Global Business
09 April 2025

What the Sell-Off in Treasuries Means for Your Mortgage

The fallout from President Trump’s global trade war continues to roil markets, with investors pulling out of even traditionally safe U.S. government bonds. If this trend persists, it could spell trouble for home buyers and homeowners in the months ahead.

04 April 2025

The Trump Administration’s Trade War Heats Up: What Comes Next?

Earlier this week, the Trump administration rolled out the steepest tariffs in a century, marking a significant change in U.S. trade policy and sowing panic across global markets. Peter Debaere, Darden professor and international economist, shares insights to help us better understand what is happening and how an escalating trade war could affect Americans’ pocketbooks.

27 March 2025

How UVA Darden’s Executive MBA Is Empowering a Leader to Transform Oral Healthcare

“Let’s see… how many flights has it been?” Jimmy Anthony (Class of 2025) pauses, counting silently on his fingers. “At least 30, maybe more. Enough that I’ve got the airport layouts memorized.” Each trip — from Little Rock, Ark., to Washington, D.C., and abroad — marks another step in his journey through the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Executive MBA program.

11 March 2025

Hidden Costs: More Than Jobs Are Lost in a Government Shutdown

Another potential government shutdown looms as Congress struggles to fund operations. (A vote in the House is possible Tuesday.) Without a solution this week, thousands of federal workers face furloughs and citizens will suffer from diminished or lost services in the near future. For government employees, a shutdown would add insult to injury. Thousands already have lost their jobs due to cuts to agency payrolls from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), while all have faced uncertainty about their status, and aggressive demands to justify their contributions.

11 March 2025

Supply Chains Explained: How They Work and Why Tariffs Can Strain Them

Supply chains are critically important to domestic and global commerce. Explaining and understanding them isn’t so simple. The Darden Report took a deep dive on supply chains with Associate Professor of Business Administration Vidya Mani, an expert on supply chains, to learn more about how it all works. For those who prefer to get the highlights and save the fuller report for later, find an AI summary of the main points at the top.

10 March 2025

Q&A: How Could Tariffs Impact Your Wallet?

Up and down, on and off again – the seemingly endless tariff and trade war talk these past two months has been a mixture of predictions, percentages and political posturing. Executive director of Darden's Mayo Center of Asset Management answers questions on what those levies could mean to consumers.