Economy Apr 10

A person uses a petrol pump at a gas station as fuel prices surged in Manhattan, New York City
Before Trump ramped up tariff threats, inflation was cooling

Consumer prices rose just 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists warned that the data is mostly backward-looking and likely to be overtaken by the impact of the tariffs that President Donald Trump…

Economy Apr 03

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House
A timeline of Trump’s tariff actions so far

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.