27 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Markets Aren't Panicking About Fed Independence

A Trumpier Fed Isn’t An Inflation Threat The financial press has been trying its best for months to gin up a panic over the independence of the Federal Reserve. We’ve had a number of dress rehearsals for the supposed death The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Markets Aren’t Panicking About Fed Independence appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

53 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: 69 Percent of Conservatives Say Tariffs Are Conservative

The conservative movement in America is now decisively in favor of tariffs. The post Breitbart Business Digest: 69 Percent of Conservatives Say Tariffs Are Conservative appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Inflation Expectations Return to Normal

Until very recently, there was lots of talk on Wall Street and among Federal Reserve officials of the danger of inflation expectations becoming "unanchored" due to tariff-induced price increases. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Inflation Expectations Return to Normal appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

6 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Stream Giant Swallows HBO as Inflation Fears Stream Away

Weekly Wrap: Netflix Cuts In On Paramount’s Dance With Warner Bros Discovery Welcome back to Friday! This is our weekly wrap-up of economic, financial, and business news—proving that you can never step into the same stream twice. It’s been quite The post Breitbart Business Digest: Stream Giant Swallows HBO as Inflation Fears Stream Away appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Holiday Shopping Boom Defies Gloomy Consumer Surveys

Gloom to Boom: A Holiday Shopping Odyssey American consumers sure have a funny way of expressing their gloomy mood. For months, U.S. consumers have been telling pollsters that the economy is precarious, that they can’t afford anything, and that buying The post Breitbart Business Digest: Holiday Shopping Boom Defies Gloomy Consumer Surveys appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

9 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Can Trump Stop Powell from Becoming the Shadow King of Monetary Policy?

The man Trump calls a "stubborn ox" might prove stubborn enough to stick around when his term as Fed chairman expires, operating as a kind of monetary policy resistance leader for the next two years. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Can Trump Stop Powell from Becoming the Shadow King of Monetary Policy? appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump's Tariffs Can Fund Tax Relief for American Families

President Trump has floated the idea of sending $2,000 checks to most Americans, funded by tariff revenue. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Tariffs Can Fund Tax Relief for American Families appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Lutnick Shows the World How Trade Talks Should Work

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went to Brussels this week with a refreshingly direct message. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Lutnick Shows the World How Trade Talks Should Work appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Exclusive—Derisking Our Trade with China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart Business Digest in an exclusive interview that the Trump administration is determined to end America's dangerous dependence on China for critical materials and pharmaceuticals, describing the effort as "taking back our sovereignty." The post Breitbart Business Digest: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Exclusive—Derisking Our Trade with China appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

2 w. ago Exclusive: Bessent Says Trump Administration Has Conquered 'Three I's' That Were 'Eviscerating Working Americans'

The Trump administration has successfully addressed the “three I’s” that he said were devastating working-class Americans: immigration, interest rates, and inflation, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart Business Digest co-authors Alex Marlow and John Carney The post Exclusive: Bessent Says Trump Administration Has Conquered ‘Three I’s’ That Were ‘Eviscerating Working Americans’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Jobs Are Growing and Powell's Fed Is Unraveling

This week, the government finally revealed the September jobs data, and we learned about the mysterious resignation of yet another Fed official. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Jobs Are Growing and Powell’s Fed Is Unraveling appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Real Reason Tariffs Lower Inflation

Tariffs paired with immigration policy, capital policy, and monetary policy are tools for breaking a low-wage equilibrium and pushing the economy toward more capital, more productivity, higher real wages, and a cooler price path. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Real Reason Tariffs Lower Inflation appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs as a Macro Economic Management Tool

The new San Francisco Fed paper on tariffs opens the door for using customs duties in a way that the economics profession has almost never considered: as a macroeconomic policy tool. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs as a Macro Economic Management Tool appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

3 w. ago Breibart Business Digest: How the Federal Reserve Got Tariffs Backward

The Federal Reserve spent 2025 worried about the wrong problem, mistakenly holding back on rate cuts out of fear that Trump's tariffs are an inflation threat. The post Breibart Business Digest: How the Federal Reserve Got Tariffs Backward appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Study Just Blew Up the Inflation Story

A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests that the economic establishment's narrative that tariffs drive up inflation is wrong. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Study Just Blew Up the Inflation Story appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Week the Fed's Own Research Murdered Its Favorite Tariff Theory

The Federal Reserve released research proving its own rate-holding decision was based on a theoretical mistake. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Week the Fed’s Own Research Murdered Its Favorite Tariff Theory appeared first on Breitbart.

Events

4 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Portable Mortgage Idea Isn't as Crazy as It Sounds

The Trump administration is floating an idea that sounds intuitive to a lot of people: portable mortgages. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Portable Mortgage Idea Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds appeared first on Breitbart.

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