Trump Tariffs and Trade Wars Leave Investors, Once Optimistic, Feeling Apprehensive
President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail last year. Investors and business leaders enthusiastically cheer...
Trump Has Said ‘No Exceptions’ to His Tariffs. Will That Last?
As he prepares to introduce new tariffs on foreign metals this week, President Trump has vowed not to grant the types of excl...
Who Likes Tariffs? Some U.S. Industries Are Eager for Them.
The United States buys more steel from Canada than from any other country, and those imports will become much more expensive ...
Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home
The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. Each mor...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy
At a high-traffic intersection on the south side of St. Louis, in a former bank building complete with a glassy atrium, it’s ...
Fed in No Hurry to Adjust Rates Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank is focused on the “net effect” of President Trump’s swe...
Jobs Report Is Steady, but Impact of Federal Cutbacks and Tariffs Looms
It might be a moment of hush before chaos ensues, or it may be business as usual. U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in Febru...
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer spendi...
Fired Federal Workers Face a Sluggish Job Market
For about a year now, the labor market has existed in a state of eerie calm: Not many people were losing their jobs or quitti...
Lutnick Remarks on Removing Government Spending in GDP Data Raises Fears
Comments from a member of President Trump’s cabinet over the weekend have renewed concerns that the new administration could ...