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EDITORIAL | Playing With Fire: Attack on Fed chief could be bad for the economy
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (16+ words) EDITORIAL | Playing With Fire: Attack on Fed chief could be bad for the economy'Texarkana Gazette...
Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down
2+ week, 4+ day ago (10+ words) Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down'Texarkana Gazette...
Latin American central banker starts crusade against the dollar
2+ week, 6+ day ago (10+ words) Latin American central banker starts crusade against the dollar'Texarkana Gazette...
Car prices are going up, but how much of it is from tariffs? | Texarkana Gazette
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1074+ words) New car prices didn't spike after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs in the spring, as some experts and dealers projected. But prices on many models are now pushing notably higher -- and analysts said carmakers recouping Trump's higher import costs…...
U.S. trade deficit drops 24% in August as Trump’s tariffs reduce imports | Texarkana Gazette
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower. In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the Commerce Department said Wednesday that the…...
Federal Reserve cuts key rate yet Powell says future reductions are not locked in | Texarkana Gazette
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1047+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring, even as inflation stays elevated. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell also cautioned that further…...
U.S. economy is slowing -- and the nation's top economists don't expect it to improve much over the next year | Texarkana Gazette
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1321+ words) First came the post-pandemic surge in prices. Then came the fastest jump in interest rates in four decades. Now, Americans are contending with a global trade war and a slowing job market. After five years of one economic headwind after…...
Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth | Texarkana Gazette
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (957+ words) STOCKHOLM -- Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust....
Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs forces many retailers to be cautious on holiday hiring
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (32+ words) NEW YORK -- Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs is forcing retailers to pull back or delay plans to hire seasonal workers who pack orders at distribution centers, serve shoppers at stores and ......
Federal shutdown cuts off economic data vital to policymakers and investors | Texarkana Gazette
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (693+ words) WASHINGTON -- The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy. The absence will be felt almost immediately, as the…...