14 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Producer Prices Crush Tariff Inflation Doom

The June Producer Price Index (PPI) delivered another blow to the inflation hawks who insist tariffs are driving up prices. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Producer Prices Crush Tariff Inflation Doom-Mongers appeared first on Breitbart.

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63 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The San Francisco Fed’s Tariff Model Punches Itself in the Face

If you were trying to make tariffs look like a policy disaster, you’d do exactly what a team of economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco just did: assume every trading partner hits back just as hard and that America just stands there and takes it. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The San Francisco Fed’s Tariff Model Punches Itself in the Face appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: American Economic Optimism Rises to Highest Levels in Years

One of the best kept secrets in the world today is that Americans are feeling far better about the economy than they have in years. The post Breitbart Business Digest: American Economic Optimism Rises to Highest Levels in Years appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: How to Think About Trump’s Unorthodox Monetary Policy

In a recent series of Truth Social posts, the president made the case that the strength of the U.S. economy justifies lower interest rates. The post Breitbart Business Digest: How to Think About Trump’s Unorthodox Monetary Policy appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Inflation Orthodoxy

If you were wondering how Federal Reserve officials view Donald Trump’s tariff plans, the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes make one thing perfectly clear: they all think tariffs are inflationary. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Inflation Orthodoxy appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Superman and America’s Empty Cradles

When Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, America wasn’t grappling with border policy or multiculturalism. It was staring down something more existential: a collapse in fertility. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Superman and America’s Empty Cradles appeared first on Breitbart.

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9 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Economists Say Trump Was Right All Along on Tariffs

The intellectual scaffolding for Trump’s tariff policy is now in place, built not by political appointees but by credentialed economists with publication records. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Economists Say Trump Was Right All Along on Tariffs appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Jobs Numbers Are Real and Are Telling Us Something Big

Strip away the noise and the June jobs report tells a clear story. The economy is still adding jobs. But it’s doing so in a new way. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Jobs Numbers Are Real and Are Telling Us Something Big appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Vietnam Peace, Metternich, and Trump's Trade Strategy

The critics said tariffs would start a trade war. Instead, Donald Trump may have just ended one. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Vietnam Peace, Metternich, and Trump’s Trade Strategy appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Home Depot’s $5.5 Billion Bet on the End of Cheap Labor

The Home Depot–GMS deal shows us that forward-looking firms are planning for a world where labor is scarce, immigration is limited, and scale is king. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Home Depot’s $5.5 Billion Bet on the End of Cheap Labor appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Supreme Court Just Torpedoed the Legal War on Tariffs

The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday in FCC v. Consumers’ Research didn’t just preserve a telecom subsidy—it delivered a serious setback to efforts to dismantle President Trump’s trade agenda. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Supreme Court Just Torpedoed the Legal War on Tariffs appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Get Ready for Crypto Subprime Mortgage

The federal government has decided that your crypto portfolio—your Bitcoin, your Ethereum, your lingering Dogecoin bag—can help you qualify for a mortgage. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Get Ready for Crypto Subprime Mortgage-Backed Securities appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Should Trust the Data, Not the Boston Fed's Flawed Tariff Research

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's belief that tariffs will push prices higher might be based on a new working paper from the Boston Fed that relies on a flawed model. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Should Trust the Data, Not the Boston Fed’s Flawed Tariff Research appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Admits the Data Supports Rate Cuts, But Anti

The Fed chair once warned against using speculative forecasts to drive policy. Now he’s doing exactly that. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Admits the Data Supports Rate Cuts, But Anti-Tariff Views Stand in the Way appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Consensus Begins to Crack Up

For much of this year, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady after a series of cuts in late 2024. But that fragile consensus may be breaking. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Consensus Begins to Crack Up appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: How Trump Can Break the Fed's Groupthink Problem

President Trump has a rare opportunity to break the cycle of the Fed's bureaucratic groupthink. Here are three decisive moves he can make. The post Breitbart Business Digest: How Trump Can Break the Fed’s Groupthink Problem appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Executive Tariff Power and the American Constitutional Order

or years, critics have warned that presidential use of tariff authority threatens the separation of powers. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Executive Tariff Power and the American Constitutional Order appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: U.S. Consumer Spending Keeps Growing

Retail sales fell in May, but beneath the surface, the picture of the American consumer remains solid—and in many categories, unexpectedly strong. The post Breitbart Business Digest: U.S. Consumer Spending Keeps Growing appeared first on Breitbart.

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