4 h. ago Why April's inflation rate was better than expected, despite swings in tariff rates

Despite tariffs that went up and down, April's inflation numbers were calm. NPR's A Martinez talks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about why.

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12 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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17 h. ago Lower food prices tame US consumer inflation in April, tariffs squeeze awaited

Lower food prices tame US consumer inflation in April, tariffs squeeze awaited  Reuters

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22 h. ago CPI Report Shows Inflation Cooled in April Ahead of Likely Jump From Tariffs

Economists and policymakers are bracing for inflation to re-accelerate as companies adapt to President Trump’s trade war.

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23 h. ago Inflation cools in April — but tariffs could upend the picture in coming months

Consumer prices in April were up 2.3% from a year ago, the smallest annual increase in more than four years. Grocery prices fell 0.4%, thanks to a large drop in the price of eggs.

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36 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 US Hiring Stayed Strong Amid Early Days of Tariff Policy, Jobs Report Shows

The picture of a steady job market, even if backward looking, reassured investors worried about a trade-induced economic slowdown.

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1 week ago US labour market holds steady despite tariffs, adding 177,000 jobs in April

US labour market holds steady despite tariffs, adding 177,000 jobs in April  Al Jazeera

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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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1 week ago Tariffs squeeze US manufacturing in April, lift input prices

Tariffs squeeze US manufacturing in April, lift input prices  Reuters

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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 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 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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