Trump Team Is Pivoting to No Pain, No Gain as Economic Message
President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to cure what he said was an ailing US economy. Little more than a month into ...
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Trump official floats new approach on GDP, as economy is poised to slow sharply
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wants to separate government spending from GDP, which economists worry could lead to cherry ...
Senate Banking backs McKernan’s nomination for CFPB director
The Senate Banking Committee backed a nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who has pledged to keep the ...
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Does Trump really want a weaker dollar?
The Trump administration is not speaking with one voice. Scott Bessent, the new treasury secretary, has stressed that the ...
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‘Investors are spooked’ by Trump’s ‘whiplash’ on tariffs: Fmr. Biden economic advisor
Canada and China have hit back at President Trump’s new tariffs with parts of Canada removing American alcohol products from ...
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Council of Economic Advisors Chair Nominee Stephen Miran’s Critique of the Global Monetary System—Part I
President Trump’s designated chair of his Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), Stephen Miran, published a lengthy paper that lays out the intellectual justification for Trump’s aggressive interest in ...
‘Impossible Trinity’ Conundrum Has Caused a Cash Crunch in Asia
“Under the impossible trinity, if a central bank opts to hold the currency stable and one assumes an unchanged capital ...
Inflation in center focus amid tariff fears: What to know this week
Updates on inflation data for the month of February are set to greet investors as fears over the impact of President Trump's tariffs have recently sent the stock market into a slump.
Why does Trump think tariffs work?
President Donald Trump has consistently advocated the use of tariffs as a tool of economic policy since at least the 1980s.
Hiring slowed in February as economic uncertainty created 'hesitancy' to add jobs last month, ADP data shows
The private sector's hiring slowdown is the latest economic data to fall short of Wall Street's growth expectations.
The U.S. dollar is sending an alarming signal to investors and consumers
Global stocks struggled on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s latest batch of tariffs took effect, targeting Canada, Mexico ...
Trump pick to lead consumer bureau clears key Senate hurdle
A Senate banking panel voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of former regulator Jonathan McKernan ...