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Oil Prices Tumble Further as Trump’s Tariffs Weigh on Economic Outlook
U.S. oil prices fell sharply, briefly dipping below $60 a barrel on Sunday — their lowest level in almost four years — as the economic…
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Business
Stocks Are Set to Extend Sharp Fall
Stock markets pointed to a further fall this week as futures trading got underway Sunday evening, with investors and economists grappling…
Politics
A Tariffs Cheat Sheet
It was much worse than expected. President Trump’s attempt to reverse the rules of global trade through sweeping tariffs against dozens of…
Politics
As Markets Plunge Over Trump Tariffs, All Is Calm on Fox News
At 11 a.m. on Friday, the S&P 500 was down about 4 percent, on top of a nearly 5 percent drop the day before. On Fox News, Harris Faulkner…
Politics
Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day
Two days after President Trump announced his expansive global tariffs, the United States confronted wide-ranging and painful blowback, as…
Business
Investors Recoil From Trump’s Pledge to Remake the Global Economy
Investors around the globe this week sent President Trump a clear message about his new tariff policy, announced triumphantly as a…
Politics
U.S. Employers Added 228,000 Jobs in March, but Outlook Is Clouded
U.S. employers accelerated hiring in March, a surprising show of strength that analysts warned might be the high-water mark for the labor…
Politics
Powell Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Stoking Even Higher Inflation and Slower Growth
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, warned that President Trump’s tariffs risk stoking even higher inflation and slower…
Politics
U.S. employers added 228,000 jobs in March, far more than forecast.
President Trump’s tariffs mean that companies across the European Union and around the world are at risk of losing access to the world’s…
Business
Trump Officials Warn of Tariff Pain as Price Increases Loom and Stocks Tumble
In the weeks leading up to his expansive global tariffs, President Trump and his top aides tried to prime the public for economic pain.…
Politics
Trump Is Promising a Manufacturing Renaissance. Is That Even Possible?
President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on a scale unseen in nearly a century is more than a shot across the bow at U.S. trading partners.…
Politics
Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands
President Trump’s tariffs have spared almost no corner of the Earth. Even tiny, sparsely populated islands that export close to nothing.…
Business
Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy
The global economic system that the United States has shaped and steered for more than three-quarters of a century was animated by a…
Politics
Trump’s Tariffs Follow Anger Over Trade Imbalances and Lost Manufacturing Jobs
President Trump upended the international trading system on Wednesday with a blunt package of global tariffs, making the case that the…
Politics
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim About Egg Prices
President Trump, as he announced sweeping tariffs, batted away “very tired predictions” from critics of his economic agenda by citing a…
Business
Oil and metals prices fall on concerns about the global economy.
Oil prices plunged Thursday on fears that President Trump’s latest round of tariffs would slow economic growth around the world, curbing…
Business
Stock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs
Wall Street shuddered as President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries across the globe on Wednesday, with the administration…
Politics
Trump Says His Tariffs Will Address Unfair Global Trade. Is He Right?
President Trump has accused America’s trading partners of undermining the United States for decades, saying they have engaged in unfair…
Politics
Trump Is Set to Unveil Expansive Global Tariffs
President Trump is set to unveil his most expansive tariffs to date on Wednesday afternoon, when he will detail potentially punishing…
Politics
Trump’s Dismantling of Minority Business Agency Could Hinder Job Growth
The Trump administration’s move to gut an agency that aims to support minority-owned businesses has alarmed Democratic lawmakers and…
Politics
As Trump Stokes Uncertainty, the Fed Asks Businesses Where It Hurts
Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into…
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Want to Play a Game? Global Trade War Is the New Washington Pastime.
The world’s biggest powers were deep in a trade war. Economic losses from the tariffs that President Trump had imposed on most of the…
Business
Stocks Fall as Inflation Anxiety Dampens Mood on Wall Street
Concerns about inflation and weak consumer sentiment dragged down the stock market on Friday, as Wall Street keeps struggling to assess…
Politics
Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Imported Cars and Car Parts
President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and car parts that were imported into the United…