Yellen Yelling Doublespeak In his dystopian novel “1984,” George Orwell wrote about the way officials would use euphemistic or ambiguous language to disguise actual intent. The Biden Administration has perfected this approach. At the same time the U.S. is encouraging companies to move manufacturing out of China and back to the U.S. or to other countries, and is reportedly set to limit investment in parts of the Chinese economy, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week that U.S. actions are not intended to give the U.S. a competitive advantage versus China… “We will clearly communicate to the PRC our concerns about its behavior…And we will not hesitate to defend our vital interests. Even as our t...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.