The Trump administration is finally confronting the complicated reality of its complex and costly tariff policies. Oh, not when it comes to collecting those tariffs. The administration is happy to ...
Recent research has found that tariffs can reduce economic activity to a point where inflation starts to fall. But if that happens, the economy would be dealing with much bigger problems.
The change in the average U.S. tariff rate in 2025 was the largest in the modern era. One way to assess the effects of such a large shock on unemployment and inflation is by looking at data from ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. and foreign officials, corporate executives, analysts and investors had begun to hope the tumultuous U.S. trade policy reversals of last year were finished. Now they face rekindled ...
Tariffs aren't exactly top of mind for most Americans during the Christmas holidays, but as 2026 approaches, a few trade decisions from President Donald Trump could end up steering everything from the ...
The U.S. Supreme Court did the right thing by ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) “does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.” Half of the Court’s ...
One of the only things that polls worse than the Trump economy is the president’s almost unprecedented use of tariffs. The White House, in an apparent bid to turn sentiment around on both the economy ...
Today, I look at the pending Supreme Court decision on tariffs. Plus: Massachusetts business leaders are bummed out big-time. The Supreme Court may rule soon on President Trump’s “Liberation Day” ...