The Job Market Has Been Resilient. The Trade War Could Be Its Undoing.
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The Job Market Has Been Resilient. The Trade War Could Be Its Undoing.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For three years, the U.S. economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and political instability at home and abroad. Yet it has proved surprisingly resilient, supported by the sturdy pillars of robust consumer spending, a rising stock market, and healthy…

Trump’s Tariffs Follow Anger Over Trade Imbalances and Lost Manufacturing Jobs
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Trump’s Tariffs Follow Anger Over Trade Imbalances and Lost Manufacturing Jobs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump upended the international trading system on Wednesday with a blunt package of global tariffs, making the case that the United States faces a dire economic emergency as a result of trade imbalances with countries across the globe. It’s a sentiment that…

Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy
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Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The global economic system that the United States has shaped and steered for more than three-quarters of a century was animated by a powerful guiding vision: that trade and finance would be based on cooperation and consent rather than coercion. That system, for…

As Trump’s Tariffs Stoke Economic Uncertainty, the Fed Debates Its Next Steps
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As Trump’s Tariffs Stoke Economic Uncertainty, the Fed Debates Its Next Steps

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into President Trump’s second term. Acute uncertainty about how the administration’s trade and immigration policies will unfold and affect the economy has made him…

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
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Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s tariffs could drive up prices. His efforts to reduce the federal work force could increase unemployment. But ask economists which of the administration’s policies they are most concerned about and many point to cuts to federal support for scientific research. The…

Trump’s Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods
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Trump’s Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. President Trump’s sweeping tariffs are expected to raise the cost of cars, electronics, metals, lumber, pharmaceuticals and other products that American consumers and businesses buy from overseas. But Mr. Trump and his advisers are betting…

As Trump Tariffs Loom, White House Eyes Costly Farmer Bailouts
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As Trump Tariffs Loom, White House Eyes Costly Farmer Bailouts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ahead of President Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week, his administration is weighing a new round of emergency aid to farmers, who are likely to be caught in the middle if America’s trading partners retaliate. The early discussions…

Opinion | The Second Trump Administration Is About Ideology, Not Oligarchy
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Opinion | The Second Trump Administration Is About Ideology, Not Oligarchy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Democrats, casting about for an anti-Trump narrative, have found a word: “oligarchy.” It was part of Joe Biden’s farewell address; it’s central to Senator Bernie Sanders’s barnstorming; it shows up in the advice given by ex-Obama hands. It aspires to fold together…

Why the Shipping Industry Isn’t Rushing Back to the Red Sea
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Why the Shipping Industry Isn’t Rushing Back to the Red Sea

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump ordered military strikes last weekend against the Houthi militia in Yemen, he said the militia’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea had harmed global trade. “These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of…