Three words get used interchangeably in Washington. Only two of them can reach into your wallet.
The U.S. trade deficit came in at $88.60 billion in the latest reporting period, slightly below market expectations but wider than the previous reading. Economists had forecast a deficit of $89.40 ...
The trade deficit narrowed to $101.5B as imports fell, but domestic factories haven't filled the gap and consumers are paying the price. Nucor's net income surged 92% and stock climbed 72% in one year ...
The U.S. fiscal trajectory is unsustainable, with debt-to-GDP projected to reach 123% by 2036 and 251% within 30 years. Recent fiscal policies, notably the OBBBA and tariffs, expand the deficit; GAO ...
President Donald Trump has put trade policy at the center of his agenda. A case in point is the revised trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, announced on Monday. Yet it is hard to be sanguine about ...