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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his previous comments about a “detox period” for the U.S. economy did not mean that a recession was necessary....
A home is constructed at a housing development on June 21, 2023 in Lemont, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s tariffs could increase...
Republican presidential candidates have often promised to abolish the Department of Education. In 1983 Ronald Reagan said that it should be scrapped. Mitt Romney promised to...
In 2021 Jared Isaacman, the man soon to become NASA’s boss, bought a 30-second ad at the Super Bowl. Mr Isaacman—a boyish-looking 42-year-old billionaire, jet pilot...
Pick your most bracing defence of freedom from the Trump administration: here is the vice-president, J.D. Vance, lecturing Europe for having the arrogance to judge “hateful...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking to CNBC on March 13th, 2025. CNBC Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday the Trump administration is more focused on the...
The German parliament building, the Reichstag, which has been the seat of the Bundestag since 1999. Fhm | Moment | Getty Images U.S. tariffs could push...
Wholesale prices were flat in February providing some more welcome news for inflation amid tariff fears, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. The producer price...
Editor’s note: Here is a selection of correspondence shared with The Economist by employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They give a sense...
AS DONALD TRUMP ramps up tariffs, he is causing turmoil in financial markets. But for a motley group of American manufacturers, the worry is that he...
