Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges:Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs
It was a bad week for Ben Coryell, who runs a wilderness guiding company in Golden, Colo. He got several calls from customers...
Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump’s Tariffs
The nation that the Trump administration slapped with the heftiest tariff this week is a small, rural, landlocked country in ...
Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them.
The Republican Party embarked this week on a haphazard experiment in economic policymaking, wagering that the United States c...
Ted Cruz and Other Senate Republicans Question Trump’s Tariffs
Some Republican senators on Capitol Hill, including one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters, have signaled their unea...
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders, Citing Trump’s Tariffs
The Japanese video game company Nintendo said on Friday that it would delay preorders for its new console, the Switch 2 , in...
Powell Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Stoking Even Higher Inflation and Slower Growth
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, warned that President Trump’s tariffs risk stoking even higher inflation an...
Trump Sounds Defiant Note as Tariffs Roil Markets Again
As financial markets recoiled for a second day and China said that it would hit the United States with its own punishing tari...
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China struck back at President Trump on Friday, imposing 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. products, matching the levies that h...
Slumping Oil Prices Reflect Intensifying Economic Worries
Oil prices continued to fall on Friday, extending Thursday’s sharp drop. Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded at ...
U.S. Employers Added 228,000 Jobs in March, but Outlook Is Clouded
U.S. employers accelerated hiring in March, a surprising show of strength that analysts warned might be the high-water mark f...