Some recently released data has spelled good news for parts of the American economy thus far in President Donald Trump’s second term. Many economists predicted that Trump’s sweeping tariffs could have various negative impacts on ...
Retail speculation is once again gripping the markets. A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted how the latest retail gambling vehicle—zero-days-to-expiration (0DTE) options—has exploded in popularity. According to CBOE, trading volumes in these contracts have ...
There is much to like about the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill (BBB). To list just a few of its great merits, it will preserve Trump’s tax cuts from his first term, increase funding for ...
NATO countries officially agreed to raise their defense expenditures to 5% of their GDP by 2035. But how do their military expenditures compare to what they spend on health and education? This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s ...
In recent weeks, headlines have been filled with warnings from major retailers about impending price hikes due to tariffs reinstated by President Donald Trump. Big Box stores like Walmart and Target have been quick to ...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said over the weekend that agencies have terminated more federal contracts worth as much as $2.8 billion. In a post on social media platform X on July 12, DOGE, ...
Bloomberg reports, “AMD received similar assurances from the US Commerce Department and plans to restart shipments of its MI308 chips to China once licenses for sales are approved.” This means both AMD and Nvidia will ...
The seeming battle of wills between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues to escalate, as the Fed chair repeatedly refuses to cut interest rates, while being highly vocal about his distaste ...
The White House announced that American-born workers have experienced a net increase of 2 million jobs since the start of the Trump administration this January. “American-born workers have accounted for ALL of the job gains ...
Jerome Powell has made it clear that tariffs could induce higher inflation. Accordingly, the Fed has resisted cutting interest rates. Despite his concerns, fears of tariff-based inflation, as judged by individual and business surveys, are ...
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