Faculty Impact Articles

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Smith Professor Peter Morici says shifting European politics could have a depressing effect on U.S. interest rates.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST --

By Liu Yang

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Last week the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly dropped the currency peg they’ve maintained since 2011, a move that bankrupted several retail foreign exchange brokerages worldwide.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Today’s vote by the European Central Bank to print more than 1 trillion euros for buying government bonds and other financial assets would have some benefits, but would not solve the region’s long-term challenges.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- U.S.-based multinational corporations move an average of $12 billion in taxable income back into the country each year, tax free, through complex mergers and acquisitions.

By ANIL K. GUPTA

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- President Obama’s proposed fee on big banks would hurt homebuyers and fail to control risk-taking by those firms with more than $50 billion in assets, says Clifford Rossi, professor of the practice at the University of Maryland’s Robe

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Since 2008 the United States has had a zombie mortgage-financing system, former bank executive Cliff Rossi writes today in a

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