Gary Cohn, former president and CEO of Goldman Sachs and former White House National Economic Council Director: 'I think you have to get the corporate tax rate to a level that makes sense in the global tax landscape.'
A big reason for Monday's stock selloff, according to Gary Cohn, is the “100% percent probability” that we are not going to have fiscal stimulus before an election.
President Donald Trump made a sweeping decision in August 2017 that could have rocked the global economy: the U.S. would pull out of Nafta, the World Trade Organization, and its trade deal with South Korea. Alarmed, Trump’s top staffers scrambled to stop him, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear.” Bloomberg News obtained a copy […]
U.S. television commentator and conservative economic analyst Larry Kudlow will replace Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, the White House and Kudlow said on Wednesday, adding another loyalist to Trump’s inner circle. Kudlow, a Republican who served as an economic adviser to former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and also worked […]
Gary Cohn, who has served as President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser since last year, will step down from his position, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Cohn had been rumored to be considering leaving the White House over concerns with Trump’s recently-announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. “It has been an honor to serve my country […]
National Economic Council director Gary Cohn said on Sunday he sees a “major risk” evolving in clearing houses, according to a Bloomberg report. As “we get less transparency, we get less liquid assets in the clearinghouse, it does start to resonate to me to be a new systemic problem in the system,” Cohn said, speaking […]
U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn said on Friday that while the Trump administration is open to negotiating the specific terms of tax reform, it won’t budge on two items: a middle-class tax cut and a corporate tax cut.
Trump's chief economic advisor has ignited a debate about the economic effect of the mortgage interest deduction on home buying.
Gary Cohn, National Economic Council (NEC) director, explains why he thinks a cut in corporate taxes will increase workers' pay.
A practice that’s supposed to reduce risk in capital markets could, in some cases, actually amplify problems, Goldman Sachs’ Gary Cohn warned Tuesday.