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How Economic Security Helped Drive Trump’s Tariff Wars
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (337+ words) April 2025 turned out to be the cruelest month: Trump announced tariffs on imports from virtually all countries. Those tariff actions were shocking not only because Trump invoked a law that no other president had used to impose tariffs, but also…...
The Global Affordability Crisis Isn't Going Away
1+ day, 56+ min ago (784+ words) The Global Affordability Crisis Isn't Going Away'Time Magazine The Global Affordability Crisis Isn't Going Away In the U.S., home prices have shot up about 45% since 2020, more than twice the typical rate of appreciation. In the U.K., household energy bills are 52% higher than…...
Unemployment Rises to Four-Year High in the U.S.
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (716+ words) President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve, July 24, 2025, in Washington. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its much-anticipated employment report on Tuesday, sending a rude awakening to the job…...
Why There Could Be Fewer Black Friday Sales This Year
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1032+ words) Sale signage displayed at an Aritzia store on Black Friday along 5th Avenue in New York on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. Shoppers hoping to capitalize on post-Thanksgiving sales in the coming days may find the discounts smaller than in years past. A record…...
Why the Price of Italian Pasta May Soon Double for Americans
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) Pasta is displayed for sale at a Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store in West Covina, Calif., on May 29, 2020. Pasta products from Italy could soon cost a lot more in the U.S. Dumping is the practice of exporting a product to a…...
One Unexpected Climate Benefit of Trump’s Tariffs
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (224+ words) A scrap aluminum sign at the Buckman Iron and Metal scrap recycling facility in Pennsylvania in March. "Every one of our clients that I can think of is evaluating the different options to minimize the cost impact of tariffs," says…...
Why It's Good to Talk About Climate Failures
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (221+ words) An Orsted wind turbine model in Connecticut on Sept. 30 In May, PepsiCo released a big reworking of its sustainability goals. The company retired some of its pledges, particularly around water, because it had met them already. Others, including decarbonization targets,…...
The Global Economy Has a Boomer Problem
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (347+ words) 64 Ans written on a poster during a demonstration against France rising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in Toulouse on June 5, 2025. France is in a constant state of revolt. In 2018, the "yellow jackets" blocked the country to protest fuel taxes. Millions…...
Job Growth Has Been Much Weaker Than Reported, Revised Data Shows
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (461+ words) The U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2025. The U.S. economy added hundreds of thousands fewer jobs in 2024 and early 2025 than previously thought, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), indicating a much weaker labor market than prior data…...
Rising Unemployment Among Black Women Is a Bad Economic Sign
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (242+ words) On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released revised preliminary benchmarking data showing that close to a million fewer jobs were added to the U.S. economy in the 12 months ending in March 2025only about half as many jobs were added as previously…...