errors or oversights in the complex tax reform la

To eliminate the trade deficit and service our debt, we must lower costs of production relative to p

WILL THE REAL RONALD REAGAN please stand up? The figure on television Wednesday night dispelled any

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, but nobody does anything about it. That observation about the weather, pro

I was intrigued by Professor Wallace's piece, "Looking at the Wrong Numbers," (JofC, Feb. 3) because

The battle over U.S. textiles and apparel trade policy is about to be rejoined. Its outcome

ENCOURAGING INTEREST in the sorry plight of the U.S.-flag merchant marine has been displayed in the

In a biting essay on James Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses, Mark Twain said There are 19 rules g

The finance ministers and central bank governors of the larger industrial countries met in Paris ove

STEPHEN BERGER, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has come up wit

While much of the new federal wiretap act is confusing, one thing is clear: it establishes a lower l

As it was first proposed in September 1985, the rewrite of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control a

By now probably most people in the financial community have caught up with the fact that the United

For many months many conservative political analysts in Japan have expressed fears that Prime Minis

AMTRAK ONCE AGAIN IS ON THE BLOCK, and once again the Reagan administration is unlikely to find any

DEVELOPER DONALD TRUMP has walked off with an estimated $24 million profit by calling off his unwel

The ruling Conservative Party and the Labor Opposition have been thrown into turmoil by the voters o

ALAN J. HERBERT, our insurance editor these past two years, reversed the usualprocedure. He

The doleful awakening from carnival revelry on Ash Wednesday morning is a common theme in Brazilian

TO PROVIDE CATASTROPHIC health insurance for the elderly, a pledge made in his 1986 State of the Un

When the citizens of Troy bought the Horse into their city, a seeming tribute to Trojan valor left b

THE IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR is an obvious candidate for enshrinement as a case history at the Harvard Bus

My wife and I probably are members of a very exclusive group. We are among the very few in the count

IN WASHINGTON, WHERE ALL THINGS are possible, the Canadian trade negotiations have suddenly moved to

AS SPECULATION CONTINUES on who will be appointed to the next term as Federal Re serve chairman in A

In a dressing room at Malacanang Palace, where just a year ago Imelda Marcos might have stood choosi

WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE in the insurance industry cry? Remind him that the McCarran-Ferguson Act is a