Apr 09 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: China ‘not nice’ for targeting U.S. farmers with tariffs, says Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump pledged to "make it up" to farmers who could suffer from China's proposed tariffs on pork and soybean imports. Chinese officials blamed the U.S. for escalating trade tensions and said negotiations would be… Continue watching
Apr 09 Merle Hazard has a new song. This one’s about self-driving trucks By Paul Solman With this post, Making Sen$e debuts Merle Hazard’s newest effort to combine economic comedy and analysis: “Dave’s Song."… Continue reading
Apr 08 Amid trade fight, Trump says China will do the ‘right thing’ By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Amid global fears of an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump suggested that Beijing will ease trade barriers. Continue reading
Apr 07 U.S.-China trade rift could squeeze growth and hurt consumers By Paul Wiseman and Josh Boak, Associated Press On Thursday, Trump ordered the U.S. trade representative to consider imposing tariffs on up to $100 billion worth of Chinese products. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: U.S. job gains down sharply in March By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. job growth slowed in March, due in part to late-winter storms. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent, where it's been for six months. Also, the governor of Arizona announced that he's sending… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 7:40 This podcast aims to air the unknowns about Trump’s business around the world By PBS News Hour The fact that President Trump also owns a vast business empire is a first for the U.S. A new investigative effort called "Trump Inc." explores his dual roles as commander in chief and chief executive. William Brangham talks with Andrea… Continue watching
Apr 06 Stocks dive as U.S. proposes more China tariffs, Dow falls 700 By Marley Jay, Associated Press Stocks are tumbling as investors worry that tariffs and harsh words between the U.S. and China will touch off a trade war that derails the global economy. Continue reading
Apr 06 Job growth slowed in March. What does that mean for the economy? By Daniel Bush The economy added 103,000 jobs last month, fewer than economists had expected and the lowest monthly total since last September. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 2:53 New Facebook revelations over user privacy deepen crisis and invite scrutiny By PBS News Hour Social media giant Facebook says it now believes that up to 87 million people had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that worked for the Trump campaign, and that public profiles for most of the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Trump says he’s taking ‘a pretty serious look’ at Amazon By Associated Press Trump said that "in addition to having the Washington Post ... what they have is a very uneven playing field."… Continue reading