Finance
Friday’s Jobs Report Will Be Confusing. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that should give a...
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
A few days after President Trump issued an order urging the private sector to end “Illegal D.E.I. Discrimination and Preferences,”...
U.S. Trade Deficit Hit Record in 2024 as Imports Surged
The U.S. trade deficit in goods hit a record $1.2 trillion last year, as American consumers snapped up imported products...
Trump Prepares to Take On the US Trade Deficit, a Familiar Nemesis
To President Trump, one economic number represents everything that is wrong with the global economy: America’s trade deficit.That deficit is...
China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods
Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies...
Trump Wields U.S. Power With Unclear Economic Consequences
President Trump is brandishing the U.S. economy like a weapon, threatening to put more than a trillion dollars of trade...
After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe
Europe, you’re next.That’s the latest message from President Trump, who has repeatedly said in recent days that he would slap...
How Costs for Online Sales After Trump’s Trade Move
President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how...
Panama Canal Fees Have Become a Flashpoint. Here’s Why They’ve Risen.
The cost of using the Panama Canal has risen in recent years — excessively so, President Trump has asserted. The...
Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global...
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