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SCOTUS Removes IEEPA Tariffs From Toolbox, Now Is Time for the BAT
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (777+ words) Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Miles Pollard is an economic policy analyst with the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's attempt…...
Employment Up and Inflation Down New BLS Report Shows
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (730+ words) Nicole Huyer is a senior research associate in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its January 2026 Current Employment Statistics and Consumer Price Index (CPI) reports. Here's what you need to know:…...
White House Celebrates Inflation Beating Expectations in January
1+ week, 1+ day ago (388+ words) Inflation beat expectations by dropping to 2.4% in January, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "President [Donald] Trump has defeated Joe Biden's inflation crisis in record time. Inflation is low, wages are up, and the American economy…...
US January Budget Deficit Falls to $95 Billion as Revenue Gains Outpace Spending Growth
1+ week, 2+ day ago (323+ words) ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images David Lawder is a reporter for Thomas Reuters. WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) " The U.S. government posted a $95 billion budget deficit in January, down $34 billion or 26% from a year earlier as revenue gains including customs duties outpaced…...
US Job Growth Surges in January
1+ week, 3+ day ago (821+ words) Lucia Mutikani is a correspondent for Thomson Reuters. WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) " U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in January and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, signs of labor market stability that could give the Federal Reserve room to keep interest rates unchanged…...
'Central Casting': Trump Picks Next Fed Chair
3+ week, 1+ day ago (326+ words) President Donald Trump has chosen former Federal Reserve Board Governor'Kevin Warsh'as the next chair of the central bank. "I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of…...
Trump Reveals When He'll Announce Next Fed Chair
3+ week, 2+ day ago (192+ words) President Donald Trump said he will announce his appointee to chair the Federal Reserve Board of Governors next week. "We're going to be announcing the head of the Fed, who that will be, and it'll be a person that will,…...
Trump Banning Wall Street Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (699+ words) Murray Sabrin is a Mises Institute associated scholar and emeritus professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey. President Donald Trump flexed his populist muscles earlier in January when he promised to ban Wall Street from buying up single-family…...
We Want an Independent Fed, Not One With Trump Derangement Syndrome or Foreign Influence
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (799+ words) Global central bankers issued a statement last Tuesday defending U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the launch of a criminal investigation into the central bank chief. Powell is being investigated over the $2.5 billion he spent renovating the Fed building and…...
Will Trump Create an American Comeback After Biden’s Dismal Economy?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (611+ words) EJ Antoni / @RealEJAntoni EJ Antoni is acting director for The Heritage Foundation's Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies'and chief economist for the Center for Data Analysis. After a four-year economic bacchanalia, America was left with a cost-of-living crisis. Runaway…...