When America went to the polls last Tuesday, there was plenty of speculation about the results – and the effects on the economy, not just of the US, but of the entire world.
Will the election of Democrat and Former Vice President Joe Biden be a tonic for the rest of the world, or keep us all feeling under the weather for a little longer?
Investors and markets dislike uncertainty. Consequently, the current uncertainty over the outcome of the US election may be putting the brakes on recovery.
Two years after Donald Trump was elected, American voters have taken to the polls again for mid-term elections. These are held every four years in the middle of a President’s term of office, and let the US electorate show their support – or lack of it – for the President and his policies.