President Trump’s approach to setting tariff rates is causing anxiety in the business community, with the trickling flow of letters to trad​e partners exacerbating concerns over hits to the ...

Economists say it will take time for the effects of trade policies to show up in economic data — but acknowledge they aren’t ...

Are tariffs a smart economic move, or just a hidden tax on consumers? The U.S. was built on tariffs, but in today’s globalized economy, they’ve become a hotly debated tool. Trump’s 2018 tariffs on ...

Inflation rose last month to its highest level in four months as the cost of gas, food, and groceries rose, reversing several ...

Marc Muendler, professor and chair of the Department of Economics and founding director of the Globalization and Prosperity ...

The debate on tariffs ignores a very big issue: the tax wedge. A tariff is a tax, and a tax is a wedge, an obstacle between buyer and seller. How harmful the tax wedge is, of course, depends on its ...

Should companies eat the cost of import taxes, or pass it on to customers? Plus: bank earnings, inflation data, economic models and a trip across the pond.

The last time tariffs were this high, the number one job in the U.S. was "farm laborer," average life expectancy was 50 years ...

Tariff revenues surged dramatically, yet so far, there’s been minimal impact on CPI or core goods inflation. Click here for ...

As President Trump ramps up the pressure on dozens of countries, trade experts fear U.S. tariff policy leaves consumers and ...

The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of ...

President Donald Trump doesn't like his new nickname 'TACO'. Here's why people are calling Trump TACO and the meaning behind ...