Articles by Shawkat Hammoudeh

In the United States, the president must get the approval of Congress to raise the public debt limit every time government spending reaches the imposed…

A question that puzzles many people in the United States is how companies can make good profits while the American economy is virtually in a…

The driving season in the United States, which seasonally pushes gasoline prices higher, is long behind us, but the average national price for gasoline on…

Quantitative easing is an emergency monetary policy used during recessions. The Federal Reserve plans to buy $40 billion every month in mortgage-backed securities in the…

Shawkat Hammoudeh   Greece has been a hot topic recently, and it needs a detailed plan on how it can orderly exit the eurozone. The…

Shawkat Hammoudeh   Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) classifies the world’s stock markets into frontier, emerging and developed markets, depending on the depth and breadth…

Shawkat Hammoudeh   My correspondences with my European co-authors during the last two months have concentrated on whether Greece, Portugal and Spain should stay within…

Shawkat Hammoudeh   Fears of a developing sovereign debt crisis in Europe started in late 2009, but the situation became particularly tense in early 2010.…

Shawkat Hammoudeh The United States suffered from a financial crisis in 2008 that spread to the real economy and became a global crisis. Research has…

Shawkat Hammoudeh Jordan and Morocco are strong political allies of the Gulf Cooperation Council and have benefited economically from this strong mutual relationship. Any additional…