31 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Lies, Damned Lies, and Jobs Statistics

Welcome to the inaugural Friday Wrap, our weekly survey of the economy, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the bureaucrats who pretend they can read the future by staring at spreadsheets. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Lies, Damned Lies, and Jobs Statistics appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

56 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Tariff Inflation Myth Takes Another Hit

Once again, the consumer price index has failed to deliver the tariff-inflation spiral that economists and the media have promised. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Tariff Inflation Myth Takes Another Hit appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

3 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Producer Prices Fall Again, as the Tarifflation Narrative Collapses

The August producer price report delivered yet another blow to the doomsayers who predicted President Donald Trump’s tariffs would ignite inflation. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Producer Prices Fall Again, as the Tarifflation Narrative Collapses appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

4 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The End of the Vibecession Myth and Biden's Vanishing Jobs Boom

For two years in a row, the cheerleaders of Bidenomics assured us that any discontent was in our heads—a trick of bad vibes and social media. It turns out the voters were right, and the official statistics were wrong. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The End of the Vibecession Myth and Biden’s Vanishing Jobs Boom appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Gen Z’s Priorities Divide Along Political Lines

A new poll asking Gen Z Americans to rate their top priorities reveals that Harris and Trump voters disagree on more than just politics. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Gen Z’s Priorities Divide Along Political Lines appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Immigration Enforcement Delivers Real Wage Gains for American Workers

Trump's immigration enforcement has delivered something rare in American politics: a policy that does exactly what its supporters promised. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Delivers Real Wage Gains for American Workers appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

9 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs Aren't Hurting Consumers Because Businesses Absorb Costs Rather Than Lose Customers

The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reveals the hidden mechanism dampening inflation pass-through from tariffs. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs Aren’t Hurting Consumers Because Businesses Absorb Costs Rather Than Lose Customers appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Impact of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on the Jobs Report

The most important development for reading employment data isn't coming from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's coming from immigration policy. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Impact of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on the Jobs Report appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: The World Runs on America's Consumption

Countries pursue mercantilist policies not because they're naturally better at producing certain goods, but because they want to maintain consumption deficits while America absorbs their excess production. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The World Runs on America’s Consumption appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: How the Fed Destroyed Its Own Independence

This week saw a series of unprecedented events that may signal the end of the form of central bank independence as we have known it for more than a century. The post Breitbart Business Digest: How the Fed Destroyed Its Own Independence appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Lisa Cook Makes Her Bid to Cling to the Fed

Lisa Cook, who was confirmed as a Governor of the Federal Reserve in 2022, wants a federal judge to do something no court has attempted in the Fed’s 112-year history: define what “for cause” means when a president tries to fire a Fed governor. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Lisa Cook Makes Her Bid to Cling to the Fed appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: When Congress Wrote the Fed Rules, Courts Weren't Invited

Measured against the history, the text, and the institutional logic, the legal ground in the Lisa Cook dispute tilts toward presidential discretion, not judicial oversight of central bank staffing. The post Breitbart Business Digest: When Congress Wrote the Fed Rules, Courts Weren’t Invited appeared first on Breitbart.

Events

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s attempt to overturn her removal faces long odds. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose appeared first on Breitbart.

Society

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Intel Investment Isn't Socialism

The Trump administration's decision to take a ten percent stake in Intel is not socialism. It’s a financing innovation designed to overcome Wall Street’s allergy to capital investment. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Intel Investment Isn’t Socialism appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Harvard Economist Says Lazy Dads Are Holding Down Fertility

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin opened the Fed's Jackson Hole symposium with a paper linking low fertility in advanced economies to men who don't do their share of housework. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Harvard Economist Says Lazy Dads Are Holding Down Fertility appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Inflation Mirage Meets the PMI Reality

America’s factories are humming, demand is solid, and prices are rising alongside precautionary inventories. The Fed’s theory inflation "lag theory" doesn’t explain this. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Inflation Mirage Meets the PMI Reality appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Family Feud Comes to the Tetons

By the time Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell climbs the stage at Jackson Hole this Friday, the familiar choreography will be missing one element: consensus. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Family Feud Comes to the Tetons appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: What if We Had Listened to Pat Buchanan?

A new working paper asks what would have happened if the country had heeded Pat Buchanan’s warnings about unchecked globalization and adopted his trade policies sooner. The post Breitbart Business Digest: What if We Had Listened to Pat Buchanan? appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Tariff Policy Is About Bricks Not Bonds

President Donald Trump’s tariff policy is about a lot more than raising import duties. This is the new “deal economy”—less about rates, more about commitments. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Tariff Policy Is About Bricks Not Bonds appeared first on Breitbart.

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