Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

President Biden and his team are faulting greedy businesses—primarily meat processors—oil and gas producers and pharmaceutical companies to avoid blame for rising prices. And, if inflation doesn't ease soon, there is talk that Biden will enforce price controls on these businesses. Steve Forbes on the swirling inflation scapegoats, on how history has demonstrated prices controls don't work and on why artificially suppressing prices would be a disastrous move!Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Turkey’s currency, the lira, is plunging in value, and the official inflation rate is soaring, causing desperate people there to plunge into cryptocurrencies. When people don’t trust their domestic currencies, they will find more trustworthy alternatives. Steve Forbes on the favorite cryptocurrency in Turkey right now, on what that reveals about the future of cryptos and on how this is just the beginning of this specific class of crypto’s challenge to governments’ monopoly of money. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

After downplaying the threat of rising prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is now portraying himself as a fierce, sure-handed inflation fighter. But the core question is straightforward: Does Powell know how to do the job without throwing a wrench into the economy and sending it into a recession? Steve Forbes on Powell’s plans to curb inflation and on what he might be missing when it comes to the true nature of inflation.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The promise of 5G, the fifth generation in cellular mobile communications, is ready to be realized. But, incredibly, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently been throwing up baseless obstacles that could delay the 5G revolution. Steve Forbes on the FAA’s baseless safety concerns and on why, for all our sakes, they must be firmly resisted.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

There are two kinds of inflation simultaneously wreaking havoc on our economy, and 2022 could be the year when inflation starts to hit the stock market adversely. But how bad will it be? Will inflation finally cause a stock market crash in 2022? Steve Forbes on what investors need to consider when it comes to the two kinds of inflation and on the darkening cloud hanging over the New Year, which is undermining the dollar's value.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

In 2022 the Covid-19 pandemic should become, at worst, an endemic—something that no longer enormously disrupts our lives. But, unfortunately, the response of our political and public health leaders has too often been pockmarked by harmful and capricious mandates. Can we finally get a commonsense Covid-19 policy? Steve Forbes on President Biden’s Covid policy and vaccine mandates and on what you need to know as we head into 2022.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Vladimir Putin has manufactured an unprovoked crisis with Ukraine, as he undertakes his most dangerous gamble yet. If Putin outfoxes Biden, we will face great danger. Steve Forbes on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and on how Putin’s goals pose a threat to U.S. security.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won ​​Chile’s presidential election, becoming the country’s youngest leader at 35 years old and leading a coalition that openly includes communists. Is Chile headed for political and economic fallout? Steve Forbes on possible turbulence ahead and on what we should learn from the recent election of a hardcore leftist as Chile’s next president.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

After months of record rises, stocks are taking a hit. From the new Omicron variant to the excessive money printing from the Federal Reserve, Steve Forbes on why stocks are wobbly, and the three main reasons they are taking a hit right now. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

A massive threat to the economy is the legislation called Build Back Better (BBB). It would explode an already bloated budget and damage future economic growth and opportunity. Will Congress bury President Biden’s Build Back Better bill now that its true costs have been revealed? Steve Forbes on what the Congressional Budget Office recently revealed about Biden’s BBB bill and on how burying this bill could help the economy and, thus, the overvalued market.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball’s owners and players has expired, with no replacement in place. As a result, millions of fans are starting to worry: Can Major League Baseball save itself from itself? Steve Forbes on the MLB lockout and on two significant changes owners and players should agree on that will support the future of America's favorite pastime.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The Omicron mutation of Covid-19, though said to be more infectious, is reportedly milder than its predecessors in severity and mortality. Yet there is political panic, causing some hysteria. Is the panic over the Omicron variant another excuse for political meddling? Steve Forbes on the growing resistance to arbitrary government actions from political leaders and public health officials using COVID-19 variants to exert unnecessary control over our lives, hinder commerce and harm our health.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Stock market timing is a fool's game. But with the historic highs seen across the market, how long can an overvalued market remain so high, and what should investors do? Steve Forbes on the historic measures seen across the market, from meme stocks to rising equities and on how inflating value to intangible assets still doesn't change a picture of overvaluation.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

A critical election will soon take place in Chile that will have a big impact on the future of Latin America. Will socialism or free markets prevail? Steve Forbes on the stark contrast between Chile’s two presidential candidates and the potential outcomes if the election results flip Chile to the far left.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

President Biden is facing his most severe foreign policy and security crises; the growing, ominous threats to the freedom of Ukraine and Taiwan. Steve Forbes on two extremely dangerous flashpoints the U.S. and the free world face and on whether or not the Biden Administration is up to these grave challenges.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Talks were resumed this week in Vienna about restoring the seriously flawed 2015 nuclear arms deal with Iran, a deal that previously did nothing to halt Iran's nuclear program. Steve Forbes on President Biden's nuclear negotiations with Iran and on how they could be a more significant blunder than that made regarding Afghanistan. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

In Turkey the official inflation rate is 20% (more than three times that of the U.S.), the unofficial one is worse and worsening. But when it comes to inflation, is the U.S. becoming like Turkey? Steve Forbes on the recent inflation surges and disturbing similarities between the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey’s and the Federal Reserve's ability to fight inflation.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Alarm bells are ringing over the potential harm caused by Omicron, a new Covid-19 variant. News of the new variant is roiling financial markets and tempting political leaders to impose restrictions, but there are a few things you need to know. Steve Forbes on the market's reaction to the recent news, the hasty moves being made and why we should wait for the facts on the new variant before reacting this time around.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

When inflation runs high, governments look for scapegoats, and, as inflation painfully rises, President Biden and his officials have directed the Federal Trade Commission to investigate rising energy costs. As gas prices soar, is a conspiracy afoot at the pump? Steve Forbes on the toxic practice surrounding the current state of inflation, and who is really to blame for the high prices at the pump.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Contrary to legend, the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving did not yield a bountiful harvest, but let us give thanks that the Pilgrims embraced free markets and, in success, produced prosperity. Steve Forbes on the lessons to be learned from the Pilgrim’s Plymouth Colony economy and the relevance of these lessons to the Biden Administration’s current push for a new socialism.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.