16 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Consumers and Retailers Shrugged Off Tariffs in April

April’s CPI came and went with no sign of the Trump administration's new tariffs pushing up inflation. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Consumers and Retailers Shrugged Off Tariffs in April appeared first on Breitbart.

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41 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: A China Tariff War Ceasefire Not a Surrender

After a weekend of high-level negotiations in Geneva, the United States and China agreed to a dramatic temporary rollback of tariffs. The post Breitbart Business Digest: A China Tariff War Ceasefire Not a Surrender appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Will the IRS Tax Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican Apartment?

The election of the first American pope has tax lawyers wondering if the IRS will try to collect taxes on the new Pontiff's in-kind compensation. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Will the IRS Tax Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican Apartment? appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Tax Cuts Will Not Cause a Surge in the Trade Deficit

When Trump calls for tax cuts to boost American growth, we can debate their fiscal merits; but let’s not pretend they’re a guaranteed path to trade imbalance. The theory behind that claim is old, contested, and, in many cases, simply wrong. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Not Cause a Surge in the Trade Deficit appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Tax Cuts Won't Drive Up the Trade Deficit

Many economists have successfully challenged the idea that budget deficits lead to higher trade deficits. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Tax Cuts Won’t Drive Up the Trade Deficit appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Economy Refuses to Play Nice with the Fed

The Fed is stuck between crosscurrents: too strong to ease, too shaky to hike. The best they can do is what they’ve been doing—waiting for the fog to lift. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Economy Refuses to Play Nice with the Fed appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Age of Industrial Abundance Has Arrived

This week, America’s new economic doctrine came into focus thanks to a pair of speeches from Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Age of Industrial Abundance Has Arrived appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Trump says he won't remove Fed chair Powell, says good parts of economy are his doing

Trump says he won't remove Fed chair Powell, says good parts of economy are his doing  Reuters

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1 week ago Trump says he won't remove Fed chair Powell before term ends in 2026

Trump says he won't remove Fed chair Powell before term ends in 2026  Reuters

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: Consumers Aren't Front Running Tariffs

The supposed culprit of the import surge—consumer panic buying—simply isn’t real. Consumers are not front-running the tariffs, and that is good news. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Consumers Aren’t Front Running Tariffs appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Historic Divergence Between Democrat Despair and Republican Confidence Has Enormous Economic Stakes

Consumer sentiment remains deeply depressed; and the division between Democrats and Republicans has reached historic, almost unimaginable levels. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Historic Divergence Between Democrat Despair and Republican Confidence Has Enormous Economic Stakes appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Wall Street's Pain Is Wrecking the Case Against Tariffs

If Trump’s tariffs are such a favor to entrenched business interests, why are those very businesses sounding the alarm? The post Breitbart Business Digest: Wall Street’s Pain Is Wrecking the Case Against Tariffs appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Bessent Tells China to Change or Be Changed

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood before the Institute of International Finance this morning and delivered a speech that ought to be remembered as a turning point in U.S. economic diplomacy. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Bessent Tells China to Change or Be Changed appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Can Trump Fire Powell? He Says He Won’t, But His Fed Battle May Not Be Over.

The president said he has “no intention” of ousting Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but the administration’s willingness to challenge norms regarding the central bank’s political independence is causing concern.

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3 w. ago Trump Says He Won’t Fire Powell. His Fed Battle May Not Be Over Yet.

The president said he has “no intention” of ousting Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but the administration’s willingness to challenge norms regarding the central bank’s political independence is causing concern.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Even if Trump Fires Powell, the Fed May Still Defy Him

Removing Jerome Powell as Fed chair might not give Trump the interest rate cuts he wants. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Even if Trump Fires Powell, the Fed May Still Defy Him appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Trump Has No Plans to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell: 'The Press Runs Away with Things'

President Donald Trump has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he called a "major loser" in a Truth Social post on Monday. The post Trump Has No Plans to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell: ‘The Press Runs Away with Things’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago US stocks and dollar tumble as Trump renews attacks on Fed Chair Powell

US stocks and dollar tumble as Trump renews attacks on Fed Chair Powell  Al Jazeera

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump and the Market Agree—It’s the Fed That’s Out of Step

President Trump has been calling for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates, arguing that its policy is too tight for a slowing economy. Investors increasingly seem to agree with Trump. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump and the Market Agree—It’s the Fed That’s Out of Step appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Dow closes down 970 points after Trump criticism of Powell rattles investors

Trump's remarks defied a longstanding norm of political independence at the Fed.

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