Wall Street is getting cut out of Trump 2.0
Wall Street assumed that the stock market would act as a check on Donald Trump's worst economic impulses. That isn't panning ...
US inflation cooled last month, though trade war threatens to lift prices
The consumer price index increased 2.8 percent in February from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department ...
Trade war threatens to rekindle inflation that economists believe ticked lower last month
U.S. inflation may have cooled a bit last month but it could be a short reprieve as President Donald Trump’s tariffs are widely expected to keep prices elevated in the coming months ...
‘Cheap goods’ aren’t part of the American Dream, Trump’s treasury secretary says
In a recent speech, Scott Bessent threw more cold water on a Trump campaign promise to lower the cost of living.
Senate Confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s Labor Secretary
T he Senate voted Monday to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. Labor Secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge ...
Treasury secretary defends tariffs, says cheap goods not 'essence of the American Dream'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended Donald Trump’s tariffs, arguing that access to cheap goods are not the “essence of ...