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The Economic Effects of Tariffs

The United States announced new, higher tariff rates this year. Tariffs can affect supply chains, investment, and firms’ input costs, resulting in supply-side effects such as higher inflation and ... Read More

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit Americans in 2026. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More

Here’s what the latest inflation and spending data reveals about the US economy

Key monthly metrics from the US government continue to be released now that the shutdown has ended. Next up: September wholesale inflation and retail sales. Read More

International Trade, Regulation, and the Global Economy

As tariffs and trade deals make headlines, here’s a perfect puzzle: Why, as tariffs fell and supply chains expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, did many economies fail to see the ... Read More

The U.S. Economy Is Ready To Grow Again—If Washington Lets It

Over the last few years Washington tried to micromanage the economy—and the results speak for themselves. When regulators second-guess business decisions, slow-walk mergers and erect new barriers to ... Read More

Mexico Is Not Just the Top Supplier to the U.S. Now It Is the Top Buyer.

For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated. Read More

US farmers are pulling back on spending in threat to rural economy

Sunny skies and mild temperatures greeted the biggest U.S. farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the ... Read More

CBS News poll finds negativity on economy, job market and concerns about AI's impact

Pessimism about the U.S. economy and its direction continues this month — negative ratings have persisted for years — along with net-negative ratings for the U.S. job market, specifically. And in a ... Read More

If New York or California enters a recession, the entire U.S. economy would be next. So how are they doing?

As two of the country's biggest states by GDP, their economies 'may be canaries in the coal mine,' one economist notes The economies of California and New York could be proverbial canaries in the coal ... Read More

Canadians Cheer as Economy Posts 2.6% Growth in Third Quarter

The Q3 growth is a sharp reversal from the year’s second quarter, when Canada’s economy contracted at an annualized rate of 1.8% due to the bite of U.S. tariffs. Exports edged up 0.2% between July and ... Read More

Trump’s poll numbers slip amid concerns over economy

President Trump’s approval ratings have fallen in recent weeks as he approaches the end of the first year of his second term. A Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling average of surveys on Trump’s approval ... Read More